CAMBRIDGE RE-USE

Registered charity 1139265 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Helping people on low income or benefits to buy household goods at affordable prices.Collecting unwanted furniture and other household goods that would otherwise be consigned to landfill.Offering meaningful volunteering opportunities to people who are socially or economically excluded.

Objects

1) THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONG PEOPLE LIVING OR WORKING IN CAMBRIDGE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY PROVIDING SUCH PERSONS WITH FURNITURE AND OTHER HOUSEHOLD ITEMS WHICH THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD THROUGH LACK OF MEANS.2) THE PROMOTION AND PRESERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY RE-USE AS A POSITIVE ALTERNATIVE FOR UNWANTED HOUSEHOLD GOODS AND A MEANS OF ADDRESSING SOCIAL NEED.3) THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY WORKING WITH PEOPLE LIVING IN CAMBRIDGE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA WHO ARE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY EXCLUDED DUE TO UNEMPLOYMENT, YOUTH OR OLD AGE, HEALTH PROBLEMS, MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES OR LEARNING DIFFICULTIES, AND, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF MEANINGFUL VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES, ASSISTING THEIR PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT AND THEIR ABILITY TO ENGAGE WITH, AND MAKE A POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION TO, THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.

Area of benefit: CAMBRIDGE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cambridge, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted funds of £144,534 against total unrestricted expenditure of £102,940, indicating a surplus position for the year. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate and no material uncertainties exist regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

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• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (22/06/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• JOHN KNIGHT
• Ronald Dudley-Scales
• Timothy Ian William Handy
• Vanessa Mary McNiven
• Victoria Porteous

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

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• REVIVE & RECYCLE income £36k
• TCL RE USE income £603k
• REHOME REPURPOSE income £448k
• UNITED CHARITIES OF CAMBRIDGE income £387k
• CAMBRIDGE AID income £135k
• CAMBRIDGESHIRE COMMUNITY SERVICES NHS TRUST CHARITABLE FUNDS income £88k

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