BARNET REUSE CENTRE LIMITED

Registered charity 1140541 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BARNET FURNITURE CENTRE

FURNITURE RECYCLING AND REUSE, VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE WITH DIFFICULTIES OR THE LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYED. OUR CHARITY DIVERTS OVER A 100 TONNES OF FURNITURE PER YEAR AWAY FROM LANDFILL AND HAS A TWO TIER PRICING SYSTEM, HEAVILY DISCOUNTED FOR THOSE IN RECEIPT OF BENEFITS.

Objects

1 OBJECTS1.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:1.1.1 THE RELIEF, EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY, OF PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS,1.1.2 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, VOCATIONAL TRAINING OR RETRAINING AND THE PROVISION OF WORK EXPERIENCE PARTICULARLY AMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE OR PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS IN ORDER TO ENHANCE THEIR PROSPECTS OF EMPLOYMENT, INDEPENDENCE AND QUALITY OF LIFE,1.1.3 THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:(A) THE PROMOTION OF WASTE REDUCTION, RE-USE, RECLAMATION, RECYCLING, USE OF RECYCLED PRODUCTS,(B) PARTAKING IN NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SCHEMES AND PROJECTS FOR RECYCLING AND REUSING MATERIALS, COMPONENTS AND RESOURCES.1.2 THE OBJECTS MAY BE AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION BUT ONLY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMMISSION.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a deficit for the year of £4,828, continuing a small deficit from the previous year. However, free reserves stood at £233,255, which the trustees confirm is within their target policy of maintaining approximately six months of overheads. The charity remains solvent with cash at the bank of £196,743.

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

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• 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
• Investing charity funds 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

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/05/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~5.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (52% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 46.7% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Franca Oliffe

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

Operates in: Barnet

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).