EXETER SCRAPSTORE

Registered charity 1143182 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Exeter Scrapstore helps reduce waste sent to landfill by providing a variety of materials from businesses and industries that have chosen to recycle their off-cuts and line ends. These materials can then be used in a variety of settings, by our members, including education, play, art and creative activities, and sports.We also run activities such as workshops and birthday parties.

Objects

1. BY MEANS OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF DONATED AND OTHER MATERIALS TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION, EDUCATION, AND OTHER LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS IN EXETER AND DEVON SO THAT THEIR EDUCATION AND SOCIAL WELFARE IS ENHANCED.2. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION PARTICULARLY IN CONNECTION WITH THE REUSE OF SCRAP AND WASTE MATERIALS SO AS TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT.3. TO DO ALL SUCH THINGS AS ARE INCIDENTAL OR CONDUCTIVE TO THE ATTAINMENT OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS OR ANY OF THEM.

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

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Exeter, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£44k
Latest spending
£43k
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held total unrestricted funds of £42,117 and restricted funds of £6,810 as of March 31, 2025. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The charity is entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006.

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.

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 7
  • Government income: £7,248 — grants £7,248 (3); 16% of the £44,119 total gross income on the same return
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 4
  • Government income: £442 — grants £442 (1); 1% of the £42,263 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 5

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 22/02/2024, 22 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£44k£43k
31/03/2024£42k£39k
31/03/2023£37k£31k
31/03/2022£56k£51k
31/03/2021£49k£34k

Common questions

Is EXETER SCRAPSTORE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held total unrestricted funds of £42,117 and restricted funds of £6,810 as of March 31, 2025. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The charity is entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds EXETER SCRAPSTORE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name EXETER SCRAPSTORE as a grant recipient include NORTHBROOK COMMUNITY TRUST, THE HASLUCK CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
NORTHBROOK COMMUNITY TRUSTFY2022£5kwere awarded a one-off grant of £5,000 towards the failing roof covering of their building in Belmont Park, their key asset.
THE HASLUCK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k
THE HASLUCK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024Unverified read£1k

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WILTSHIRE SCRAPSTORE AND RESOURCE CENTRE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
EXETER SCRAPSTORE£44k—0unclear—no doubt
WILTSHIRE SCRAPSTORE AND RESOURCE CENTRE FY2025£312k—0below—no doubt
Derby Scrapstore FY2026£50k—0above—no doubt
SALTASH SCRAPSTORE FY2026£61k——above—no doubt
MINI- SCRAPBOX FY2026£118k——unclear—no doubt
COMMUNITY SCRAPSTORE NORTH SOMERSET FY2025£33k—0below—noted

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.