FOREST UPCYCLING PROJECT

Registered charity 1158797 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Forest Upcycling Project collects unwanted furniture and electrical goods in the Forest of Dean and works with disabled and unemployed people to repair and upcycle it selling to everyone, but to low income families at very reduced rates (and if needed free). Groups benefitting include people that believe in reuse and recycling, disabled, unemployed and philanthropists willing to volunteer.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE1. TO RELIEVE POVERTY FOR FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS IN NEED BY PROVIDING FURNITURE OR OTHER GOODS AT A HIGHLY REDUCED RATE OR IN EXTREME CASES FREE OF CHARGE.2. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE UNEMPLOYED OR OTHERWISE IN NEED OF SUCH EDUCATION TO EQUIP THEM WITH THE SKILLS NECESSARY TO BE ABLE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT. 3. TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS BY THE PROMOTION OF WASTE REDUCTION, RE-USE, RECLAMATION, RECYCLING AND USE OF RECYCLED PRODUCTS.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating surplus of £36,291 for the year ended 31 May 2025, compared to a deficit in the previous year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £325,473, which is above the stated policy target of £120,000.

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 5 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
• Risk management
• 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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 01/06/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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: 13.1% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Tanya Jenkinschair
• Caroline Reader
• Carys Jenkins-Jones
• Chelsea Durham
• Jennifer Jenkins
• Luke Greenway
• MATTHEW JONES
• Roger Burrows
• lacey hudson

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire · Monmouthshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with OXFORD WOOD RECYCLING LTD.

• OXFORD WOOD RECYCLING LTD income £757k
• GLOSSOPDALE FURNITURE PROJECT income £240k
• BRIGHTON & HOVE WOOD RECYCLING PROJECT LTD income £439k
• FOREST PULSE income £315k
• TURNTABLE FURNITURE income £152k
• SECOND TIME AROUND CHARITIES income £160k

Side by side with its peers

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