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.

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.

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).

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

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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