THE RECOVER TEAM LIMITED

Registered charity 1167218 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Recover is a furniture up-cycling Charity, creating pathways into volunteering and employment. At its heart is a commitment to sustainability by up-cycling unwanted furniture and materials donated or reclaimed throughout Hertfordshire and beyond.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR BY ASSISTING THEM IN GETTING BACK INTO EMPLOYMENT THROUGH THE PROVISION OF VOCATIONAL AND LIFE-SKILLS TRAINING.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£248k
Latest spending
£240k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £148,029, with unrestricted reserves at £142,979, which is just below the stated policy target of £143,000. The charity reported a net incoming resource of £7,933 for the year, driven by charitable activity income exceeding expenditure, while maintaining a cash balance of £289,344.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“As at the year end the target level of reserves were calculated to be £143,000 of which £142,979 have been achieved.” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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: 3
  • Government income: £49,310 — grants £49,310 (4); 20% of the £247,976 total gross income on the same return

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

  • Volunteers: 1
  • Government income: £39,710 — grants £39,710 (4); 15% of the £273,404 total gross income on the same return

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

  • Volunteers: 1
  • Government income: £32,500 — grants £32,500 (4); 13% of the £259,580 total gross income on the same return

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£248k£240k
31/03/2024£273k£269k
31/03/2023£260k£236k
31/03/2022£250k£235k
31/03/2021£215k£209k

Common questions

Is THE RECOVER TEAM LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds increased to £148,029, with unrestricted reserves at £142,979, which is just below the stated policy target of £143,000. The charity reported a net incoming resource of £7,933 for the year, driven by charitable activity income exceeding expenditure, while maintaining a cash balance of £289,344. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE RECOVER TEAM LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE RECOVER TEAM LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE JOHN APTHORP CHARITY.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE JOHN APTHORP CHARITYFY2021£5kTowards a new low emissions van

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund26/05/2023£146kThe Recover Team Ltd - Salary Cost
Postcode Lottery26/03/2022£24kRising running costs
The National Lottery Community Fund02/03/2020£92kSupporting Vulnerable Adults on their Journey to Long Term Recovery
The National Lottery Community Fund06/02/2019£10kAdvanced Upholstery Skills Training

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 REVIVE & RECYCLE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE RECOVER TEAM LIMITED£248k—0below—no doubt
REVIVE & RECYCLE FY2025£36k—0below—noted
DORSET RECLAIM FY2025£973k—0unclear—no doubt
TURNTABLE FURNITURE FY2025£152k—0below—no doubt
DONCASTER REFURNISH FY2024£1.7m—0above—no doubt
REFURBIT FY2026£540k£21,3110below—no doubt

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