BRIGHTON & HOVE WOOD RECYCLING PROJECT LTD

Registered charity 1192660 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE WOOD STORE BRIGHTON

Diverting waste wood away from landfill and incineration in East and West Sussex. Promoting the re-use and recycling of waste wood. Seeking to establish, and raise awareness of, a circular economy. Producing new products from reclaimed timber at our workshop in Brighton. Working with many disadvantaged people, offering accredited training and volunteering opportunities, within a caring environment

Objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT BY:(A)DIVERTING RE-USABLE TIMBER AWAY FROM LANDFILL AND INCINERATION, AND PROMOTING RECYCLING OF WASTE WOOD IN EAST AND WEST SUSSEX, IN LINE WITH NATIONAL WASTE POLICY SEEKING TO ESTABLISH A CIRCULAR ECONOMY;(B)RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS RELATED TO RE-USE AND RECYCLING OF HOUSEHOLD AND INDUSTRIAL WASTE AND THE PLACE OF WOOD RECYCLING IN THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY.

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 reported a net expenditure of £30,584 for the year ended 31 March 2025, following a loss of £14,957 in the previous year. Total funds decreased from £149,494 to £140,624, with unrestricted reserves falling to £111,980. The trustees report that financial reserves are gradually rebuilding and a turnaround plan has been initiated to address the challenging financial position.

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 6 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 policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03523786 · Financial health read from its filings

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• DUFFY, Neil James — director, appointed 19/04/2024on trustee list
• GILBERT, Ross Andrew — director, appointed 19/04/2024on trustee list
• WRIGLEY, Merran Stephanie — director, appointed 19/04/2024on trustee list
• WESTWOOD, Ian Duncan — director, appointed 25/01/2024on trustee list
• NOBBS, David Charles Victor — director, appointed 27/09/2019on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID NOBBSchair
• Ian Westwood
• Joseph Patrick McNulty
• Merran Stephanie Wrigley
• Neil James Duffy
• Ross Gilbert

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

Operates in: Brighton And Hove · East Sussex · West Sussex

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
• TURNTABLE FURNITURE income £152k
• Bolton Community Furniture Store Limited income £371k
• FOREST UPCYCLING PROJECT income £998k
• COMMUNITY FURNITURE STORE (YORK) LTD income £687k
• PROPER JOB RESOURCE CENTRE income £239k

Side by side with its peers

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