FURNISHING FUTURES CIO

Registered charity 1196498 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FURNISHING FUTURES, Healing Homes, KINSHIP AND KIND

We recycle donated furniture and goods to reduce landfill and furnish homes in London at no cost for women who have experienced domestic abuse. We also provide specialist support services.

Objects

TO RELIEVE POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY AMONG WOMEN AND CHILDREN RESIDING IN LONDON AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FURNITURE AND ESSENTIAL ITEMS WHICH THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD THROUGH LACK OF MEANS.

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

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

Registered contact address: Waltham Forest, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a net expenditure of £75,541 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £393,530 to £317,989. Despite this deficit, the trustees state that the charity maintained reserves in line with its policy target of three to six months of running costs plus redundancy costs. The organization remains a going concern with no material uncertainties identified by the independent examiner.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2025) to "below" (FY2026).

Comparing this charity’s FY2025 and FY2026 accounts as analysed by this site.

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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Volunteer management

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.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Furnishing Futures (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Soho House — “Pearl was rehoused in an unfurnished two bedroom council flat with her two young children, which we transformed using furnishings donated by…” (source page)
• Soho Home — “Pearl was rehoused in an unfurnished two bedroom council flat with her two young children, which we transformed using furnishings donated by…” (source page)
• Laura Ashley — “Pearl was rehoused in an unfurnished two bedroom council flat with her two young children, which we transformed using furnishings donated by…” (source page)
• Redrow Homes — “Pearl was rehoused in an unfurnished two bedroom council flat with her two young children, which we transformed using furnishings donated by…” (source page)
• Warren Evans — “Pearl was rehoused in an unfurnished two bedroom council flat with her two young children, which we transformed using furnishings donated by…” (source page)
• Inca Events — “Pearl was rehoused in an unfurnished two bedroom council flat with her two young children, which we transformed using furnishings donated by…” (source page)
• Muchmore Design — “Pearl was rehoused in an unfurnished two bedroom council flat with her two young children, which we transformed using furnishings donated by…” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~2.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 7.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Geetu Bhanchair
• Joanna Barr
• Nigel Lawmon
• Sarah Marsh
• Victoria Anne Papworth

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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

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 FURNITURELINK.

• FURNITURELINK income £236k
• DONCASTER REFURNISH income £1.7m
• FURNITURE RECYCLING PROJECT income £532k
• GLOSSOPDALE FURNITURE PROJECT income £240k
• Bolton Community Furniture Store Limited income £371k
• REVIVE & RECYCLE income £36k

Side by side with its peers

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