REFURBIT

Registered charity 1211440 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

At Refurbit, we promote sustainability, secure data destruction, and support for those in need. Offering free IT collections, WEEE recycling, and refurbished technology, we help businesses, schools, and individuals nationwide. As a charity, we aim to reduce e-waste, protect data, and provide grants and tech to disadvantaged communities, merging technology and sustainability for a better future.

Objects

1) THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF RE-USE AND RECYCLING OF WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT (ALSO KNOWN AS WEEE) AND HOUSEHOLD GOODS TO PREVENT SUCH WASTE GOING TO LANDFILL AND BY ADVANCING PUBLIC EDUCATION IN MATTERS RELATING TO RE-USE AND RECYCLING, IN HULL, EAST RIDING AND SURROUNDING AREAS. 2) THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY MAKING DONATIONS OF SAFE AND CLEAN RECYCLED AND REUSED WEEE AND OTHER ITEMS OR GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS IN FINANCIAL NEED 3) TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNIITY BY PROMOTING AWARENESS OF WASTE REDUCTION, RECYCLING, REPAIR PRACTICES AND IT TRAINING WITH THE AIM OF ENCOURING ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, DIGITAL LITERACY AND TECHNICAL SKILLS

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

Causes: Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Kingston upon Hull, City of, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the period with a surplus of £4,709, resulting in total unrestricted and restricted funds of £4,983. The trustees report that the charity is still developing and has largely reinvested surpluses into operations, with no specific reserves policy target currently defined other than maintaining levels based on size and commitments. The independent examiner confirmed that proper accounting records were kept and the accounts comply with the Act, with no matters requiring further attention.

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.

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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 01/04/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (96% 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: 8.7% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Mark Carter
• Victoria Evans
• Walter Brown

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PCREFURB.

• PCREFURB income £202k
• REHOME REPURPOSE income £448k
• THE TURING TRUST income £783k
• REFURBS FLINTSHIRE income £930k
• THE RESTART PROJECT income £704k
• DONCASTER REFURNISH income £1.7m

Side by side with its peers

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