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county durham furniture help scheme

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Activities & Mission

Charity object to relieve poverty by the provision of a furniture and household goods recycling service of low cost to those people resident in County Durham who are in necessitous circumstances. We divert bulky waste that would otherwise go to landfill. We also offer volunteering opportunities, work experience and training for all age ranges. Also an employability and job prospect improvement arm

Fundraising

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Local Authority

Financial Information

Latest Income
£765,460
Latest Expenditure
£694,150

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 90.7%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 100.0%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 0.0%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £203,092
Charitable Activities £562,366
Other Trading £0
Investments £2
Other Income £0

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £694,150
Raising Funds £0
Governance £0
Grants to Institutions £0
Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2024£765,460£694,150£694,150£17,588£17,58810 / 11
2023£475,955£558,6790 / 16
2022£579,432£545,918£545,918£29,002£29,00210 / 15
2021£475,000£465,0000 / 22
2020£459,000£453,2000 / 15

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers

Details

Address
Unit 20
Ave 3
Chilton Ind Est
Chilton
Registration Date
30 November 2005
Status
Registered

Registry Information

Organisation Number
4019802
Charity Number
1112344

Trustees

Lester Plaskitt
Tracy Thompson
David Carman
Simon Kemp