Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
    • No supporters identified
    Overall GiG Score: 1 ?

    GUILD INITIATIVE FOR FURNITURE TRUST 

    Supports persons on low income and state benefits through Recycling furniture and household ItemsAlleviates poverty
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
    • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

    Financial issues to consider:

    • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

    Financial Data ?

    Income & Spending ?
    Sources of Income ?
    Y/E Income
    £k
    Spending
    £k
    Surplus/
    Deficit
    Fundraising
    Cost £k
    Total
    Funds £k
    Unrestricted
    Funds £k
    Mths
    Rsrvs
    Staff Volun-
    teers
    30/09/22£240£206£34n/an/an/an/an/a10
    30/09/21£211£185£26n/an/an/an/an/a10
    30/09/20£205£149£56n/an/an/an/an/a10
    30/09/19£174£162£12n/an/an/an/an/a12
    30/09/18£144£144£0£0£0£0n/a010
    30/09/17£113£112£1£0£0£0n/a00
    30/09/16£94£94£0£0£0£0n/a00
    30/09/15£103£99£4£0£0£0n/a00
    30/09/14£136£103£33£0£0£0n/a00
    30/09/13£72£65£7£0£0£0n/a00
    30/09/12£120£58£61£0£0£0n/a00
    30/09/11£58£59£-2£0£0£0n/a00
    30/09/10£73£70£3£0£0£0n/a00
    30/09/09£51£60£-10£0£0£0n/a00
    30/09/08£66£62£4£0£0£0n/a00
    30/09/07£57£67£-10£0£0£0n/a00
    30/09/06£61£61£0£0£0£0n/a00
    30/09/05£80£51£29£0£0£0n/a00
    30/09/04£41£45£-3£0£0£0n/a00

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Established: 31 years

    www.gift92.com

    mail@gift92.com

    01772716572

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Accommodation/Housing
    • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
    GiG Classification
    • Grant-making foundations
    How it operates
    • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Lancashire,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Elderly/Old People
    • People With Disabilities
    • The General Public/Mankind
    Who works here?
    • Unknown number of employees
    • 10 volunteers

    Who's supporting them? ?

    We have no records of donations from grant makers.

    How is it governed?

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 29/12/1992, number: 1015952
    Gift Aid
    • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Complaints handling
    • Conflicting interests
    • Investment
    • Paying staff
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    19 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    1 YEWLANDS AVENUE
    FULWOOD
    PRESTON
    PR2 9QR

    Objectives

    THE RELIEF OF POVERTY IN THE PRESTON AREA

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    THE PRESTON AREA

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    CharityBase
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