Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 6
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

FOUNDATIONS FURNITURE AND GARDENING PROJECT LIMITED

Foundations provide low cost, second hand furniture to people in need in Gateshead. We collect furniture free of charge from residents within the borough and surrounding areas, diverting them from landfill. Foundations offer voluntary opportunities in our warehouse, showroom and office.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 4 trustees?

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 £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£201£168£33n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£190£126£64n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£168£120£48n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£211£105£107n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£158£154£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£152£142£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£176£164£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£115£105£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£129£106£23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£107£103£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£74£92£-18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£76£76£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£78£87£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£66£62£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£65£80£-16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08*£70£78£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07*£83£75£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06*£57£72£-15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05*£65£68£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04*£80£49£31n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 23 years
(25 years as a company)

www.furnitureproject.wix.com/foundations

foundations.project@btconnect.com

01914900945

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Philanthropic intermediaries and volunteering
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Gateshead,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Henry Smith Charity£105,700
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland£35,000
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd£33,000
The Greggs Foundation£20,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to Foundations Furniture and Gardening Project
£2,000 30/03/2023
New beds and mattresses for children and young people in gateshead
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to Foundations Furniture and Gardening Project
£500 24/11/2022
Supporting the charity's purposes
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to Foundations Furniture and Gardening Project
£1,000 17/11/2022
Provision of furniture to families and individuals in hardship
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to Foundations Furniture and Gardening Project
£5,000 03/11/2022
New beds and mattresses for children and young people in gateshead
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to Foundations Furniture and Gardening Project
£2,000 14/07/2022
Purchasing beds and mattresses for children, to be distributed to families in gateshead deemed to be in priority need by social services and other referring agencies
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to Foundations Furniture and Gardening Project
£1,000 20/04/2022
Provision of furniture to individuals and families in need in gateshead
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Foundations Furniture and Gardening Project
£2,000 20/01/2022
Purchasing beds and mattresses for children, to be distributed to families deemed to be in priority need by Social Services and other referring agencies
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Foundations Furniture and Gardening Project
£1,000 25/11/2021
Provision of furniture to families and individuals in hardship
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Foundations Furniture and Gardening Project Ltd
£105,700 09/06/2021
36
towards three years' running costs of the 'Foundation 2 Work' project providing employment and job support for unemployed people in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear.
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - The charitable costs of the organisation’s work with people experiencing financial hardship in Gateshead arising from the COVID-19 pandemic
£20,000 27/05/2021
The charitable costs of the organisation’s work with people experiencing financial hardship in Gateshead arising from the COVID-19 pandemic
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Foundations Furniture and Gardening Project
£20,000 27/05/2021
The charitable costs of the organisation’s work with people experiencing financial hardship in Gateshead arising from the COVID-19 pandemic
The Greggs Foundation - North East Core Funding
£20,000 10/05/2021
24
£20,000 over two years (£10,000 per year) rent, rates and utilities.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - the cost of furniture packs for low income/vulnerable individuals and families
£500 11/02/2021
the cost of furniture packs for low income/vulnerable individuals and families
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - providing essential household items to individuals and families that are rebuilding their lives during the Covid-19 crisis
£4,000 04/02/2021
providing essential household items to individuals and families that are rebuilding their lives during the Covid-19 crisis
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - providing essential household items to individuals and families that are rebuilding their lives during the Covid-19 crisis
£4,000 04/02/2021
providing essential household items to individuals and families that are rebuilding their lives during the Covid-19 crisis
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - A 'crisis recovery' project across Gateshead.
£5,000 21/02/2020
A 'crisis recovery' project across Gateshead.
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting People in Poverty
£10,000 18/07/2019
12
The funding will provide furniture and household appliances to members of the community who are experiencing financial hardship or crisis.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Foundations Furniture's Crisis Recovery Project for Vulnerable People
£3,500 08/03/2019
Foundations Furniture's Crisis Recovery Project for Vulnerable People
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Supporting Households Experiencing Poverty to Lead Safe, Stable Home Lives
£5,000 21/01/2019
Supporting Households Experiencing Poverty to Lead Safe, Stable Home Lives
National Lottery Community Fund - Relieving the effects of poverty on the home lives of Gateshead Reside
£10,000 21/02/2018
12
The group will continue to run services and provide free and affordable household items for people affected by poverty and hardship in Gateshead. They will help people in crisis to access affordable loans, and enable vulnerable people who have been ....more
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Outreach worker
£10,000 07/11/2017
Outreach worker
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Foundations Furniture and Gardening Project Ltd
£10,000 07/11/2017
12
towards one year's salary of an Outreach Worker at a project providing household furniture to disadvantaged communities in Tyne and Wear
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Ensuring Residents Living in Poverty Lead Safe, Comfortable Home Lives
£2,733 28/09/2017
Ensuring Residents Living in Poverty Lead Safe, Comfortable Home Lives
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Relief of poverty and distress for TGHC tenants
£5,000 19/09/2017
Relief of poverty and distress for TGHC tenants
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Tackling poverty and debt whilst improving home lives in Gateshead
£15,000 26/07/2017
Tackling poverty and debt whilst improving home lives in Gateshead
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Towards Provision of free furniture to individual/families facing or overcoming crisis/disadvantage
£5,000 29/10/2015
Towards Provision of free furniture to individual/families facing or overcoming crisis/disadvantage
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Towards Crisis Support Sustainability Project Year 2
£8,196 01/04/2015
Towards Crisis Support Sustainability Project Year 2
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 58-81
  • EILEEN MCMASTER Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Day Care Co-Ordinator
  • LAWRENCE JOHN O'HALLERON Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Retired
  • MARTIN POULTER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Local Government Officer
  • REVEREND BRIAN HOWELL, Occupation: Minister Of Religion
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 10/01/2002, number: 1090034
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/03/1999, number: 03731516
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • 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
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR08: 13 days late, AR07: 63 days late, AR06: 37 days late, AR05: 51 days late, AR04: 69 days late,
Main office

UNITS 1 & 2
TEAMS CRAFT WORKSHOPS
ASKEW ROAD
TEAMS
GATESHEAD
NE8 2PB

Objectives

(A) TO RELIEVE EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY THOSE PERSONS WITHIN THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF GATESHEAD (THE AREA OF BENEFIT) WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY THE PROVISION OF FURNITURE AND OTHER HOUSEHOLD ITEMS AND ACCESSORIES.(B) THE RELIEF OF ELDERLY AND/OR DISABLED PEOPLE BY THE PROVISION OF A GARDENING SERVICE FOR THOSE WHO REQUIRE SUCH A SERVICE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF GATESHEAD

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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