Finance Score: -4

Governance Score: -5

Support Score: 2

Poor Liquidity: -1
Volatile income
spending growth: -1
Fundraising costs high: -2

No volunteer policy: -2
Only 4 Trustees: -1
Narrow trustee age band: -2

Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: -7

REFURBS FLINTSHIRE

Provision of refurbished household items at affordable cost to people on low incomes.Provision of work experience and training opportunities to disadvantaged individuals including long-term unemployed and economically inactive people. Provision of volunteering opportunities. Education about the importance of pursuing a sustainable lifestyle through repair, re-use and recycling.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Spending has increased 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
There are only 4 trustees
The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
Income has been volatile recently but spending has been maintained
Fundraising costs are high relative to funds raised

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
31/03/23		£764	£800	£-37	£93	£550	£122	1.8	25	21
31/03/22		£964	£814	£151	£69	£587	£103	1.5	31	59
31/03/21		£1,072	£749	£322	£29	£436	£88	1.4	28	7
31/03/20		£697	£682	£15	£23	£114	£81	1.4	27	30
31/03/19		£668	£693	£-25	£24	£99	£99	1.7	27	17
31/03/18	*	£588	£582	£6	£23	£123	£123	2.5	25	0
31/03/17		£455	£433	£22	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£344	£325	£19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	*	£337	£342	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£382	£431	£-50	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£506	£525	£-19	£7	£131	£131	3	16	0
31/03/12	*	£673	£669	£4	£7	£150	£143	2.6	14	0
31/03/11		£531	£534	£-3	£10	£146	£138	3.1	30	0
31/03/10		£396	£427	£-31	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£447	£453	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£491	£440	£51	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£340	£319	£21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£255	£271	£-16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£304	£253	£51	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£280	£211	£69	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 22.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 11.7%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 22%
Liabilities/Income: 20%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 22%
Reserves/Spending: 1.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 0.8

Asset Split ?

Established: 22 years

www.refurbs.org.uk

admin@refurbs.org.uk

01352734111

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Technical, vocational and continuing education

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

25 employees
21 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Refurbs
£3,526	21/10/2023	We'd like to offer luncheon club sessions for lonely or isolated older people at our community café within our repair and reuse centre. Funding will support meals, project staff, and entertainment.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Refurbs Flintshire
£849	23/10/2021	We will run a Men's Shed project, providing a supportive, sociable space for disadvantaged men to come together and create/restore wooden items for the home while gaining skills and making friends.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 71-76

NIGEL FREDERICK READER CBE Appointed: 2020, Other trusteeships: GROUNDWORK NORTH WALES, WILD GROUND,

DR STAN MOORE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Part Time Lecturer, Other trusteeship: GROUNDWORK NORTH WALES,

HELEN WRIGHT Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeships: WILD GROUND, CYCLING 4 ALL,

MALCOLM BOOKER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired Bank Manager, Other trusteeships: GROUNDWORK NORTH WALES, WILD GROUND,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/07/2002, number: 1093176
Registered at Companies House on 05/02/2002, number: 04367121

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR18: 1 days late, AR15: 31 days late, AR12: 22 days late,

Main office

Refurbs Flintshire
1-3 Aber Park
Aber Road
FLINT
CH6 5EX

Objectives

(1) TO RELIEVE POVERTY BY THE PROVISION OF QUALITY AFFORDABLE FURNITURE AND HOUSEHOLD GOODS TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE IN NEED.(2) TO CONDUCT RESEARCH AND COLLECT INFORMATION IN ORDER TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS OF RE-USE AND RECYCLING AND THE REDUCTION OF POLLUTION AND PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT THAT RESULTS FROM THESE ACTIVITIES.(3) TO CONSERVE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT BY THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BEST PRACTICABLE ENVIRONMENTAL OPTION.(4) TO RELIEVE UNEMPLOYMENT BY IMPROVING THE EMPLOYABILITY OF DISADVANTAGED INDIVIDUALS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF WORK PLACEMENT, TRAINING AND VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES.THE AREA OF BENEFIT IS ENGLAND AND WALES

Defined Area of Benefit:

ENGLAND AND WALES

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