Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 5

Reasonable growth: +1
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 15

GOOD OLD FURNITURE AVAILABLE (GOFA)

Relief of poverty to people in receipt of benefit within the district of Penwith Cornwall via the provision of household goods.

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
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

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

Established: 19 years

www.gofa.org.uk

graeme@gofa.org.uk

01736369847

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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
30/06/23		£138	£121	£17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
30/06/22		£107	£92	£15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
30/06/21		£79	£78	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
30/06/20		£66	£81	£-15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	11
30/06/19		£73	£73	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
30/06/18		£66	£64	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/17		£60	£51	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/16		£60	£50	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/15		£51	£47	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/14		£53	£53	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/13		£50	£53	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/12		£53	£46	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/11		£60	£38	£22	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/10		£53	£37	£16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/09		£34	£32	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/08		£29	£38	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/07	*	£28	£28	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/06	*	£53	£33	£20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Cornwall,

Who it helps

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

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
12 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
National Lottery Community Fund - Good Old Furniture Available: Managing to Meet Demand
£9,870	16/12/2022	The funding will be used to cover the salary of the Manager who will provide training and inductions to staff and volunteers as well as other managerial work. The group offer a service which delivers ....more The funding will be used to cover the salary of the Manager who will provide training and inductions to staff and volunteers as well as other managerial work. The group offer a service which delivers household goods to people in need. The project aims to build their capacity to create a more efficient and responsive community service.
National Lottery Community Fund - A Van about Town (and Country)
£81,553	24/08/2022	The funding will help to support more people in West Cornwall on low incomes who are in need of affordable furniture and household goods through improvements and efficiencies in its service made ....more The funding will help to support more people in West Cornwall on low incomes who are in need of affordable furniture and household goods through improvements and efficiencies in its service made possible by a 2nd company vehicle. The funding will provide an electric van and charging station and a contribution towards revenue costs.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to GOFA
£8,401	23/10/2021	GOFA would like a storage container and improvement to our recycling bay as we need more space to supply the increasing need in the community. This in turn will increase our volunteering support.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 49-79

ANNA ROBSON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

CAROLINE NEWBORN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired

JANET BALLETT Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

KIRSTY MURRAY-LAMBROU Appointed: 2022

NORMAN ROBSON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

CLIVE HARROLD Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeships: PENZANCE AND WEST PENWITH OLD PEOPLES WELFARE TRUST, PENGARTH TALKING NEWSPAPER, PENWITH GATEWAY CLUB, WEST CORNWALL METHODIST CIRCUIT, PENGARTH DAY CENTRE,

DANIEL RUBENS Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Minister Of Religion

DAVID FELCE Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired

PENELOPE YOUNG Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 06/06/2005, number: 1109873
Registered at Companies House on 30/03/2005, number: 05407823

Gift Aid

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
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

18 returns made; AR07: 65 days late, AR06: 2 days late,

Main office

G O F A
Ellis Square
Voundervour Lane
Penzance
TR18 4UH

Objectives

1. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE AND GOODS TO THOSE PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH ITEMS BY REASON OF THEIR NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES.2. ADVANCE EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RETRAINING PARTICULAR AMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE SO AS TO DEVELOP WORK SKILLS, GAIN WORK EXPERIENCE AND ENCOURAGE SOCIAL INTEGRATION; AND3. PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE ENVIRONMENT BY EDUCATING THE PUBLIC IN THE BENEFITS TO THE ENVIRONMENT OF SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES INCLUDING RECYCLING, CARRYING OUT RESEARCH INTO SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND DISSEMINATING THE USEFUL RESULTS OF THAT RESEARCH.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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