Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: -10

Support Score: 4

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

1 Trustee: -5
Very static board: -5

Overall weighted support: +4

Overall GiG Score: -8

COUNTY DURHAM FURNITURE HELP SCHEME

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

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:

There is only 1 trustee
The Board composition appears to be very static

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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		£476	£559	£-83	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	16
31/03/22	*	£579	£546	£34	£0	£29	£29	0.6	10	15
31/03/21		£475	£465	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	22
31/03/20		£459	£453	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/03/19	*	£446	£510	£-64	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/03/18	*	£453	£474	£-21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£478	£500	£-22	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£357	£352	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£347	£318	£30	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£257	£253	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£169	£177	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£153	£137	£16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£158	£169	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£107	£88	£19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£83	£62	£22	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£53	£49	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	*	£64	£47	£17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 19 years

www.cdfhs.org.uk

info@cdfhs.org.uk

07709088426

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
General Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Technical, vocational and continuing education

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Durham,

Who it helps

People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who supports 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

County Durham Community Foundation	£14,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000
Co-Operative Group	£2,999

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
County Durham Community Foundation - Covid 19 and after household goods support
£3,000	23/08/2021	Sherburn House Relief in Need grants.
County Durham Community Foundation - CDFHS COVID 19 relief
£3,000	19/05/2021	To support CDFHS COVID 19 relief.
County Durham Community Foundation - CDFHS Covid Relief
£5,000	07/01/2021	To support CDFHS with Covid Relief.
County Durham Community Foundation - CDFHS COVID 19 relief
£3,000	27/10/2020	To support CDFHS COVID 19 relief.
National Lottery Community Fund - CDFHS Covid-19 Response
£10,000	30/04/2020 1	The project supplies low-cost re-usable furniture and whitegoods to homeless people who are securing accommodation or returning home from hospital. The funding will be used as a contribution to scale ....more The project supplies low-cost re-usable furniture and whitegoods to homeless people who are securing accommodation or returning home from hospital. The funding will be used as a contribution to scale up delivery to supply essential goods to homeless people during the COVID-19 crisis. The project aims to provide essential goods to those vulnerable at the point of need.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to County Durham Furniture Help Scheme
£2,999	15/11/2019	We wish to buy a vehicle to help us deliver our furniture recycling service, conduct driver work experience, and expand our offering.
Key Fund - Income and financial inclusion
£25,000	18/05/2018	All Groups
North East Social Investment Fund (NESIF) - Employment Training and Education
£40,000	07/07/2017	People living in poverty and/or are financially excluded
Key Fund - Income and financial inclusion
£25,000	31/12/2016	People living in poverty and/or are financially excluded
National Lottery Community Fund - Rural Refurb
£49,983	27/11/2014 12	Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - Rural Volunteer Transport Initiative
£10,000	29/04/2014 12	Not Available
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to County Durham Furniture Help Scheme
£25,000	28/07/2011	the salary costs of the Training and Employment Co-ordinator

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How is it governed?

Trustees (1)

DIANE BROWN Appointed: 2005, Occupation: Treasurer

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/11/2005, number: 1112344
Registered at Companies House on 09/09/2005, number: 05559147

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
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
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

17 returns made; AR22: 17 days late, AR19: 1 days late, AR18: 2 days late, AR07: 129 days late,

Main office

Unit 20
Ave 3
Chilton Ind Est
Chilton

Objectives

TO RELIEVE POVERTY IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF A FURNITURE AND HOUSEHOLD GOODS RECYCLING SERVICE TO THOSE PEOPLE RESIDENT IN COUNTY DURHAM WHO ARE IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

COUNTY DURHAM

Data Sources

COUNTY DURHAM FURNITURE HELP SCHEME

Analysis by Giving is Great

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