Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: -2

Support Score: 4

Volatile income
spending growth: -1
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
Narrow trustee age band: -2
Dynamic board: +3
Mainly male board: -1

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 1

9 LIVES FURNITURE

Our aims and objectives are to help residents of Watford, Three Rivers and surroundingareas who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress by the provision of furnitureand accessories and to provide vocational training, support and work experience forthose who volunteer at the scheme.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
The Board is predominantly male
The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile recently but spending has been maintained

Established: 21 years

www.9livesfurniture.org.uk

manager@9livesfurniture.org.uk

01923 718666

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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		£104	£125	£-20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	22
31/03/22		£131	£115	£15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	21
31/03/21		£155	£109	£46	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	18
31/03/20		£106	£114	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/03/19		£123	£107	£17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	34
31/03/18		£141	£118	£23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£78	£97	£-19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£111	£121	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£133	£130	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£136	£139	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£124	£139	£-15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£166	£131	£35	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£157	£130	£27	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£119	£116	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£96	£142	£-46	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£128	£149	£-21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£147	£142	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£173	£135	£37	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£147	£113	£34	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£108	£71	£37	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Hertfordshire,

Who it helps

People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
22 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Garfield Weston Foundation	£10,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000
Hertfordshire Community Foundation	£9,750
Co-Operative Group	£7,493
DCMS	£4,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to 9 Lives Furniture
£2,295	21/10/2023	We wish to open a workshop with experienced training staff to help people in the Rickmansworth area get together, share experiences and learn new crafting skills, as a way of recovering after Covid.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to 9 Lives Furniture
£5,198	23/10/2021	It would help us train people with mental ill health or learning difficulties to enable them to get back into work and reduce the amount of furniture going to landfill.
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Supporting Hertfordshire people with mental health issues and learning disabilities into society and work
£4,875	14/06/2021	Grant to Watford & 3 Rivers Furniture Recycling Scheme (aka 9 Lives Furniture)
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£10,000	21/08/2020	Creating homes for people in need
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£4,000	24/07/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
National Lottery Community Fund - Training People with Learning Difficulties and mental ill health
£10,000	23/03/2020 11	The organisation will use the funding to continue training people with mental health problems and learning disabilities in restoring furniture. The project will help train new people to learn ....more The organisation will use the funding to continue training people with mental health problems and learning disabilities in restoring furniture. The project will help train new people to learn valuable new skills.
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Supporting Hertfordshire people with learning disabilities and mental health issues into society and work
£4,875	03/06/2019	Grant to Watford & 3 Rivers Furniture Recycling Scheme (aka 9 Lives Furniture)
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£7,500	29/11/2018	Turning houses into homes for people in need
National Lottery Community Fund - New Lives, New Chances
£10,000	04/10/2018 12	The funding will be used to run a recruitment and awareness campaign to enable BME and disabled people to benefit from work placements with a local furniture recycling scheme. The aim of the project ....more The funding will be used to run a recruitment and awareness campaign to enable BME and disabled people to benefit from work placements with a local furniture recycling scheme. The aim of the project is to support two different groups of disadvantaged local people. Those who benefit from learning skills as project students and those who need access to subsidised, good quality household items.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000	05/05/2017	Turning Houses into Homes for People in Need
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Watford and Three Rivers Furniture Recycling Scheme
£36,900	29/04/2014	The charity recycles and sells low cost furniture. It also supports people with mental health issues and learning disabilities to gain accreditations and undertake work placements which give them ....more The charity recycles and sells low cost furniture. It also supports people with mental health issues and learning disabilities to gain accreditations and undertake work placements which give them new skills and confidence so they become job ready.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 63-77

ANDREW BLATHERWICK Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Chairman

DAVID SHARPE (Chair) Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired

DONALD MCLEAN MILLIGAN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

IRVIN MILTON COHEN FCA FABRP

PAUL RICHARD REDINGTON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: LITTLE CHALFONT AREA DEMENTIA SUPPORT,

ROSEMARY ELIZABETH HADFIELD Appointed: 2009, Occupation: Retired

SERGIO GIOVANNI MUSSI Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Semi-Retired

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/02/2003, number: 1096086
Registered at Companies House on 18/02/2002, number: 04375649

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
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Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR05: 0 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from ROTARY CLUB OF RICKMANSWORTH TRUST FUND on 13/05/2022

Main office

25 WHARF LANE
RICKMANSWORTH
HERTFORDSHIRE
WD3 1HA

Objectives

TO RELIEVE EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY PERSONS RESIDENT IN WATFORD, THREE RIVERS AND SURROUNDING AREAS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY THE PROVISION OF FURNITURE AND ACCESSORIES CALCULATED TO REDUCE THE NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF SUCH PERSONS.TO PROVIDE VOCATIONAL TRAINING, SUPPORT AND WORK EXPERIENCE FOR UNEMPLOYED PERSONS WHO VOLUNTEER AT THE SCHEME.

Defined Area of Benefit:

WATFORD, THREE RIVERS AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS.

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