Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: -4

Support Score: 0

Reasonable growth: +1
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1
All male board: -3

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: -3

OPEN DOOR FURNITURE RECYCLING LIMITED

We provide low cost furniture and domestic appliances to disadvantaged people particularly in the areas of Burnley and Pendle.We provide work experience placements with accredited training for the long term unemployed and volunteers. We help to preserve the environment by reducing the volume of bulky furniture and appliance waste that would otherwise go to landfill.

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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 4 trustees
The Board is completely male

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: 20 years

www.furniturerecycling.org.uk

info@furniturerecycling.org.uk

01282452400

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
31/03/23		£269	£253	£15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/03/22		£170	£176	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/03/21		£171	£157	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	19
31/03/20		£182	£163	£18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/03/19		£149	£146	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/03/18		£165	£165	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£207	£250	£-44	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£285	£297	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£377	£371	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£322	£284	£38	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£108	£134	£-26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£170	£159	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£206	£202	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£183	£185	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£177	£185	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£231	£220	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	*	£213	£218	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£271	£246	£25	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

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

How it operates

Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Lancashire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
15 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
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Open Door Furniture Recycling Ltd
£40,000	08/12/2016 24	towards two years' running costs of a project providing re-usable furniture, work placements and domestic appliances to people in a deprived area of Lancashire
National Lottery Community Fund - Open Door Furniture Recycling Ltd
£289,340	21/11/2012 36	This is a continuation and minor expansion of an existing project by Open Door Furniture Recycling Ltd (ODFR) in Burnley, which improves the quality of life for households disadvantaged by poverty ....more This is a continuation and minor expansion of an existing project by Open Door Furniture Recycling Ltd (ODFR) in Burnley, which improves the quality of life for households disadvantaged by poverty through the provision of furniture. It will provide residents with an alternative to landfill for unwanted reusable furniture and appliances and support the community through providing work experience, with training to long term unemployed people and those with learning difficulties.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 67-89

JOHN ALLAN BARROWCLOUGH (Chair) Appointed: 2009, Occupation: Solicitor

ROGER ANTHONY KENDALL Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired

THOMAS GEORGE BOYLE Appointed: 2006, Occupation: Retired

TREVOR RIDDIOUGH Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Retired

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 25/10/2004, number: 1106416
Registered at Companies House on 14/04/2004, number: 05101309

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

18 returns made; AR07: 21 days late,

Main office

St John's RC Infant School
Ivy Street
Burnley
BB10 1TD

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY BY THE PROVISION OF LOW COST FURNITURE AND DOMESTIC AND HOUSEHOLD GOODS TO THOSE IN NEED WITHIN LANCASHIRE AND IN PARTICULAR THE AREA OF PENDLE.THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RETRAINING, PARTICULAR AMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE, AND PROVIDING UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE.THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:A) EDUCATING THE PUBLIC IN THE BENEFITS TO THE ENVIRONMENT OF SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTISES; AND B) CARRYING OUT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INTO SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND DISSEMINATING THE USEFUL RESULTS OF THAT RESEARCH.

Defined Area of Benefit:

WITHIN LANCASHIRE AND IN PARTICULAR THE AREA OF PENDLE.

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