Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

COMMUNITY FURNITURE STORE (SELBY) LIMITED 

Our Charity has three main aims. We primarily assist people in need, chiefly through the provision of donated household goods and new furniture and white goods at affordable prices. We also offer training and work experience placements and employment. We protect the environment by collecting items that would otherwise go to waste.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly 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

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£192£200£-8n/an/an/an/an/a24
31/03/22£190£170£19n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/21£230£245£-15n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/03/20£230£245£-15n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/03/19£219£227£-8n/an/an/an/an/a7
31/03/18£220£230£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£154£171£-17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£172£171£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£191£179£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£172£185£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£182£179£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£175£142£33£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£107£117£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£83£57£27£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£55£55£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£57£66£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£48£46£2£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 18 years
Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseFacebook
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Technical, vocational and continuing education
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • North Yorkshire,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 24 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
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Community Furniture Store Selby Workshop
£10,000 09/03/2022
Funding to enable Community Furniture Store to run workshops that develop the skills of their volunteers and participants. The workshops will be practical and engaging with people learning how to ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 48-82
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 12/06/2006, number: 1114619
  • Registered at Companies House on 20/03/2006, number: 05748655
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
  • Investing charity funds 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
17 returns made; AR16: 22 days late,
Main office

Unit 29 Raylor Centre
James Street
YORK
YO10 3DW

Objectives

a. To relieve generally or individually persons who are in conditions of need, hardship, or distress for reasons including, but not limited to, lack of resources, sudden emergency, ill-health, disability, or other disadvantage.b. To provide by gift, sale, or otherwise, furniture, household goods and other items or services to relieve need, hardship or distress and prevent exclusion from essential services.c. To raise public awareness of, and encourage recycling, reuse, or repurposing of furniture and other household items, including by collecting unwanted items and making them available for others to use.d. To promote and provide life and work skills support and work experience for people who are unemployed or would otherwise benefit from such services.e. To promote any other charitable activity that is consistent with these objects, which shall be selected by the trustees at their absolute discretion.?

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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