Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 10

Reasonable growth: +1
No PartB

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

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 20

RICHMOND FURNITURE SCHEME

We operate in and around Richmond Borough. We collect donated furniture, repairing, cleaning, displaying and selling it at low prices to people in need and at higher prices to the general public. We offer basic training and work experience in carpentry and property maintenance to disadvantaged young people and volunteering experience to others including the unemployed

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
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 including the Government
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

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	£265	£217	£49	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	108
31/03/22	£221	£210	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	82
31/03/21	£184	£170	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	55
31/03/20	£146	£155	£-9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	70
31/03/19	£154	£148	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/03/18	£132	£138	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£128	£134	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£111	£138	£-27	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£159	£150	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	£148	£164	£-16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	£189	£143	£45	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	£150	£138	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	£127	£146	£-20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 15 years

www.rfsonline.co.uk

admin@rfsonline.co.uk

02087554665

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

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

GiG Classification

Technical, vocational and continuing education

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout London,

Who it helps

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

Department for Work and Pensions	£17,336
Richmond Parish Lands Charity	£15,000
The Clothworkers Foundation	£15,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£8,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
London Catalyst - The Richmond Furniture Scheme - 1
£1,250	09/05/2023	Kitchen Essentials Starter Kit Project
Richmond Parish Lands Charity - To Richmond Furniture Scheme
£15,000	01/03/2023 12	Replacement electric furniture delivery van.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Richmond Furniture Scheme
£15,000	07/02/2023 0	Purchase of van for a charity which works with the financially and racially disadvantaged in Greater London
National Lottery Community Fund - Replacement Collection/Delivery Van Project
£8,000	16/12/2022	The funding will be used to pay towards a replacement van for collection and deliveries. This project aims to continue to recycle and refresh old unwanted furniture at a lower cost for the community.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000	16/12/2022	Replacement collection/delivery van
Department for Work and Pensions - RICHMOND FURNITURE SCHEME
£17,336	01/04/2021	The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to create new jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit who are at risk of long term unemployment.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 39-77

DEREK PAPWORTH Appointed: 2021, Occupation: It Consultant

HELEN HIGGINS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Marketing Director

HELEN PUGH Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Marketing Director

JOHN ALEXANDER STEPHEN (Chair) Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Non Executive Director

MITHU SENGUPTA Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Consultant

NICOLA ANSON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Chief Financial Officer

RYAN ANDREW RICHARDSON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Head Of Projects And Compliance

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/11/2009, number: 1133019
Registered at Companies House on 26/08/2009, number: 07001417

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
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

13 returns made; all on time

Main office

1A FORTESCUE AVENUE
TWICKENHAM
TW2 5LS

Objectives

A) PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY BY SUPPLYING DONATED FURNITURE AND HOUSEHOLDGOODS AT MINIMAL COST TO PEOPLE IN NEED B) THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT BY ENCOURAGINGREUSE/RECYCLING OF DONATED FURNITURE AND HOUSEHOLD GOODSC) THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BETHOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF TRAINING, EMPLOYMENT, WORK EXPERIENCEAND VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

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