SOFA

Charity number: 1002980
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Furniture Re-use Project originally set up to relieve hardship by providing low cost furniture and appliances to those in need. Provision of work experience and training for individuals seeking employment. Increasingly important is our environmental role in diverting items from landfill.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £249,180
Total expenditure: £191,441

People

6 Trustee(s)

42 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
  • Economic/community Development/employment
Who the charity helps:
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
Where the charity operates:
  • Leicestershire

Governance

Registration history:
  • 21 May 1991: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • S O F A (Working name)
  • SUPPLIERS OF FURNITURE AND APPLIANCES (Working name)
Company number:
02587766 Open in new window
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • 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
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

6 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
BRIAN DAVID GRANGER Chair
HOME-START NORTH WEST LEICESTERSHIRE
Received: On time
MARKET BOSWORTH COMMUNITY LIBRARY
Received: On time
Diego Neyra Lopez Trustee 28 March 2024
None on record
Stephanie Day Trustee 24 January 2024
None on record
BRIAN JOHN TETLEY Trustee
None on record
VAL BROOKE Trustee
None on record
ELLIE LOWE Trustee
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £252.80k £173.56k £168.32k £157.95k £249.18k
Total expenditure £270.75k £211.93k £199.75k £196.82k £191.44k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A £63.35k £4.00k N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2024 23 January 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 23 January 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 07 January 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 07 January 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 11 January 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 11 January 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 26 January 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 26 January 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 16 January 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 16 January 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 01/03/1991 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08/10/1992 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18/03/1998 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 23/01/2013

Charitable objects

TO RELIEVE EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY PERSONS RESIDENT IN LEICESTERSHIRE AND CONTIGUOUS AREAS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS ARISING THEREFROM BY: (1) THE PROVISION OF FURNITURE AND OTHER HOUSEHOLD ACCESSORIES CALCULATED TO REDUCE THE NEED HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF SUCH PERSONS; AND (2) THE PROVISION OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING, SUPPORT AND WORK EXPERIENCE FOR UNEMPLOYED PERSONS WHO VOLUNTEER AT SOFA

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

LEICESTERSHIRE AND ITS CONTIGUOUS AREAS

Contact information

Address:
S O F A
CLARENCE STREET
LOUGHBOROUGH
LE11 1DY
Phone:
01509262557
Email:
office@sofareuse.org
Website:

www.sofareuse.org Open in new window