spruse Stevenage Reuse Scheme

Charity number: 1058584
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

SPRUSE STEVENAGE REUSE SCHEME COLLECTS AND RE-DISTRIBUTES GOOD QUALITY LEGALLY COMPLIANT USED FURNITURE AND ELECTRICAL ITEMS. IT SUPPORTS THOSE ON LOW INCOME AND IN CONDITIONS OF NEED. THE GENERAL PUBLIC CAN PURCHASE ITEMS HELPING TO SUPPORT THOSE MOST IN NEED. THIS ACTIVITY ENCOURAGES RE-USE & PROTECTS THE ENVIRONMENT BY REDUCING LANDFILL. SPRUSE ALSO OFFERS VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £131,414
Total expenditure: £109,371

People

6 Trustee(s)

10 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:
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
  • Economic/community Development/employment
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
Where the charity operates:
  • Hertfordshire

Governance

Registration history:
  • 10 October 1996: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
  • STEVENAGE FURNITURE RECYCLING SCHEME (Previous name)
  • STEVENAGE FURNITURE SCHEME (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • 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
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease 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
Richard Brooks Chair 21 March 2013
None on record
Bernadette Marie Hammick Trustee 16 January 2024
None on record
Steve Mahoney Trustee 12 September 2023
None on record
Wendy Jackson Trustee 12 September 2023
None on record
Peter Jack Sharp Trustee 20 October 2021
None on record
Jennifer Ann Wilson Trustee 07 December 2016
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 £79.39k £104.70k £100.60k £103.38k £131.41k
Total expenditure £73.18k £71.55k £83.48k £107.37k £109.37k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £4.35k £25.54k £16.49k 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 21 November 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 21 November 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 04 December 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 28 December 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 28 October 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 16 December 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 27 October 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 27 October 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 16 March 2021 44 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 18 December 2020 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.

CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 27 APRIL 1995 AMENDED 14 JULY 1999 as amended on 14 Jul 2001 as amended on 07 Dec 2016 as amended on 14 Sep 2019 as amended on 08 Dec 2020 as amended on 07 Dec 2020

Charitable objects

TO RELIEVE BOTH GENERALLY AND INDIVIDUALLY PERSONS RESIDENT IN STEVENAGE WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY THE PROVISION OF FURNITURE AND OTHER HOUSEHOLD ACCESSORIES CALCULATED TO REDUCE THE NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF SUCH PERSONS.

Area of benefit

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

STEVENAGE BOROUGH

Contact information

Address:
2-4
Willows Link
Stevenage
Hertfordshire
SG2 8AR
Phone:
01438362900
Email:
info@spruse.org.uk
Website:

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