MELTON AND DISTRICT FURNITURE PROJECT

Charity number: 1086010
Charity reporting is up to date (4 days late)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

To collect freely donated furniture and to make this available for re-use to anyone in receipt of a state benefit. Additionally to provide work experience placements to volunteers and unemployed people who wish to return to the workplace.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2025

Total income: £83,738
Total expenditure: £65,758

Total income includes £14,105 from 14105 government contract(s) and £5,200 from 1 government grant(s)

People

6 Trustee(s)

14 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
  • Economic/community Development/employment
Who the charity helps:
  • Other Defined Groups
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Leicestershire
  • Rutland

Governance

Registration history:
  • 02 April 2001: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:

No other names

Company number:
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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
  • 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
  • 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
IVOR RUDDLE Chair
None on record
Fran Hearn Trustee 25 January 2023
None on record
LEANDA SMALLEY Trustee 07 April 2022
None on record
GLORIA BLANEY Trustee 14 November 2021
None on record
MERELYN GREAVES Trustee 21 March 2021
None on record
Graham Greaves Trustee 11 July 2019
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024 31/03/2025
Total gross income £99.99k £95.16k £113.10k £109.74k £83.74k
Total expenditure £80.89k £89.25k £112.23k £106.87k £65.76k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A £14.11k
Income from government grants £16.96k £8.80k £11.80k £5.20k £5.20k

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 2025 04 February 2026 4 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2025 04 February 2026 4 days late
Annual return 31 March 2024 25 March 2025 53 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 25 March 2025 53 days late
Annual return 31 March 2023 16 April 2024 76 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 16 April 2024 76 days late
Annual return 31 March 2022 06 September 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 06 September 2022 On time
Annual return 31 March 2021 27 August 2021 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 27 August 2021 On time
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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 OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 9 NOVEMBER 2000 AS AMENDED BY A SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 19 MARCH 2001, AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 4TH OCTOBER 2005.

Charitable objects

TO RELIEVE, EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY, PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE BOROUGH OF MELTON DISTRICT AND RUTLAND COUNTY COUNCIL (AREAS OF BENEFIT) WHO ARE IN CONDITION OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS ARISING THEREFROM BY: THEREFROM BY:- THE PROVISION OF FURNITURE AND OTHER HOUSEHOLD ACCESSORIES CALCULATED TO REDUCE THE NEED HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF SUCH PERSONS; AND THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT BY THE PROVISION OF TRAINING, ADVICE AND SUPPORT

Area of benefit

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

THE BOROUGH OF MELTON DISTRICT

Contact information

Address:
3b Park Road
MELTON MOWBRAY
LE13 1TT
Phone:
01664410380
Email:
melton@meltonfurnitureproject.co.uk
Website:

www.meltonfurnitureproject.co.uk Open in new window