ESSENTIAL NEEDS

Charity number: 1108046
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

To provide furniture and household items to people on low incomes and state benefits for a modest charge. To protect and preserve the environment for the benefit of the public, including (without limitation), the re-use and recycling of goods and their component parts and materials as a means of waste reduction.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2025

Total income: £235,309
Total expenditure: £235,104

People

8 Trustee(s)

20 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
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
Where the charity operates:
  • North Yorkshire

Governance

Registration history:
  • 11 February 2005: 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:
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • 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
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

8 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Francis McAllister Trustee 15 September 2025
None on record
ADRIAN HOLEY Trustee 07 March 2023
None on record
Peter George Rogers Trustee 16 June 2021
None on record
Lloyd Anthony Campbell Trustee 14 April 2021
None on record
Susan Ann Donnelly Trustee 12 November 2020
None on record
Lucy Mary Francis Hind Trustee 12 November 2020
None on record
John Ennis Trustee 06 February 2020
None on record
Joy Rosemary Allan Trustee 15 January 2018
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 £121.65k £157.66k £206.80k £226.55k £235.31k
Total expenditure £123.97k £148.05k £192.94k £198.11k £235.10k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £35.12k £2.67k N/A £1.23k 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 2025 13 January 2026 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2025 13 January 2026 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2024 18 December 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 18 December 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 31 October 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 31 October 2023 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 19 August 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 19 August 2022 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 12 August 2021 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 12 August 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 OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 14 DECEMBER 2004 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 26 AUGUST 2008

Charitable objects

1. TO RELIEVE EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY PERSONS RESIDENT IN HARROGATE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA 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. 2. TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, INCLUDING (WITHOUT LIMITATION), THE RE-USE AND RE-CYCLING OF GOODS AND THEIR COMPONENT PARTS AND MATERIALS AS A MEANS OF WASTE REDUCTION.

Area of benefit

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

NORTH YORKSHIRE

Contact information

Address:
Back Gladstone Street
Harrogate
HG2 8DF
Phone:
01423870040
Email:
essentialneeds@gmail.com
Website:

www.essentialneeds.org.uk Open in new window