CHAIRS AND SPARES

Charity Number: 1110846
Removed charity

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Chairs and Spares is a social business bringing together representatives of a number of organisations to make available through reuse/recycling items that will be of benefit to those on low income, create opportunities for training and enterprise and enhance peoples quality of life, self worth and employability.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2016

Total income: £89,318
Total expenditure: £111,321

Fundraising

This charity does not raise funds from the public

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:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
Who the charity helps:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
Where the charity operates:
  • Shropshire
  • Telford & Wrekin

Governance

Registration history:
  • 12 August 2005: Standard registration
  • 26 August 2016: Removed (Voluntary removal)
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
No information available
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Complaints handling
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
No information available

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2012 31/03/2013 31/03/2014 31/03/2015 31/03/2016
Total gross income £96.35k £152.51k £116.56k £87.79k £89.32k
Total expenditure £93.39k £142.35k £112.81k £114.09k £111.32k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A £0 £0
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A £0 £0

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 2016 26 July 2016 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2016 26 July 2016 On Time
Annual return 31 March 2015 05 August 2015 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2015 05 August 2015 On Time
Annual return 31 March 2014 29 October 2014 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2014 15 October 2014 On Time
Annual return 31 March 2013 17 December 2013 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2013 17 December 2013 On Time

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 6 APRIL 2005 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 13 JULY 2005.

Charitable objects

TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND PROTECT OR PRESERVE THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:- (A) BY HELPING TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF BOTH INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WHO ARE IN NEED OF ESSENTIAL HOUSEHOLD EQUIPMENT AS IDENTIFIED TO THE CHARITY BY STATUTORY AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES THROUGH COLLECTING DONATED FURNITURE AND HOUSEHOLD EQUIPMENT AND STORING AND CHECKING ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES FOR SAFETY BEFORE DELIVERING TO THOSE IN NEED. (B) BY RECYCLING, RE-USING RENOVATING AND REPAIRING HOUSEHOLD ITEMS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE TO BE DISPOSED OF AS LANDFILL. (C) BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE UNEMPLOYED, THOSE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND THOSE ON COMMUNITY SERVICE OR SIMILAR ORDERS, TO PRACTISE AND ACQUIRE SKILLS AND GAIN CONFIDENCE WHILST CONTRIBUTING TO THE WELFARE OF THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES. (D) THROUGH ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT THE BENEFITS TO THE ENVIRONMENT OF RECYCLING, RE-USE OF WASTE MANAGEMENT AND TO PROMULGATE THE VALUE OF SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLES. (E) THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF VOLUNTEER TRAINING SCHEMES TO UNDERTAKE THE REPAIR AND/OR RESTORATION OF DONATED ITEMS OR ANY OTHER ASPECTS OF THE CHARITY'S WORK AS APPROPRIATE. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IS DEVELOPMENT THAT MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS. IT IS A DYNAMIC PROCESS WHICH ENABLES ALL PEOPLE TO REALISE THEIR POTENTIAL, AND TO IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE, IN WAYS WHICH SIMULTANEOUSLY PROTECT AND ENHANCE THE EARTH'S LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS.

Area of benefit

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

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE, TELFORD AND WREKIN AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS.