01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 10 January 2002
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Company number supplied
- 03731516
- Financial period
- 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
- Latest income
- £175,107
- Latest expenditure
- £226,703
- Gift Aid
- No
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: UNITS 1 & 2, TEAMS CRAFT WORKSHOPS, ASKEW ROAD, TEAMS, GATESHEAD, NE8 2PB
Website recorded by the regulator: www.furnitureproject.wix.com/foundations (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
Foundations provide low cost, second hand furniture to people in need in Tyne and Wear. We collect furniture free of charge from residents and organisations in and around Tyne and Wear, diverting them from landfill. Foundations offer voluntary opportunities every weekday in our warehouse and with our driving team.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 19 December 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 19 December 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £175,107
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £226,703
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 6 December 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 6 December 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £220,036
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £208,581
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 11 January 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 11 January 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £201,481
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £167,991
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 30 November 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 30 November 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £189,840
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £126,029
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 26 January 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 26 January 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £167,958
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £120,060
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 19 December 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £175,107
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £226,703
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £2
- Income From Government Grants
- £30,375
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 8
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 6 December 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £220,036
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £208,581
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £3
- Income From Government Grants
- £37,500
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 6
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 11 January 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £201,481
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £167,991
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £4
- Income From Government Grants
- £37,119
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 9
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 30 November 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £189,840
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £126,029
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £1
- Income From Government Grants
- £46,510
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 12
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 26 January 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £167,958
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £120,060
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £5
- Income From Government Grants
- £73,277
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 5
05 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Gateshead
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Metropolitan Counties
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Tyne And Wear
- Welsh Ind
- No
06 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 310
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Other Charitable Activities
- Classification Code
- 112
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Environment/conservation/heritage
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
- Classification Code
- 105
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
07 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- FOUNDATIONS FURNITURE AND GARDENING PROJECT LIMITED
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 2002-01-10T00:00:00
08 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 11 MARCH 1999 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 14 NOVEMBER 2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 24 MAY 2018 as amended on 14 Oct 2025
- Charitable Objects
- (A) TO RELIEVE EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY THOSE PERSONS WITHIN THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF TYNE & WEAR ("THE AREA OF BENEFIT") WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY THE PROVISION OF FURNITURE AND OTHER HOUSEHOLD ITEMS AND ACCESSORIES.(B) THE RELIEF OF ELDERLY AND/OR DISABLED PEOPLE BY THE PROVISION OF A GARDENING SERVICE FOR THOSE WHO REQUIRE SUCH A SERVICE.
- Area Of Benefit
- METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF GATESHEAD
09 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Paying staff
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures