ESSENTIAL NEEDS — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 11 February 2005
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 05312941
Financial period: 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income: £235,309
Latest expenditure: £235,104
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: Back Gladstone Street, Harrogate, HG2 8DF

Website recorded by the regulator: www.essentialneeds.org.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

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.

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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: 13 January 2026
Date Accounts Received: 13 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £235,309
Total Gross Expenditure: £235,104

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: 18 December 2024
Date Accounts Received: 18 December 2024
Total Gross Income: £226,549
Total Gross Expenditure: £198,108

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: 31 October 2023
Date Accounts Received: 31 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £206,798
Total Gross Expenditure: £192,936

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: 19 August 2022
Date Accounts Received: 19 August 2022
Total Gross Income: £157,656
Total Gross Expenditure: £148,051

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: 12 August 2021
Date Accounts Received: 12 August 2021
Total Gross Income: £121,647
Total Gross Expenditure: £123,970

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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: 13 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £235,309
Total Gross Expenditure: £235,104
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
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: 20

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: 18 December 2024
Total Gross Income: £226,549
Total Gross Expenditure: £198,108
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £2
Income From Government Grants: £1,233
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: 20

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: 31 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £206,798
Total Gross Expenditure: £192,936
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
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: 24

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: 19 August 2022
Total Gross Income: £157,656
Total Gross Expenditure: £148,051
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Grants: £2,667
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 24

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: 12 August 2021
Total Gross Income: £121,647
Total Gross Expenditure: £123,970
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £2
Income From Government Grants: £35,117
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 22

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: North Yorkshire
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 203
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People With Disabilities

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

Classification Code: 105
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Classification Code: 113
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Economic/community Development/employment

Classification Code: 112
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Environment/conservation/heritage

Classification Code: 205
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Classification Code: 202
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Elderly/old People

Classification Code: 206
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Defined Groups

Classification Code: 201
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Children/young People

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: ESSENTIAL NEEDS
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2005-02-11T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: 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: NORTH YORKSHIRE

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures