01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC034452
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 8
- Postcode
- G68 0EF
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Recap is a Community Furniture recycling project which is based in Cumbernauld and started in 2003. Recap has the three main aims and objectives Reduction of poverty and hardship within the local Community Environmental – Waste reduction and diversion of goods going to landfill Economic – provide local jobs and volunteering opportunities. 3. Operations Recap collects household furniture and electrical goods, and then refurbishes and redistributes at affordable prices to individuals and families. Recap is a charity and through a referral scheme many homeless persons
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of environmental protection or improvement
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
Constitutional objectives
To relieve poverty of the inhabitants in the area of benefit in particular those who have need by virtue oftheir youth, age, infirmity, disability, handicap, poverty, homelessness or unemployment, by collecting, refurbishing and storing donated furniture and household goods and distributing them to those in need. ii) To advance environmental protection or improvement through: The refurbishment, re-use & recycling of furniture items with the aim being to reduce the volume of furniture items being sent to landfill sites for disposal. The promotion of education in the fields of the environment, resource recovery, re-use, waste management and recycling, with a view to encouraging a more sustainable use of scarce environmental resources. To advance education and promote training, with particular reference to work skills which will improve the participants' chances of obtaining further paid employment.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £122,568 | £136,272 | 8 | 29 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £138,312 | £137,917 | 8 | 24 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £118,163 | £139,581 | 8 | 17 January 2024 |
| 31 March 2022 | £115,794 | £107,814 | 8 | 22 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £93,580 | £104,375 | 8 | 29 December 2021 |
Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.
04 Contact record
Principal office or trustees address
- Address supplied to OSCR
- 51 Napier Road, Wardpark , Cumbernauld
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.recapnl.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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