01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC034885
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 6
- Postcode
- DD11 1SA
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
FRPA collect unwanted furniture and domestic electrical appliances, diverting them from landfill, to be refurbished before passing them on to new users. Items are supplied to local authority and housing association tenants through a voucher scheme, or sold to the general public at affordable prices. To achieve this our activities include, but are not limited to: * Protecting the environment by diverting goods from landfill * Collecting unwanted, good quality furniture free from anywhere in Angus * Refurbishing furniture and tests electrical appliances * Helping to reduce homelessness by passing furniture and appliances on to people who have been given tenancies, but have no furniture * Selling other furniture at modest prices, with a 20% reduction for those in receipt of benefits * Offering jobs to the young unemployed who come to us under Government schemes, thus training them for paid employment thereafter * Offering Volunteers similar job training and work experience.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of environmental protection or improvement
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
Objects 2. The company's objects are: to help to relieve poverty and need in Angus by: - (a) promoting the reuse of furniture, household goods, domestic electrical appliances and other equipment, (b) providing services, training, support and development to individuals to enable them to overcome disadvantage, (c) acting as a link between those with surplus resources and those in need of those resources, (d) and working with local people, voluntary organisations, local authorities and others in collecting and distributing such items.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £92,011 | £105,784 | 6 | 2 March 2026 |
| 31 March 2024 | £147,011 | £115,654 | 6 | 17 January 2025 |
| 31 March 2023 | £114,227 | £131,196 | 6 | 29 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £110,135 | £84,195 | 6 | 30 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £122,036 | £70,440 | 6 | 11 January 2022 |
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
- Wardmill Works, Unit 1, Wardmill Road, Dens Road Industrial Estate, Arbroath
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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