01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC037875
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- More than one local authority area in Scotland
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 3
- Postcode
- ML7 4EQ
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The charity was set up to relieve poverty through developing recycling services and providing recycled and refurbished furniture at low cost or free of charge to those in need by reason of financial hardship. To advance environmental protection and improvement through a) the recycling of furniture b) the re-use and reduction of waste.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the advancement of environmental protection or improvement
Beneficiaries
- Other defined groups
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
- Other charities or voluntary bodies
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
(1) To relieve poverty through developing recycling services and providing recycled and refurbished furniture at a low cost or free of charge to those in need by reason of financial hardship. (2) To advance environmental protection or improvement through (a) the recycling of furniture. (b) promoting education in the fields of the environment. Resource, recovery, re-use and reduction of waste, waste management and/or recycling, with a view to encouraging the use of more sustainable waste management practices. (3) To advance education and promote training, with particular reference to skills which will assist the participants in obtaining paid employment. (4) To promote, establish and/or support other similar projects and initiatives which further charitable purposes for the benefit of the community.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Total income | Donations | Charitable activities income | Trading income | Investment income | Other income | Total expenditure | Raising funds | Charitable activities spending | Other spending | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £125,737 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £112,388 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 3 | 22 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £85,523 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £88,650 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 3 | 2 August 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £79,824 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £78,873 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 3 | 18 November 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £78,873 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £77,905 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 3 | 11 November 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £112,196 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £91,070 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 3 | 12 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
- 100 Calderhead Road, Shotts, Lanarkshire
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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