01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC042841
- Status
- Not Submitted
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- Not supplied
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- DG2 0ED
OSCR note: Previous charity name Nithsdale Furniture Project from 04/01/2012 to 10/05/2018.
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- 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 makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
4.1 To relieve poverty by providing free or low cost recycled furniture to those in need by means of homelessness or income based deprivation 4.2 To relieve those in need by reason of financial hardship by furnishing their homes with recycled furniture and refurbished electrical goods, enabling them to sustain their tenancies. 4.3 To advance environmental protection by reducing landfill waste and preserving resources by reusing disposed-off' furniture and textiles and other such landfill waste not exclusive to households 4.4 To advance community development and citizenship by offering volunteer opportunities and training, providing services, projects and initiatives, also in partnership with other organisations, which combat loneliness and isolation, or lead to community cohesion. 4.5 To relieve those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage by providing food bank facilities and associated training, Guidance, help and support to address the conditions the lead to financial hardship and food poverty. (Also including relief given by the provision of accommodation or care)
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2023 | £0 | £0 | 0 | Not supplied |
| 31 March 2022 | £22,016 | £33,037 | 0 | 26 January 2023 |
| 31 March 2021 | £54,046 | £44,305 | 0 | 17 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
- Lochside Enterprise Workshops, Shirley Road, Lochside, Dumfries
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.furnitureproject.org
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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