OSCR Scottish charity profile

The Furniture Lodge

ActiveCharity number SC045138
Registered30 September 2014
Main locationAberdeenshire
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC045138
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
More than one local authority area in Scotland
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
AB39 2LY

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Save usable furniture and household goods from landfill. Encourage re-use. Create a social enterprise. We collect goods from donors to our shop/store and deliver to purchasers with our van. Provide work experience for volunteers.

Charitable purposes

  • 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

The organisation's purposes are: 1.The advancement of environmental protection by establishing a community social enterprise which will raise awareness of and provide local solutions to waste reduction, recycling and re-use issues. This enterprise will seek to reduce the amount of reusable items currently being sent to landfill while promoting an awareness of waste reduction, recycling and re-use issues. It also aims to educate the public as to the benefits of donating or buying reusable items which would otherwise end up in landfill 2. The relief of those in need by providing work and training opportunities for disadvantaged members of the local community, alongside paid employment, volunteering and retraining opportunities.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 October 2025£23,643£12,80401 August 2026
31 October 2024£23,207£14,321029 July 2025
31 October 2023£17,822£16,180030 July 2024
31 October 2022£8,812£6,478031 July 2023
31 October 2021£51,291£53,452027 July 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
34 MacDonald, Stonehaven
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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