Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

IPSWICH FURNITURE PROJECT

Supplying furniture and other household items to people in need, or other organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty for the benefit of people who are living in East Anglia.Provision of training, work experience, workshops to enhance work and life skills.Protection and preservation of the environment by waste-reduction, re-use, reclamation, recycling, using recycled goods.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£678£706£-28£0£239£2394.11210
31/03/22£785£740£45£0£267£2554.11112
31/03/21£713£544£169£0£222£1944.31011
31/03/20£453£433£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£432£404£28n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£389£393£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£486£493£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£536£546£-10£0£16£160.3150
31/03/15£656£656£0£1£26£220.4100
31/03/14£208£182£26n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 5%
Liabilities/Income: 2%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 4.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 15.6
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 11 years
(20 years as a company)

http://www.ipswichfp.org/

service@ipswichfp.org

01473404004

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Environment conservation & animal welfare advocacy
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Devon Community Foundation - COVID19 Devon Scrubs
£4,000 14/05/2020
1
Grant to SAFE South West
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 08/05/2019
IFP Core Cost Funding

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 42-80
  • ELIZABETH MARY HARSANT Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Retired
  • FIONA LOADER Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Social Worker
  • MARGARET REGNAULT Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Ecologist
  • MARTIN WHITWORTH Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Solicitor
  • MICHAEL ALLISON (Chair) Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Housing Services Manager
  • MURRAY BRUNNING Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Pension Consultant
  • NICHOLAS DAVID BURFIELD Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Self Employed
  • PAUL HENRY Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Community Advisor
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 22/04/2013, number: 1151719
  • Registered at Companies House on 05/07/2004, number: 05170995
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
10 returns made; all on time
Main office

IPSWICH FURNITURE PROJECT
HOGARTH ROAD
IPSWICH
IP3 0EY

Objectives

THE PREVENTION OR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP BY THE RE-USE, RECYCLING AND SUPPLYING OF ITEMS OF FURNITURE AND OTHER HOUSEHOLD ITEMS TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, STATUTORY BODIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY FOR THE BENEFIT OF PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED WITHIN THE NOTIONAL AREA OF EAST ANGLIA; OFFERING HELP TO PEOPLE TO IMPROVE THEIR LIVING ENVIRONMENT; TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT ASPECTS OF WASTE GENERATION, MANAGEMENT AND RECYCLING INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF ON-JOB/VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND WORK EXPERIENCE, WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS TO ENHANCE BOTH WORK AND LIFE SKILLS; THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION OF WASTE-REDUCTION, RE-USE, RECLAMATION, RECYCLING, USE OF RECYCLED PRODUCTS AND THE USE OF SURPLUS AND CARBON SAVING.TO ASSIST IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT ANY CHARITY IN EAST ANGLIA WHOSE AIMS INCLUDE ADVANCING EDUCATION OF PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 18 YEARS BY DEVELOPING THEIR MENTAL, PHYSICAL AND MORAL CAPABILITIES THROUGH LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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