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Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: -7
Support Score: 0
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • All male board: -3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -8 ?

BULKY BOB'S

Bulky Bob?s Limited collects bulky household waste from the general public. Wherever possible, furniture collected through this service is either sold at a low price or donated to people who need it in order to relieve furniture poverty. Also, Bulky Bob?s Limited provides salaried training and development opportunities to formerly long-term unemployed people or people on relatively low income.
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Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • There are only 3 trustees
  • The Board is completely male
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
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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£1,057£1,060£-2£0£152£1521.7200
31/03/22£1,221£1,211£10£0£154£1541.5230
31/03/21£1,312£1,305£8£0£144£1441.3240
31/03/20£1,104£1,099£5£0£136£1361.5220
31/03/19£1,161£1,154£7£0£131£1311.4210
31/03/18£1,271£1,147£124£0£124£1221.3250
31/03/17£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 35%
Liabilities/Income: 8%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 1.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.7
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 8 years

www.bulkybobs.co.uk

info@frcgroup.co.uk

0151 702 0570

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Other education support
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool City, Oldham, Sefton, Warrington,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 54-60
  • DR JOHN DAVID HINES Appointed: 2017, Occupation: None
  • JEFFREY BARRY VERNON Appointed: 2017, Occupation: None
  • NICHOLAS SPRUYT (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chair Of Trustees
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 12/05/2016, number: 1167068
  • Registered at Companies House on 12/01/2016, number: 09948123
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
7 returns made; all on time
Main office

Bulky Bobs
1 Cartwrights Farm Road
LIVERPOOL
L24 1UY

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY, WHICH ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:(1) THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY (BUT NOT LIMITED TO): (A) THE PROMOTION OF WASTE REDUCTION, RE-USE RECLAMATION, RECYCLING, USE OF RECYCLED PRODUCTS AND THE USE OF SURPLUS;(B) ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT ALL ASPECTS OF WASTE GENERATION, WASTE MANAGEMENT AND WASTE RECYCLING;(C) THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP BY THE RECYCLING AND PROVISION OF FURNITURE, CLOTHES AND OTHER HOUSEHOLD ITEMS.(2) THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT;(3) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND RELIEVE NEED BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF TRAINING AND BY PROVIDING GUIDANCE FOR SUCH PEOPLE AS ARE IN NEED CALCULATED TO ENABLE THEM TO EARN THEIR OWN LIVING;(4) ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE WHICH SHALL BE SELECTED BY THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME.

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Charity Commission for England and Wales

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