Homemakers Community Recycling
What it does
Furniture and white goods recycling and sale of household goods at affordable cost. Awareness raising of environmental issues.Provision of work experience and training to offenders, mental health patients and other disadvantaged persons.Helping homeless people through a Hardship scheme along with helping people living on the streets.
Its charitable purposes
(1) TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS OF RE-USE AND RECYCLING, THE REDUCTION OF POLLUTION, THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH INTO THE SAME TOGETHER WITH THE PUBLICATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF THAT RESEARCH.(2) THE CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE (PHYSICAL AND NATURAL) ENVIRONMENT BY THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BEST PRACTICABLE ENVIRONMENTAL OPTION (BPEO)[IN THIS CLAUSE SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES INCLUDE WASTE MINIMISATION, MINIMISATION OF POLLUTION AND HARM FROM WASTE, REUSE OF WASTE, WASTE RECOVERY ACTIVITIES AND CLEARING OF POLLUTANTS FORM CONTAMINATED LAND AND BEST PRACTICABLE ENVIRONMENTAL OPTION (BPEO) SHALL HAVE THE MEANING GIVEN TO IT IN THE WHITE PAPER "WASTE STRATEGY 2000 FOR ENGLAND AND WALES".]
Causes
- What it works on
- Education and training
- Environment, conservation and heritage
- Economic and community development, and employment
- Other charitable purposes
- Who it helps
- The general public
- How it works
- Provides staff or volunteers
- Provides services
- Provides advocacy, advice or information
- Sponsors or carries out research
Where it works
- In Wales
- Powys
- Blaenau Gwent
- Caerphilly
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Monmouthshire
- Newport City
- Torfaen
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Elsewhere
- Gloucestershire
- Herefordshire
Area of benefit in its governing document: Not Defined. in Practice Powys and Monmouthshire.
Income and spending
In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £370,718 and spent £308,087.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £370,718 | £308,087 | Not reported | 25 |
| 31 March 2024 | £295,649 | £276,703 | Not reported | 20 |
| 31 March 2023 | £251,307 | £223,426 | Not reported | 12 |
| 31 March 2022 | £280,078 | £228,920 | Not reported | 15 |
| 31 March 2021 | £292,738 | £248,483 | Not reported | 2 |
Financial position
Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.
- Income over time
- Up 27%, from £292,738 in the year to 31 March 2021 to £370,718 in the year to 31 March 2025.
- Spending against income
- It spent 83% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025. It spent less than its income in each of the 5 years shown.
- Money from government
- 64% of its income in the year to 31 March 2024 came from government grants and contracts (£187,895).
Government funding, as the charity reported it
Government grants in the year ending 31 March 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: £179,868 from 1 contract.
| Year ending | Government grants | Government contracts |
|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | Not reported | £179,868 from 1 contract |
| 31 March 2024 | £36,000 from 11 grants | £151,895 from 1 contract |
| 31 March 2023 | £2,000 from 1 grant | £147,510 from 1 contract |
| 31 March 2022 | Not reported | £59,580 from 1 contract |
| 31 March 2021 | £33,800 from 1 grant | £87,965 from 1 contract |
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
Funders that publish to 360Giving list 14 grants to this charity since 2004, worth at least £145,182.
By funder
- The National Lottery Community Fund£63,182, 9 grants
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales£27,000, 2 grants
- The Clothworkers' Foundation£25,000, 1 grant
- Garfield Weston Foundation£25,000, 1 grant
- Community Foundation in Wales£5,000, 1 grant
| Awarded | Grant | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 17 Dec 2024 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £20,000 |
| 14 Sept 2023 | Community Foundation in Wales | £5,000 |
Payments from public bodies, from their spending data
Public bodies' published spending shows 44 payments to this charity worth £183,522 between 8 January 2021 and 23 June 2026.
| Public body | Paid | Payments | Financial years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monmouthshire County Council | £183,522 | 44 | 2020/21, 2023/24, 2024/25, 2025/26, 2026/27 |
Trustees
7 trustees run the charity.
- Joseph Gholami
- Julie Barratt
- Mr Nick Miller
- Nicholas William Haugh Tatam
- Roger Harris
- Susan McConnel
- Terrance Davies
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | 31 January 2026 | Received 22 January 2026, 9 days early | Received 28 January 2026 |
| 31 March 2024 | 31 January 2025 | Received 13 December 2024, 49 days early | Received 13 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | 31 January 2024 | Received 17 January 2024, 14 days early | Received 17 January 2024 |
| 31 March 2022 | 31 January 2023 | Received 20 December 2022, 42 days early | Received 9 January 2023 |
| 31 March 2021 | 31 January 2022 | Received 21 December 2021, 41 days early | Received 21 December 2021 |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 1097505
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 13 May 2003
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 21 MARCH 2002 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 14 OCTOBER 2002
- Company number
- 04400718This company on OpenEconomyThis company on Companies House
- Website
- www.hmcrecycling.co.uk
- Council area of its contact address
- Monmouthshire
Sources
- Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
- Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
- Payments from public bodies: each body's own published spending data, matched to the charity by OpenEconomy. 5 public bodies' data is included so far.