The Shrewsbury Furniture Scheme

The charity collects donated household goods from the local area (around Shrewsbury), refurbishes &stores them as necessary before selling them on at extremely low prices to those in need within the samelocal community.

In the charity's own words, from the register.

Elsewhere

• Shropshire

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £280,647 and spent £237,150.

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

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 60%, from £175,443 in the year to 31 March 2021 to £280,647 in the year to 31 March 2025.

Spending against income

It spent 85% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025. It spent more than its income in 3 of the 5 years shown.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

Government grants in the year ending 31 March 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.

From the charity's annual return to the Charity Commission, which asks every charity with income over £10,000 how much came from government grants and contracts. It does not say which part of government. These totals are separate from the named funders read from its accounts and the grants published on 360Giving, and are not added to them.

Funders that publish to 360Giving list 4 grants to this charity since 2022, worth at least £130,412.

Only funders that publish their grants to 360Giving are included, and many do not. These are amounts funders awarded, which can differ from what the charity received in a given year, so they are shown apart from the accounts figures above.

6 trustees run the charity.

• William Barr StrachanChairAppointed 25 July 2018
• Graham BakerAppointed 25 July 2018
• Margaret Elizabeth RobertsAppointed 25 July 2018
• Mike HallAppointed 25 July 2018
• Neil Anthony BryantAppointed 25 July 2018
• Rosemary PearsonAppointed 5 August 2021

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.

Charities with income over £10,000 send an annual return within 10 months of their year end, and those over £25,000 also send their accounts. Smaller charities only update their income and spending on the register. The dates are when the Commission received each document.

Charity number

1179323

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

25 July 2018

Governing document

CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 25 Jul 2018

Website

www.shrewsburyfurniturescheme.netAs the charity gave it on the register.

Council area of its contact address

Not matched to a council area

• Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 18 April 2026.
• Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.

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