Company number: 5101309
Charity number: 1106416
Open Door Furniture Recycling Ltd
{ A Company Limited by Guarantee )
Trustees, report and Financial Statements
For the year ended 31 March 2024
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Open Door Furniture Recycling Ltd
Contents
Page
Legal and administrative information
Trustees, report
Accountants, report
Statement of financial activities
Balance sheet
Notes to the financial statements
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Open Door Furniture Recycling Ltd
Legal and administrative.information
Status
Open Door Furniture Recycling Ltd 15 a company limited by guarantee and a registered charity governed by
its Memorandum and Articles of Association.
Trustees
John Allan Barrowclough
Tom Boyle
Trevor Riddiough
Roger Anthony Kendall
Michael Gildea (apptd. 251.0412023)
Chair and Secretary
Trustee
Trustee
Trustee
Trustee
Company number
5101309
Charity number
1106416
Registered office
St. John's RC Infant School
Ivy Street
Burnlev
Lancashire B810 ITD
Accountant
Eric Crimmins FCA
100 Knotts Lane
Colne
Lancashire BB8 8AE
Business address
St. John's RC Infant School
Ivy Street
Burnley
Lancashire BBIO ITD
Bankers
Barclays Bank plc
Leicester LE87 288
Charitable objects
The objects of the charity are the relief of poverty by the provision of low cost furniture and domestic and household
goods to those in need within Lancashire and in particular the areas of Burnley and Pendle. Without discrimination
of Sex, Political, Religious or other opinion, by the advancement of education, training or retraining, particularly
among unemployed people,'and
providing unemployed people with work experience, Through the provision of facilities in the
interest of the protection and preseprfation of the environment for the public benefit by educating
providing unemployed people with work experience. Through the provision of facilities in the interest of the
protection and breservation of the environment for the public benefit by educating the public in the benefits to the
enviiuiiinerit L)f' sUsldil"Idble,Wd5le ITl<llldgerrient praLIiLes.
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Open Door Furniture Recycling Ltd
Trustees, Report
For the year ended 31st March 2024
Organisational structure
We have a board of 5 trustees, who meet bi-monthly.
All Trustee5 have been with project for over ten years and have the necessary experience for charity governance. We
employ a part time Project Co-ordinator, a volunteer part time Finance Officer and a volunteer part time
Administrator. We have up to fifteen volunteers every week who give their time serving cu
tomers'and helping as
van crew for the delivery and collection of furniture. Volunteers provide the required staffing levels for the
successful delivery of project services and are given on the job training
Purpose
Open Door Furniture Recycling is a charitable, not for profit, community furniture project.
Our airns and objectives are:
The relief of poverty by the provtsion of low cost furniture, domestic appliances and household goods to those in
need within Lancashire and in particular the areas of Burnley and Pendle.
b. The advancement of employment opportunities, particularly but not exclusively, among lon8 term unemployed
people through the provision of real work placements with training towards accredited vocational qualifications.
c. The protection and preservation of the environment for the public benefit by increasing the number of
opportunities for households to participate in waste re-use through donations of re-useable furniture and electrical
domestic appliances that would otherwise go to landfill sites.
We collect donations of furniture and domestic appliances from members of the public and offer them to
disadvantaged peopl
at very low cost. We help to overcome some of the economic barriets that exclude this target
group, through pove
Ity, from obtaining these goods from traditional outlets. We improve the quality of life of both
individuals and families who are in need of essential household furniture and domestic appliances. We offer genuine
work experience placements to volunteers, many of whom are long term unemployed. Plafements are a 'bridge
back to work, and we provide recent work history for Cv's and up to date work references.
Review of activities and achievements
Open Door Furniture Recycling continue to provide affordable second hand re-useable furniture and domestic
appliances to members of the public who are faclng financial challenges.
We continue to deliver our contract with Lancashire County Council for their 'Under One Roof scheme, in
partnership with other Furniture Re-use organisations across Lancashire. The scheme allows us to provide free
essential household items to those individuals/families who are successfully referred and do not have access to
sufficient income to meet their immediate needs for furniture and domestic appliances. We helped 400 individuals /
families through the County Councils 'Under One Roof scheme. We source and deliver brand new beds and
domestic appliances along with second hand sofa's, tables and chairs, as part our ongoing contract with them
We install cookers and washing machines as part of the contract.
We help succe55ful Ipplicants throughout the boroughs of Burnley, Pendle, Hyndburn, Rossendale and the Ribble
Vallev.
Our records show trtat we were able to help, on average, 16 disadvantaged families, many with children, every week.
All of whom were experiencing severe fi'nancial challenges and were in desperate need of items of furniture and
domestic appliances. A high percentage had been previously homeless. They had been able to secure a tenancy but
had no furniture to go into their new homes and did not have the resources to purchase these items from traditional
outlets. We helped people who were leaving care, people who could not be released from. hospital without having
the appropriate level of basic furniture and appliances, people who were coming from prison and people who were
fleeing domestic violence.
We helped nearly 1000 individuals and family households with quality reusable items of furniture and domestic
appliances at very low cost through this financial year.
All our client5 5trugglE to access furniture and domestic appliances because of financial hardship
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Open Door Furniture Recyclin£ Ltd
Trustees, Report For the year ended 31st March 2024
(Continued)
We collected nearly over 2000 donated items of furniture and domestic appliances from over 800 households within
Burnley and Pendle. A total of 80tonnes of furniture and domestic appliances were diverted from landfill for
community re-use,
We had an average of fifteen volunteers every week, which is consistent with the number of volunteer placements
over previous years.
Volunteers worked as part of the van crew for the collection and delivery of furniture. We had voluntary help in
administration for the taking of furniture enquiries and the scheduling of deliveries and collections. We had help
with the serving of customer51 clients in order to match requirements within available budgets.
All volunteers are helped with social skills and confidence building. Volunteers provide the required staffing levels for
the successful delivery of project services and are given on the job training.
The number of people using our project to buy items of affordable furniture and domestic appliances is consistent
with previous years.
Our project helps service users maintain or establish a home by providing them with essential household items that
meet their individual needs
We help seniice users to feel more secure, be more resilient, and live more independently in their communities. We
help to reduce household waste by increasing the use of second-hand household furniture and appliances
throughout Burnley and Pendle.
With the ever increasing demand for our project seniices, we are delighted to report a trading profit for the year.
which was further enhanced by the removal of a re-structLtring cost provision which is no longer required.
We generate a sufficient amount of income through sales and our Contract with Lancashire County Council to
maintain project services to a level that enables us to help as many people as possible.
We will continue to work towards securin8 further grant funding in order to employ more staff. This will help to
provide project services to even more people.
Statement of trust&e5' responsibilities
select suitable'accounting policies and then apply them consistently:
make Judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent.
State whether appllcable accountlng standards and statements of recommended practice have been followed
subject to any departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and
prepare the,financial stf tements on the going concern basis unless It is inappropriate to presume that the charity
will continue in business.
The trustees recommend that Eric Crimmins FCA remain in office until further notice.
This r
was approved by the
ustees on 6th December 2024, and signed on its behalf by
Chairman
Date
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Open Door Furniture Recycling Ltd
Accountanvs Report to the trustees on the unaudited financlal statements of Open Door Furniture
Recycling Limited.
I report on the financial statements of Open Door Furnlture Recycling Limited forthe year ended 31 March 2024 which
comprise the statement of financial activities, the balance sheet and the related notès. These financial statements
have been prepared under the historical cost convention and the accounting policies set out therein.
Respective responsibilities of the trustee trustees and auditors
The charity's trustees {who are also the directors of the company for the purposes of company law) are responsible
for the preparation of the accounts. The trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section
43(2) of the Charities Act 1993 {the Act), as amended by section 28 of the Charities Act 2006 and that an
independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to examine the accounts Llnder section 43{3llal of the
Act, as amended.. to follow the procedures laid down in the General directions given by the Charity Commission
under Section43(71(bl of the Act, as amended., and to state whether particular matters have come to my attention..
Basls of Independent Examlnerfs report
My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners. An
examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the Charity and a comparison of the account5
presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and
seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide
all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts
present a "true and fair view" and the report Is limited to those matters set out in the statement below:
Independent Examinerfs statement
In connection with my examination, no matter has come has come to my attention:
[1] whlch gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requiremertts
to keep proper accounting records in accordance with section 386 of the Companies Act 2006; and
to prepare accounts which, accord with the accounting records, comply with the accounting requirements of
section 396 of the 'Companies Act 2006 and with the methods and principles of the Statement of
Recommended Practice.. Accounting and Reporting by Charities have ndt'been met,. or
[2] to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to
be reached
Eric Crimmins FCA, 100 Knotts Lane, Colne, Lancashire
6th December 2024
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Open Door Fumlture Recycllng Ltd
ststement of flnancial activities
For the year ended'31 March 2024
2024
23
otsl
Notes
Incomlng resources
Income
231.171
268,594
Totsl Incornln8 resourtes
231,171
268.594
Charitable expendlture
C05t of aclivities In furtherance of
.the charity's objects:
Project
Support costs
M'anagement and admln
206,074
io.ioi
13,013
223,807
5.452
23,885
Total charitable expendlture
229,188
253.144
Oeficivsurplus from charitsbEe activitles
1.983
15,450.
Adlustrnent to restiucturlng cost provislon
7,681
9.721
Tot.al funds brought fonvard,
33,696
18,246
Total funds t4rrEed forward
43.360
33,696.
The Thxe5 on pages 8 to 13 foim aTr Inf(eyal part of these fLnandail stateme.nts.
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Open Door Furniture Re¢y¢linz Ltd
8alance sheet
as at 31 March 2024
2024
2023
Notes
Flxed assets
Tangible assets
7.853
Current assets
Debtors
stock
Cash at bank and in hand
17.898
19,384
2,000
34.959
io
28.614
48.512
56,343
Creditors: amounts falllng
due within oneyear
li
-13,005
-16,477
Net current (Ilabllltles)lassets
35.507
39.166
Total assets less current '
Ilabllltles
43,360
42.514
Long-Term Llabilitles
-8,818
Net assets
43.360
£33.696
Funds
Unrestrlrted funds
13
43,360
3,3.696
Restrlrted funds
14
43.360
£33,696
The Trustees, statements required by Sections 475 (2) and13) are shown on the following page,
Which forms part of this Balance Sheet
Tlie riutes uii Pdges 8 to 12 fui'iii ¢iri InteKral part of these financlal statements
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Open Door Fuiniture Recycling Ltd
Trustees, statements required by Sertion 2498(4)
for the year ended 31 March 2024
In approving these financial statements as trustees of the company we hereby confirm..
{a) that for the year stated above the company was entitled to the exemption conferred byl Section 477 of the
Companies Act 2006 .
(bl that no notice has been deposited at the registered office of the company pursuantto Section 476 of the Companies
Act 2006 requesting that an audit be conducted for the year ended 31 March 2024 and
{cl that we acknowledge our responsibilities for:
(l) ensuring that the company keeps accounting records which comply with Section 386 of the Companies Act 2006,
and
(2) preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs.of the company as at the end
of the financial year and of its profit or loss for the year then ended in accordance with the requirements of Sections
394 and 395, and which otherwise comply with the provisions of the Companies Act relating to.financial statements,
so far as applicable to the company.
These financial statements are prepared in accordance with the special proiiisions of Part. IS of the Companies Act
2006 relating to small companies.
The fi
ncial statements were appr
ed by the Board on 6th December 2024, and signed on its behalf bv
tr4
,,(0.. 12! 24?
Chairman
Vice-ChaiT
i E,JJiOtLq (4.
The notes on pages 8 to 12 form an Integral part of these flnanclal statements.
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Open Door Furniture Recycling Ltd
si
Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2024
Accounting policies
1.1. Accounting convention
The financial statements are prepared under the historical cost convention and follow the recommendations
in'Accounting and Reporting by Charities.. Statement of Recommended Practice, issued in October 2000,
The charity has taken advantage of the exemption In FRSI from the, requirement to produce a cashflow
statement because it is a small charitv.
1.2. Incoming resources
Grants, including grants for the purchase of fixed assets, are recognised in full in the Statement of Financial
Activities in the year in which they are receivable.
Income from investments is included in the year in which it is receivable.
1.3. Resources expended
Resources expended are recognised In the year in which they are incurred,
Support costs are those costs incurred directly in support of expenditure on the objects of the charity and
include project Management.
Management and administration costs are those incurred in connection with administration of the charity and
compliance with constitutional and statutory requirements.
1.4. Tan8ible,flxed assets and depreclation
Depreciatlon is provided at rates calculated to write off the cost less kesidual valiue of each asset over its
expected useful life, as follows:
Plant and machinery
Fixtures, fittings
and equipment
Motor vehlcles
25% reducing balance
25% reducing balance
25% reducing balance
l.S. Penslons
The pension costs charged in the financial statements represent the contribution payablé by the charity
during the year.
The regular cost of providing retirement pen5ion5 and related benefits is charged to the SOFA'over the
employees, seNice lives on the basis of a constant percentage of earnings.
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Notes to the ￿nanCIal Statements for the year to 31 March 2024
2 In¢ome - Restricted Funds
2024
2023
£0
£d
Intome (Unrestslcted funds )
2024
2023
Furnlture Sales / Delivery Charges
Recycllng Credits
COVID / Furlough Grants
Lancashire County Councll - servi￿ Level Agreement
Bank Interest
52,616
62,392
178.426
129
17
231,171
268.594
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Open Door Furnlture Recycllng Ltd
Notes to the Flnancial Statements for the year to 31 March 2024
3 Costs of actlvltles In furtherance of the objelts of the
Charity
2024
2023
Cost of Goods Sold
Employment Corts
. Rent
1.37,579
36.800
159,787
34,460
12.000
4,593
2,388
4,046
Heat. Ll8ht, Power and Water
Insurance
Voluntèer Expense5 and subsistence
Equipment Hire
Protectlve aolhln8 Cost5
Advertising/Publicitv
Vehicle Costs
3,746
3.462
3.674
195
13.618
206.074
6,353
223,807
4 Support Costs
2024
2023
Office Statlonery I PrintlnglPostage
aeaning
TelÈphone/ Inlewnet / l.T
Sundfles
Premlses Expenses
Depreclatlon
2,3
841 1
1,119
820
975
897
2,567
2.454
io.ioi
974
5,452
S Management and administration
2024
2023
Employment Costs
Professional Fees
Pank charg￿ and Interest
10,987
717
1,309
13,013
21.577
778
1,530
23.885
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Notes to the Flnancial Statements for the year to 31 Marth 2024
6 Operatlng galn
2024
2023
Operatin8 gain is stated after char£in8:
Dep.reciatlon and other amounts wrltten off tangible assets
Employment Costs
Wages and 5alaiies
Social security Costs
Other pension costs
883
43,495
44.529
2,812
8,696
2.612
47,787
56,037
7 Pension Costs
The pension charge represents contrlbutlons due from the company
and amounts to £2.,612 includln8 provisions madefor penslon arrear5 (2023 = £8.696)
8 Tangible fixed assets
r￿Ing$ and
Motor
Equipment vèhlc,les
Total
Cost
At l April 2023
Additions
D.Isppsals
At 31 March 2024
23.411
27,484
7,658
50.895
7.,658'
23.411
35.142
58.553
Depreclatlon
At l April 2023
Provlded In the year
Di5PDsals
At 31 March 2024
22,729
171
25,518
2.283
48,'247
2,454
22,900
27,801
50,701
Net book values
2024
512
7,341
7.853, ,
2023
682
1,966
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Notes to the Financlal Statements for the year to 31 March 2024
9 Debtors
2024
2023
Debtors, Prepayments and fundlng due
17,898
19,384
10 Stock
stock Isvalued by the Oirectors at the lower of c05t and net realisable value
£2,000
£2,000
11 Credltors: amounts fallins due withln one year
Accruals and Accounls Payable
£13,￿5
£16,477
£13.005
£16,477
Contln6ent Llabllltles.
We are cuirently revlewin8 ourVAT Règirtratlon status. Thls may result In the
establishment of a VAT liabillty for prior periods. The extent of any liability adjustment
Is currently not possible to ascertain. but but In the opinion of the Trustees it is unlikely
to be subslantlal.
12 CrÈdltors: amounts falling due beyond'one year.
Pen51on Arrears
£0
£8,818
13. Unrestrlcted.Funds
These arlse from acllvllies such as sales of furniture, delrvery char8es, iecyding'qredits.
bank Inteiest, and grants/ donations for"8eneral runnlng costs"
14 ReStrIrt￿ Funds ,
Restsicted Funds. arisin8 from Grants Receivable, have featured histoiicalty in thèse
accounts. Howevei. atE 5ncorne now artses from uniestslcted lunds. as descrlbed in
Note 13 above
IS Number of employees
The average monthly numbers of employees
(Including the tfustee5) during the year wefe:
2024
Number
2023
Nurnber
Work staff
Volunteer
Trustees
15
15
22
22
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