The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Sofa

Registered charity 1002980 Registered since 1991

Operates: Leicestershire

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

2y median 2y
average tenure
2y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
20y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (1)

5
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 5The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 5Environment/conservation/heritage 4Economic/community Development/employment 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Retail and trade 5Business services 1Health and social care 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£241k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.sofareuse.org
Emailoffice@sofareuse.org
Phone01509262557
AddressS O F A, CLARENCE STREET, LOUGHBOROUGH, LE11 1DY

Finances

£240,512 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£173,556£211,932
2022£168,317£199,748
2023£157,952£196,823
2024£249,380£192,665
2025£240,512£175,692

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyEnvironment/conservation/heritageEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Services

Charitable objects

TO RELIEVE EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY PERSONS RESIDENT IN LEICESTERSHIRE AND CONTIGUOUS AREAS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS ARISING THEREFROM BY:(1) THE PROVISION OF FURNITURE AND OTHER HOUSEHOLD ACCESSORIES CALCULATED TO REDUCE THE NEED HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF SUCH PERSONS; AND(2) THE PROVISION OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING, SUPPORT AND WORK EXPERIENCE FOR UNEMPLOYED PERSONS WHO VOLUNTEER AT SOFA

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 01/03/1991AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08/10/1992AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18/03/1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 23/01/2013

Trustees (5)

5trustees
75median age
4aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Sofa · 02587766 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 01/03/1991

2 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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