Registered charity · London
The Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers' Charitable Funds Incorporating the Furnishing Trades Benevolent Association
- 7 trustees
- Income £829k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.furnituremakers.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers' Charitable Funds Incorporating the Furnishing Trades Benevolent Association
- Registered
- 1992
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£829k£1.2m
- 2024£707k£1.2m
- 2023£669k£1.3m
Earlier years
- 2022£793k£949k
- 2021£410k£1.2m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO RELIEVE POVERTY FOR ANY PERSONS EMPLOYED OR WHO HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED IN THE FURNISHING OR ALLIED TRADES AND MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILIES AND OTHER RELATIVES AND DEPENDANTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF NEEDY CHILDREN OR ORPHANS OF SUCH EMPLOYEES OR FORMER EMPLOYEES WHO ARE PERMANENTLY OR TEMPORARILY UNABLE TO MAINTAIN THEM
Board analysis
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Paul Heinrich Sigismund von der Heyde Chair since 2016
- Amanda Jane Waring since 2025
- Benedict Burbidge since 2021
- Charles Vernon since 2018
- Hugh Charles Garforth-Bles since 2017
- Hayden Davies since 2022
- Jonathan Hindle since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Paul Heinrich Sigismund von der Heyde Chair since 2016
- Charles Vernon since 2018
- Hugh Charles Garforth-Bles since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Benedict Burbidge since 2021
- Hugh Charles Garforth-Bles since 2017
- Jonathan Hindle since 2021
Portfolio (4)
- Paul Heinrich Sigismund von der Heyde Chair since 2016
- Amanda Jane Waring since 2025
- Charles Vernon since 2018
- Hayden Davies since 2022
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
55.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 87.5 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1015519
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 27/10/1992AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 16/11/2012 AS AMENDED ON 08 FEB 2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 30 OCT 2019
- Companies House
- Company number 02759359 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02072565558 · clerk@furnituremakers.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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