Registered charity · Preston
Guild Initiative for Furniture Trust
The prevention or relief of poverty or financial hardship in Lancashire by providing furniture and household items to individuals in need.
- 9 trustees
- Income £211k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Peter Robert Metcalf MBE FCAChair · since 1992
- Anne Marguerite Metcalf FCA DchaTrustee
- Beryl RhodesTrustee · since 2023
- Jonathan Harish Chandra Saksena CouncillorTrustee · since 2013
- Keith SedgewickTrustee · since 2011
- Lynford Carl CromptonTrustee · since 2013
- Nicholas William PomfretTrustee · since 2015
- Peter David TaylorTrustee · since 1992
- Peter John WhittleTrustee · since 2013
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing
- Where
- Lancashire
- Website
- www.gift92.com (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1992
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£211k£238k
- 2024£237k£268k
- 2023£281k£253k
Earlier years
- 2022£240k£206k
- 2021£211k£185k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 82%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
The prevention or relief of poverty or financial hardship in Lancashire by providing furniture and household items to individuals in need.
Board analysis for researchers
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Peter Robert Metcalf MBE FCA Chair since 1992
- Anne Marguerite Metcalf FCA Dcha
- Beryl Rhodes since 2023
- Jonathan Harish Chandra Saksena Councillor since 2013
- Keith Sedgewick since 2011
- Lynford Carl Crompton since 2013
- Nicholas William Pomfret since 2015
- Peter John Whittle since 2013
- Peter David Taylor since 1992
Trustees past 6 years
- Peter Robert Metcalf MBE FCA Chair since 1992
- Jonathan Harish Chandra Saksena Councillor since 2013
- Keith Sedgewick since 2011
- Lynford Carl Crompton since 2013
- Nicholas William Pomfret since 2015
- Peter John Whittle since 2013
- Peter David Taylor since 1992
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Anne Marguerite Metcalf FCA Dcha
- Jonathan Harish Chandra Saksena Councillor since 2013
- Keith Sedgewick since 2011
Portfolio (6)
- Peter Robert Metcalf MBE FCA Chair since 1992
- Beryl Rhodes since 2023
- Lynford Carl Crompton since 2013
- Nicholas William Pomfret since 2015
- Peter John Whittle since 2013
- Peter David Taylor since 1992
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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1015952
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 7 DECEMBER 1992 as amended on 04 Nov 2024
- Contact on the register
- 01772716572 · mail@gift92.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th 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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