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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

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.

17y median 13y
average tenure
34y
longest tenure
16.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (6)

4
company-linked trustees

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

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 9Accommodation/housing 8General Charitable Purposes 5Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity 1Religious Activities 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.

Health and social care 3Tech and media 1

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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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£211k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

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
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