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Registered charity · Lewes East Sussex

NOW! Charity Group LTD

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £558k (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing and 3 more
Where
East Sussex, West Sussex, Brighton And Hove
Website
www.nowcharity.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
NOW! Charity Group LTD
Registered
1995

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£558k£723k
  • 2023£713k£762k
  • 2022£745k£755k
Earlier years
  • 2021£625k£566k
  • 2020£733k£520k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2023: Government grants 3%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(A) TO RELIEVE IN CASES OF NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS BY PROVIDING SUCH PERSONS WHO ARE RESIDENT IN SOUTH EAST ENGLAND WITH FURNITURE AND HOUSEHOLD NECESSITIES OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS AND TO PROVIDE THE TRANSPORT FACILITIES TO MOVE THESE NECESSITIES BETWEEN ACCOMMODATION AND SITES.(B) TO FURTHER THE EDUCATION AND SKILLS OF PEOPLE RESIDENT IN THE ABOVE AREA, IN (1) THE ARTS AND TECHNIQUES OF THE REFURBISHMENT OF FURNITURE AND HOUSEHOLD GOODS; OR (2) ANY OTHER DISCIPLINES THAT WILL ENABLE INDIVIDUALS TO RECOVER CONFIDENCE, GAIN NEW SKILLS OR BECOME BETTER SOCIALISED, TO ENABLE THEM TO PROGRESS TOWARDS VOLUNTEERING EDUCATION OR PAID WORK.(C) THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY [I] THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND THE PROVISION OF RECYCLING AND REUSE FACILITIES [II]ADVANCING PUBLIC EDUCATION ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS RELATED TO SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN REGARDS TO HOUSEHOLD AND COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL WASTE (III) CARRYING OUT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INTO SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND DISSEMINATING THE USEFUL RESULTS OF THAT RESEARCH (IV) PROMOTING AND INCREASING REUSE OF FURNITURE, ELECTRICS AND OTHER HOUSEHOLD MATERIALS/ITEMS THROUGH THE FULFILMENT OF THE OBJECTIVES IN 3A ABOVE.

Grants received

16 grants · £617,980 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

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

4.7y median 5y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

6
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 7General Charitable Purposes 7The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 7

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

Utilities 6Professional services 4Education 3

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£558k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

3.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 7.3 in 2020

18 from 17 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
Qualified
Auditor's opinioniAuditor's opinionThe accounts_qualified flag on the latest filed annual return is True - the auditor qualified their opinion. A register flag, shown as filed.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1048093
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 10 JUL 1995AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14 JUN 2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25 SEP 2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 19 JUL 2017
Companies House
Company number 03077894 · Active
Contact on the register
01273487377 · hello@nowcharity.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
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