Registered charity · Hertfordshire
9 Lives Furniture
- 10 trustees
- Income £136k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Andrew BlatherwickChair · since 2018
- David SharpeTrustee · since 2020
- Donald Mclean MilliganTrustee · since 2023
- Irvin Milton Cohen FCA FabrpTrustee
- Jayne CookTrustee · since 2025
- Maria Isabel MontesdeocaTrustee · since 2025
- Paul Richard RedingtonTrustee · since 2023
- Robyn Louise SutcliffeTrustee · since 2025
- Rosemary Elizabeth HadfieldTrustee
- Sergio Giovanni MussiTrustee · since 2021
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Hertfordshire
- Website
- www.9livesfurniture.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- 9 Lives Furniture
- Registered
- 2003
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£136k£140k
- 2024£129k£143k
- 2023£104k£125k
Earlier years
- 2022£131k£115k
- 2021£155k£109k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 6%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO RELIEVE EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY PERSONS RESIDENT IN WATFORD, THREE RIVERS AND SURROUNDING AREAS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY THE PROVISION OF FURNITURE AND ACCESSORIES CALCULATED TO REDUCE THE NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF SUCH PERSONS.TO PROVIDE VOCATIONAL TRAINING, SUPPORT AND WORK EXPERIENCE FOR UNEMPLOYED PERSONS WHO VOLUNTEER AT THE SCHEME.
Grants received
12 grants · £110,150 total360Giving 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
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £36,900
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £30,000 (3 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £22,500 (3 grants)
- Hertfordshire Community Foundation · £14,750 (3 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £4,000
Most recent
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Andrew Blatherwick Chair since 2018
- David Sharpe since 2020
- Donald Mclean Milligan since 2023
- Irvin Milton Cohen FCA Fabrp
- Jayne Cook since 2025
- Maria Isabel Montesdeoca since 2025
- Paul Richard Redington since 2023
- Rosemary Elizabeth Hadfield
- Robyn Louise Sutcliffe since 2025
- Sergio Giovanni Mussi since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Andrew Blatherwick Chair since 2018
- David Sharpe since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Andrew Blatherwick Chair since 2018
- David Sharpe since 2020
- Donald Mclean Milligan since 2023
- Irvin Milton Cohen FCA Fabrp
- Jayne Cook since 2025
- Maria Isabel Montesdeoca since 2025
- Rosemary Elizabeth Hadfield
- Robyn Louise Sutcliffe since 2025
- Sergio Giovanni Mussi since 2021
Portfolio (1)
- Paul Richard Redington since 2023
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
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
- 1096086
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 18 FEBRUARY 2002 as amended on 05 Jun 2020 as amended on 11 Mar 2009
- Companies House
- Company number 04375649 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01923 718666 · manager@9livesfurniture.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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