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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

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 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.

3.5y median 3y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (1)

0
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 10Environment/conservation/heritage 10The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 10

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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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£136k 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
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
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