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Registered charity · Harrogate

Essential Needs

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £235k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
North Yorkshire
Website
www.essentialneeds.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Essential Needs
Registered
2005

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£235k£235k
  • 2024£227k£198k
  • 2023£207k£193k
Earlier years
  • 2022£158k£148k
  • 2021£122k£124k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

1. TO RELIEVE EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY PERSONS RESIDENT IN HARROGATE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY THE PROVISION OF FURNITURE AND OTHER HOUSEHOLD ACCESSORIES CALCULATED TO REDUCE THE NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF SUCH PERSONS.2. TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, INCLUDING (WITHOUT LIMITATION), THE RE-USE AND RE-CYCLING OF GOODS AND THEIR COMPONENT PARTS AND MATERIALS AS A MEANS OF WASTE REDUCTION.

Grants received

2 grants · £6,383 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.

8 trustees on the board

5y median 5.5y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

16.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

8
company-linked trustees

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

Economic/community Development/employment 8Environment/conservation/heritage 8The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 8

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

Other services 13Professional services 10Retail and trade 6

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£235k latest income · income exceeded spending 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
1108046
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 14 DECEMBER 2004 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 26 AUGUST 2008
Companies House
Company number 05312941 · Active
Contact on the register
01423870040 · essentialneeds@gmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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