Good OLD Furniture Available (Gofa)
Registered charity 1109873 Registered since 2005
Operates: Cornwall
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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.
6 trustees on the board
- Clive Harrold since 2013
- Caroline Newborn since 2019
- David Felce since 2018
- Janet Ballett since 2022
- Penelope Young since 2018
- Richard Sorrell since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Clive Harrold since 2013
- Caroline Newborn since 2019
- David Felce since 2018
- Penelope Young since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Caroline Newborn since 2019
- David Felce since 2018
- Janet Ballett since 2022
- Penelope Young since 2018
- Richard Sorrell since 2025
Portfolio (1)
- Clive Harrold since 2013
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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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Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.
Connected through a shared trustee
- Pengarth Talking Newspaper 1 shared trustee
- Penzance and West Penwith OLD Peoples Welfare Trust 1 shared trustee
- Penwith Gateway Club 1 shared trustee
- West Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Methodist Circuit 1 shared trustee
- Pengarth DAY Centre 1 shared trustee
Also active in the same field
- Ormskirk Street United Reformed Church, ST Helens Similar size; both Other purposes
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Website | www.gofa.org.uk |
| graeme@gofa.org.uk | |
| Phone | 01736369847 |
| Address | G O F A, Ellis Square, Voundervour Lane, Penzance, TR18 4UH |
Finances
£120,887 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £79,423 | £78,182 |
| 2022 | £107,339 | £91,938 |
| 2023 | £137,899 | £121,203 |
| 2024 | £107,546 | £126,842 |
| 2025 | £120,887 | £117,058 |
What it does
What
General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyOther Charitable PurposesWho
Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesThe General Public/mankindHow
Provides ServicesCharitable objects
1. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE AND GOODS TO THOSE PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH ITEMS BY REASON OF THEIR NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES.2. ADVANCE EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RETRAINING PARTICULAR AMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE SO AS TO DEVELOP WORK SKILLS, GAIN WORK EXPERIENCE AND ENCOURAGE SOCIAL INTEGRATION; AND3. PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE ENVIRONMENT BY EDUCATING THE PUBLIC IN THE BENEFITS TO THE ENVIRONMENT OF SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES INCLUDING RECYCLING, CARRYING OUT RESEARCH INTO SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND DISSEMINATING THE USEFUL RESULTS OF THAT RESEARCH.
Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 30 MARCH 2005,
Trustees (6)
- Clive Harroldage band 75-79 since 2013
- Caroline Newbornage band 65-69 since 2019
- David Felceage band 75-79 since 2018
- Janet Ballettage band 60-64 since 2022
- Penelope Youngage band 80-84 since 2018
- Richard Sorrellage band 75-79 since 2025
Linked company (Companies House)
Good OLD Furniture Available (Gofa) · 05407823 · Active
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 30/03/2005
1 governing document(s) held from Companies House.
Connected charities (5)
- West Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Methodist Circuit 1 shared trustee
- Pengarth DAY Centre 1 shared trustee
- Penzance and West Penwith OLD Peoples Welfare Trust 1 shared trustee
- Pengarth Talking Newspaper 1 shared trustee
- Penwith Gateway Club 1 shared trustee
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