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Registered charity · Penzance

Good OLD Furniture Available (Gofa)

Good OLD Furniture Available (Gofa) is a registered charity (number 1109873) based in Penzance, governed by 7 trustees. Latest income £121k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £121k (2025)
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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, Other Charitable Purposes
Where
Cornwall
Website
www.gofa.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Good OLD Furniture Available (Gofa)
Registered
2005

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£121k£117k
  • 2024£108k£127k
  • 2023£138k£121k
Earlier years
  • 2022£107k£92k
  • 2021£79k£78k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 10%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable 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.

Grants received

5 grants · £121,345 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

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £121,345 (5 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £19,9222024-07-26
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,8702022-12-16
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £81,5532022-08-24
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £5,0002007-01-18
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £5,0002006-04-26
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

5.9y median 7y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (1)

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 6General Charitable Purposes 6The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 6Amateur Sport 1Disability 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

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 6Arts and leisure 3Health and social care 1

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£121k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1109873
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 30 MARCH 2005,
Companies House
Company number 05407823 · Active
Contact on the register
01736369847 · graeme@gofa.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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