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Registered charity · Bristol

The Sofa Project

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £676k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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
Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
North Somerset, Bath And North East Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Bristol City
Website
www.sofaproject.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Sofa Project
Registered
1983

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£676k£686k
  • 2024£642k£658k
  • 2023£594k£663k
Earlier years
  • 2022£585k£571k
  • 2021£699k£638k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 36%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

2.1(A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY BY RENOVATING AND SUPPLYING FURNITURE, HOUSEHOLD GOODS AND DOMESTIC AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT TO PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS.2.1(B) TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE PROVISION OF TRAINING, EDUCATION, REHABILITATION AND EMPLOYMENT AND VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS ARTICLE "SOCIALLY EXCLUDED" MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATION OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS); CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).2.1(C) TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE ENVIRONMENT BY RECYCLING AND RE-USING MANUFACTURED GOODS AND CHATTELS.

Grants received

15 grants · £160,913 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.

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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 5y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

7
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 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.

Retail and trade 7Dormant 1Health and social care 1

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£676k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 1.5 in 2021

20 from 21 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
287088
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 8TH FEBRUARY 1983 AS AMENDED 17 JULY 2003 AND AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 23 SEPTEMBER 2010 AND REGISTERED WITH COMPANIES HOUSE 13 OCTOBER 2010
Companies House
Company number 01697726 · Active
Contact on the register
0117 954 7808 · info@sofaproject.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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