Guild Initiative for Furniture Trust

Analysis

Guild Initiative for Furniture Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Preston. It was registered in December 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Guild Initiative for Furniture Trust reported income of £211k and spending of £238k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £211k to £211k (+0.0%), an average of +0.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Guild Initiative for Furniture Trust sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sedulo Foundation (£211k), Community Resources for Change (£211k) and Cornelly Development Trust (£211k).