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spruse Stevenage Reuse Scheme

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1058584HertfordshirePoverty relief
Income£139k2025-03-31
Spending£122ksame year
Spent / received85%5-year average
Size in its cause71st pctPoverty relief
Registered1996Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

spruse Stevenage Reuse Scheme is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in October 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, spruse Stevenage Reuse Scheme reported income of £139k and spending of £122k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £105k to £139k (+33%), an average of +7.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, spruse Stevenage Reuse Scheme sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include CCR Foundation (£139k), Gateway Church Caerphilly (£139k) and Rabetah Al-Ulama Al-Islamiyyah (£139k).

Income and spending

£0£35k£69k£104k£139k2021 Income: £104,7022021 Spending: £71,55420212022 Income: £100,6042022 Spending: £83,48020222023 Income: £103,3812023 Spending: £107,36520232024 Income: £131,4142024 Spending: £109,37120242025 Income: £138,9992025 Spending: £122,1872025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

SPRUSE STEVENAGE REUSE SCHEME COLLECTS AND RE-DISTRIBUTES GOOD QUALITY LEGALLY COMPLIANT USED FURNITURE AND ELECTRICAL ITEMS.IT SUPPORTS THOSE ON LOW INCOME AND IN CONDITIONS OF NEED.THE GENERAL PUBLIC CAN PURCHASE ITEMS HELPING TO SUPPORT THOSE MOST IN NEED.THIS ACTIVITY ENCOURAGES RE-USE & PROTECTS THE ENVIRONMENT BY REDUCING LANDFILL. SPRUSE ALSO OFFERS VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES

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CCR FoundationHarrow£139k
Gateway Church CaerphillyCaerphilly£139k
Rabetah Al-Ulama Al-IslamiyyahBatley£139k
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Budeaux PlymouthDevon£139k