Furbd Ltd

Analysis

Furbd Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cleveland. It was registered in December 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03141290). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Furbd Ltd reported income of £693k and spending of £675k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £637k to £693k (+8.8%), an average of +2.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income dropped by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Furbd Ltd sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Light Project Peterborough (£692k), Institute of Money Advisers (£693k) and Rowanville Limited (£692k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 95%, investments 2.2% and donations and legacies 1.3%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £641k would cover about 11 months of spending at that rate. It employed 19 people.