9 Lives Furniture

Analysis

9 Lives Furniture is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in February 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04375649). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 9 Lives Furniture reported income of £136k and spending of £140k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £155k to £136k (-13%), an average of -3.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, 9 Lives Furniture 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 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Triple C (Liverpool) (£136k), Reseed (£136k) and St Oswald's West End Centre (£136k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.