Home Furniture Services Trust

Analysis

Home Furniture Services Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Somerset. It was registered in September 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05198011). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Home Furniture Services Trust reported income of £207k and spending of £231k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £143k to £207k (+45%), an average of +9.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Home Furniture Services Trust sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ministerio Palavra Genuina-Christ Apostolic Church Limited (£206k), Baby Basics Northampton (£207k) and Ashkelon Foundation (£206k).