Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 12
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +12
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

THE RECOVER TEAM LIMITED 

Recover is a furniture up-cycling Charity, creating pathways into volunteering and employment. At its heart is a commitment to sustainability by up-cycling unwanted furniture and materials donated or reclaimed throughout Hertfordshire and beyond.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 8 years
(10 years as a company)

http://www.recoverteam.co.uk/

info@recoverteam.co.uk

01707322103

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£260£236£24n/an/an/an/an/a1
31/03/22£250£235£15n/an/an/an/an/a3
31/03/21£215£209£6n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/03/20£192£186£6n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/03/19£231£193£39n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/03/18£208£163£45£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£169£169£0£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Hertfordshire,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 1 volunteer

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£237,317
Henry Smith Charity£105,000
Hertfordshire Community Foundation£103,686
DCMS£56,163
Garfield Weston Foundation£20,000
Lloyds Bank Foundation£14,184
The Baring Foundation£12,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - The Recover Team Ltd - Salary Cost
£145,575 26/05/2023
This funding will be used to support vulnerable disadvantaged adults affected by mental health issues linked to substance abuse alcoholism crime homelessness or domestic abuse. Through guidance ....more
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Workshop Manager Salary/costs of providing team support (travel and food)
£28,700 02/03/2022
Grant to The Recover Team Limited
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Recover
£105,000 10/02/2022
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the running costs of a furniture upcycling project providing training, support and work experience for vulnerable adults in Welwyn Garden City, ....more
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund: Continuity Support
£52,065 22/10/2021
To support cultural organisations who have received funding from the Culture Recovery Fund: Grants programme, in the first or second rounds, and can clearly demonstrate the financial need for further ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£20,000 23/04/2021
Core costs to support covid recovery
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Workshop Manager Costs/Emmaus Collaboration
£28,700 04/01/2021
Grant to The Recover Team Limited
DCMS - DCMS VSCE CMC Covid Funding
£4,098 01/10/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
The Baring Foundation - Grant to The Recover Team Ltd
£12,000 14/09/2020
Contribution to the salary of the General Manager post
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Supporting participants to deal with mental health issues arising from the pandemic
£7,800 04/08/2020
Grant to The Recover Team Limited
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting Vulnerable Adults on their Journey to Long Term Recovery
£91,742 02/03/2020
36
RECOVER is a vibrant furniture up-cycling social enterprise, creating pathways into volunteering and work. The funding will be used for the salary of the workshop manager for 3 years. The project ....more
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Enhancing Sustainable Recovery through Partnership
£5,000 24/01/2020
Grant to The Recover Team Limited
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Grant to The Recover Team Limited
£28,700 13/11/2019
Grant to The Recover Team Limited
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to The Recover Team Ltd
£14,184 26/06/2019
12
The charity provides meaningful training & work experience for those experiencing dependency issues, poor mental health and learning disabilities within its furniture restoration and upcycling ....more
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Enhancing Sustainable Recovery through Partnership
£4,786 25/06/2019
Grant to The Recover Team Limited
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Mind the gap
£10,000 21/02/2019
11
A programme of intensive workshops to support those leaving treatment programmes for addiction and mental health issues. Participants will learn skills to help them into independent living and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Advanced Upholstery Skills Training
£9,842 06/02/2019
12
The organisation will use the funding to purchase materials and training in upcycling furniture for people with a variety of circumstances in order to provide support and improve their wellbeing.
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - To Support The Recover Team's Transition to Independence and enable us to support more participants.
£4,354 03/08/2018
11
Grant to The Recover Team Limited
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Recover Team
£13,100 21/06/2018
purchase of a people carrier for a charity which works with survivors of domestic and sexual violence
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Recover Team Ltd
£80,000 13/06/2018
36
towards three years' running costs of a furniture upcycling project providing training, support and work experience to vulnerable adults in Hertfordshire
National Lottery Community Fund - Step by Step: Furniture up-cycling workshops for vulnerable people
£8,470 09/08/2017
12
The project will use the funding to train members who together with staff and professional craftsmen will lead furniture renovation workshops for elderly people who may be isolated and have ill ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 58-70
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/05/2016, number: 1167218
  • Registered at Companies House on 07/10/2013, number: 08722235
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
7 returns made; all on time
Main office

19 TEWIN COURT
WELWYN GARDEN CITY
AL7 1AU

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR BY ASSISTING THEM IN GETTING BACK INTO EMPLOYMENT THROUGH THE PROVISION OF VOCATIONAL AND LIFE-SKILLS TRAINING.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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