Ladywood Furniture Project Limited
Charity 1011461
Overview
Summary
Ladywood Furniture Project Limited appears to combine practical poverty relief with a progression route into volunteering, skills and employment. Its stated role is therefore broader than distributing household goods: furniture provision may be the entry point for reducing hardship while creating opportunities for volunteers. However, the supplied website content is unrelated to the charity and includes extensive third-party material, leaving its current public-facing identity, accessibility and operational status difficult to assess.
Operational geography
Coverage: Citywide
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- The Charity Commission’s current register entry states that the charity operates in Birmingham City, but it does not identify delivery neighbourhoods, collection routes, referral locations or service sites.
- No current operational premises can be verified. The listed correspondence address is explicitly care of Parkar Accountants, and the Charity Commission records that the charity does not own or lease land or property.
- Historic references place the project in Ladywood, but Companies House records that its registered office moved on 7 July 2020. This is insufficient evidence that it currently delivers services in the Ladywood ward.
- The supplied organisation website currently contains unrelated third-party blog content rather than usable information about the charity’s services, locations, partnerships or current activity.
- The charity remains registered and reports activity and income for the year ended 31 March 2025, but its small reported expenditure and absence of a current narrative report mean the scale and practical form of present-day delivery cannot be established.
Additional evidence needed
- A current service description from the charity confirming whether it is actively accepting furniture donations, providing furniture, or running volunteering and training activity.
- Current collection, storage, retail, workshop or appointment locations, including any locations used through informal arrangements rather than owned or leased premises.
- Evidence of current referral partners, commissioning arrangements or delivery agreements that identify the parts of Birmingham reached in practice.
- Recent annual-report narrative, impact data or beneficiary records showing the geographic distribution of service delivery.
Areas of work
- Economic/community Development/employment
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who they help
- Elderly/old People
- Other Defined Groups
- People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
- People With Disabilities
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Provides Human Resources
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
Furniture provision appears to be a platform for wider social participation
The available evidence suggests the organisation uses furniture and household-item support not only to relieve immediate material hardship, but also as a setting in which people can volunteer and build employment-related skills.
Why it matters
This positions the organisation as a potential bridge between crisis support and economic participation, rather than solely as a furniture-distribution service.
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“The charity's objects include providing furniture and household accessories to reduce need, hardship or distress, and training and preparing volunteers for employment opportunities.”
Source:Charity Commission“Activities include community volunteering and assistance to people needing employment skills and training.”
Source:Charity Commission
The organisation may occupy a distinctive practical role in Birmingham's anti-poverty infrastructure
Its focus on furniture and household accessories suggests attention to a practical but often less visible dimension of poverty: whether people can establish or maintain a functioning home.
Why it matters
This may make the organisation complementary to advice, income-support, housing and employment services, which may identify need but not supply essential household goods.
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“The charity relieves persons resident in the City of Birmingham who are in conditions of need, hardship and distress by providing furniture and household accessories.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity is classified under the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment.”
Source:Charity Commission
Its public website appears disconnected from its charitable identity
The supplied website content appears unrelated to Birmingham furniture relief, volunteering or employment support, which may indicate an outdated, compromised or misdirected web presence.
Why it matters
If accurate, this could make the organisation harder for people in need, referrers and potential volunteers to find or trust, and may obscure its relationships and current offer.
Show evidence
“The page contains an article about the benefits and disadvantages of wood furniture dated October 4, 2025.”
Source:Charity Commission“The page includes extensive unrelated Indonesian-language content and links to multiple external websites.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Whether the organisation is currently delivering services, and at what scale.
- Who accesses support and how people are referred.
- Whether volunteers are beneficiaries, local residents or both, and what employment outcomes result.
- Whether the website content reflects a compromised domain, an abandoned site or an inaccurate website record.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports, accounts or trustee reports describing activities, beneficiary numbers and outcomes.
- Current contact details and verified communications channels.
- Evidence of referral, funding and delivery partnerships across Birmingham.
- A current service description covering eligibility, furniture sources, geographic reach and volunteer pathways.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
THE RELIEF OF PERSONS NEEDING FURNITURE AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS THE FACILITY TO UNDERTAKE COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERING ASSISTANCE TO PEOPLE NEEDING EMPLOYMENT SKILLS AND TRAINING
Charity objects
TO RELIEVE,EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY,PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM,WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED,HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS ARISING THEREFROM,BY THE PROVISION OF FURNITURE AND OTHER HOUSEHOLD ACCESSORIES CALCULATED TO REDUCE THE NEED,HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF SUCH PERSONS,AND TO TRAIN AND PREPARE VOLUNTEERS WITH THE COMPANY FOR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES.