Registered charity · No. 1108046Charitable company
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Essential Needs
Independent profile · Charity Commission for England and Wales data
Essential Needs is a registered charity in England & Wales. Its register classifications include the prevention or relief of poverty, environment/conservation/heritage, economic/community development/employment.
Essential Needs (number 1108046) is listed as registered in the Charity Commission snapshot used here. Check the live register for its current position. Registration does not authenticate a particular fundraising appeal or establish the impact of a donation.
What does Essential Needs do?
To provide furniture and household items to people on low incomes and state benefits for a modest charge.To protect and preserve the environment for the benefit of the public, including (without limitation), the re-use and recycling of goods and their component parts and materials as a means of waste reduction.
Activities reported on the official register · extract 2026-10-04.
From the annual return
Pay, income, Gift Aid and registration details for Essential Needs
Answers Essential Needs gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 31 March 2025, plus its register entry. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”.
How much are Essential Needs's highest-paid staff paid?
Essential Needs's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000.
The register reports headcounts in salary bands, not names. Individual pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report.
Can I claim Gift Aid, and are the trustees paid?
The register records Essential Needs as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration. Work out your Gift Aid
Essential Needs's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
Reported beneficiaries: Children/young People; Elderly/old People; People With Disabilities; Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies; Other Defined Groups.
Reported activities: Provides Services.
Classifications supplied to the register; extract 2026-10-04. These broad categories do not establish eligibility or current capacity. Use the official contact details to ask about access, referrals and service area.
What causes is Essential Needs registered for?
The Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyEnvironment/conservation/heritageEconomic/community Development/employment
Why is there no Clarity Score for Essential Needs yet?
Our dataset does not yet contain the detailed filing history needed to score Essential Needs.
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The register data used for this profile lists Essential Needs as a registered charity (number 1108046) with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Check the current register entry. A real charity number does not verify a fundraiser or appeal, and registration is not an impact rating.
What is Essential Needs's charity number?
Essential Needs's charity number is 1108046. Check that number on the Charity Commission register or this CharityCompare profile before you donate.
How do I check charity number 1108046?
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What does Essential Needs do?
To provide furniture and household items to people on low incomes and state benefits for a modest charge.To protect and preserve the environment for the benefit of the public, including (without limitation), the re-use and recycling of goods and their component parts and materials as a means of waste reduction.
Does Essential Needs have reviews and complaints?
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Essential Needs. This basic profile confirms registration and register facts. Rated charities also show a filing-based Clarity Score. For formal complaints, contact the Charity Commission for England and Wales or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How can I donate to Essential Needs?
Essential Needs's website listed in our register data is http://www.essentialneeds.org.uk. Verify it against the current register before donating. CharityCompare does not process donations or take a commission; the charity's payment provider may charge fees.
How much is Essential Needs's chief executive paid?
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Essential Needs's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000. Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Essential Needs?
The register records Essential Needs as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are Essential Needs's trustees paid?
Essential Needs's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
When was Essential Needs registered as a charity?
Essential Needs was entered on the register on 11 February 2005. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 05312941).