--- title: "The Useful Wood Company — charity 1182905 | CharityCompare" description: "The Useful Wood Company (charity 1182905): income £349k (2025). Check registration, accounts, Gift Aid and official sources on an independent UK profile." source: https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/the-useful-wood-company retrieved: 2026-10-11T05:31:17.732Z date_note: "Retrieval time is not the filing, register-extract or editorial-review date; cite those dates from the content." license: "Charity data © Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0" --- Registered charity · No. 1182905CIO UW # The Useful Wood Company Independent profile · Charity Commission for England and Wales data The Useful Wood Company is a registered charity in England & Wales. Its register classifications include the prevention or relief of poverty, economic/community development/employment. Register extract 2026-10-04 · Not yet rated [Visit charity website](http://www.usefulwood.org/) [Check official registration](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1182905&subId=0) Work at The Useful Wood Company? [Claim this profile free](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/claim?charity=the-useful-wood-company&type=claim&name=The%20Useful%20Wood%20Company) to add your own description, logo and links. At a glance · official register ## What are the key facts about The Useful Wood Company? Reported income · year ending 2025-03-31 £349,313 Reported spending · year ending 2025-03-31 £287,510 Registered charity number 1182905 Status in source extract Registered Charity type CIO Register contact address detail (not service area) Woking Registered for Gift Aid (HMRC) Yes Website [www.usefulwood.org](http://www.usefulwood.org/) Quick answer The Useful Wood Company (number 1182905) 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 The Useful Wood Company do? 1. The relief of unemployment for the benefit of the public in such ways as may be thought fit, including assistance to find employment, work placements, training and volunteering opportunities 2. 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. Activities reported on the official register · extract 2026-10-04. From the annual return ## Pay, income, Gift Aid and registration details for The Useful Wood Company Answers The Useful Wood Company 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 The Useful Wood Company's highest-paid staff paid? The Useful Wood Company'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 The Useful Wood Company 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](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/gift-aid-calculator) The Useful Wood Company's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity. ### Registration details Registered as a charity 10 April 2019 Where it says it operates Surrey ## Who it supports and how it works **Reported beneficiaries:** People With Disabilities. **Reported activities:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space; Provides Advocacy/advice/information. 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 The Useful Wood Company registered for? The Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyEconomic/community Development/employment ## Why is there no Clarity Score for The Useful Wood Company yet? Our dataset does not yet contain the detailed filing history needed to score The Useful Wood Company. An unrated profile is a gap in our assessment, not a negative judgement about the charity. The register facts and available annual-return disclosures above remain useful. Payment never influences a rating. [How scoring works](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/methodology) ## What should you check before donating to The Useful Wood Company? - Match the registered name and number to the appeal. A real charity number can be copied by someone impersonating the organisation. - Open the current register entry to check status, contact details and available accounts. This profile reflects a dated extract. - Read the charity’s annual report for its work and results. An unrated profile means we lack a full assessment; it is not a negative rating. 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A real charity number does not verify a fundraiser or appeal, and registration is not an impact rating. What is The Useful Wood Company's charity number? The Useful Wood Company's charity number is 1182905. Check that number on the Charity Commission register or this CharityCompare profile before you donate. How do I check charity number 1182905? Search 1182905 on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register or on CharityCompare. Confirm the registered name matches the organisation asking for money — scammers sometimes reuse real charity numbers. What does The Useful Wood Company do? 1. The relief of unemployment for the benefit of the public in such ways as may be thought fit, including assistance to find employment, work placements, training and volunteering opportunities 2. 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. Does The Useful Wood Company have reviews and complaints? CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for The Useful Wood Company. 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 The Useful Wood Company? The Useful Wood Company's website listed in our register data is http://www.usefulwood.org. 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 The Useful Wood Company's chief executive paid? The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. The Useful Wood Company'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 The Useful Wood Company? The register records The Useful Wood Company 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 The Useful Wood Company's trustees paid? The Useful Wood Company's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity. When was The Useful Wood Company registered as a charity? The Useful Wood Company was entered on the register on 10 April 2019. Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register extract dated 2026-10-04, used under the [Open Government Licence v3.0](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/). Always verify current details on the [official register entry](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1182905&subId=0).