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Charity shops give little or nothing to their nominated charities

I am very suspicious of charities .I checked the Charities commission website , and found for example Fara ( Ealing ) give less than 5 percent of their £6million turnover . Remember all their stock is donations , so where has all the money gone ?!Other charities like the Salvation Army beg for £3 a month , yet they have just built the most extravagant building ( £30 million ? ) . I believe all charity shops should be forced to display a sticker to show what percentage of revenue is donated to their particular charity .Stop donating to charity shops , sell your goods on eBay and take your kids, friends kids , to Brighton for a weekend!

Dennis Brogan ● 3733d10 Comments

When you speak the truth and then labelled a racist by left wingers , it forces a backlash ,hence Brexit

Dennis Brogan ● 3718d

You've posted many times racist homophobic comments on here. One being about 'left wing homosexual Somalians'. So don't play the innocent.You are disgusting little man and how they allow your posts on here is beyond me but if it talks like a racist, acts like a racist, it is one. You haven't even got the courage to admit what you are.

Tony Mansell ● 3719d

Phillippa check my figures with the Charities commission . If it is too complicated for you ,get somebody to help you and give a credible informed response . I notice none of the Acton left wing luvvies has disputed my figures ! I grew up in Notting Hill where I was the only white kid in the street ! How dare you and your middle class lefties call me racist!

Dennis Brogan ● 3728d

Tony Mansell , Philippa Bond my parents are immigrants . I have given you detailed facts as how crooks are rripping charities . All you do is play the yawn race card . How about giving some evidence like I have done . I don't suppose you have the intelligence to research and give an informed answer! It's so easy for people of low intelligence to play the yawn race card yawn yawn

Dennis Brogan ● 3728d

Just can't help it.  We're both children of immigrants.  Mine came over with William the Conqueror...

Philippa Bond ● 3729d

Phillipa, Don't feed it.

Tony Mansell ● 3731d

Some of the stuff is worth something but a lot of it isn't - it arrives unsorted and often unwashed.It isn't that long since they managed to get a reduction in the price that they have to pay to have their waste collected as they were having to pay trade waste prices. I believve they now get a reduction. Due to shortage of space they will keep the best and may manage to sell on for rags.  The prices they get will depend on market prices.We should buy more carefully and throw away less and find better alternative uses for what we have and repair the best and most useful or unreplaceable and irreplaceable things before we dispose of them.  We need to keep looking for repairers and repair for ourselves.  How can we be allowing our children to leave school unable to make a cup of tea, cook a meal or sew a button on?We need to hold companies who make stuff more accountable - eg to mark their electronics clearly so that we can source spares.  Why throw away a working kettle when all it needs is a new filter?  You can source these on the internet. Vacuum cleaners are thrown away because nobody has the nous to empty the bag or change the belt.  We need a choice of outlets because a lot of people don't have the internet and will never be getting it.  Access is also a very fickle thing when you do have it.  It would be good if more youngsters spent some time troubleshooting the problems that their elders are having and helping to sort them out instead of just amusing themselves.  They would learn a lot.Everybody can negotiate better rates for something and you can expect charities to manage that better than some but they still have many overheads. The figure that you are quoting sounds like the figure that they may get on something such as Christmas cards which they buy in and then sell on. 

Philippa Bond ● 3731d

Phillipa do you honestly believe that donors and shoppers would be happy with a pathetic 6 per cent donation on the profit made ? £6 million turnover , free rates free stock and profit of £200,000 which they pay 6percent . The figures are a joke and some crook is making a mockery of decent people's generosity!

Dennis Brogan ● 3731d

I live in the real world . £6 million turnover no rates , free stock yet they only make a profit of £ 200,000 . Who is pocketing the money ? Philippa do you honestly believe donors and shoppers would be happy with a 6 per donation on a  rip off accounts of £200,000?

Dennis Brogan ● 3731d

Good Grief Dennis.  You really take the biscuit with this one.  I know that they say that charity begins at thome but you don't have to take it quite so literally!  How are your neighbours?  Your neighbourhood?

Philippa Bond ● 3732d