All items · Furniture
Fitted or dismantled flat-pack furniture
Also covers: fitted wardrobe, dismantled ikea, kitchen units
Why shops refuse it
Once fitted furniture is removed or flat-pack is taken apart, it usually can't be safely reassembled and resold.
What to do instead
Offer it on Freecycle/Olio for parts, or take it to the council recycling centre as wood.
Charity by charity
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Can't accept
Cornwall Hospice Care
Their wording
“Flat packed furniture without instructions or unboxed”
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Can't accept
Great Western Air Ambulance Charity
broad category rule
General furniture is not accepted.
Their wording
“Furniture”
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Can't accept
LOROS Hospice
Their wording
“Dismantled furniture”
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Can't accept
Marie Curie
broad category rule
No specific furniture items singled out; the page lists furniture as currently unaccepted.
Their wording
“Furniture.”
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Can't accept
PDSA
broad category rule
Temporary suspension of furniture donations (framed as current, not permanent)
Their wording
“For the time being, we won't be able to accept furniture and have no collections available.”
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Can't accept
Princess Alice Hospice
Built-in cupboards/worktops/kitchen units never accepted; disassembled flatpack wardrobes also refused
Their wording
“Built-in cupboards, worktops, kitchen units, are not accepted, whether new or used.”
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Can't accept
St Christopher's Hospice
Fitted furniture and disassembled items
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Can't accept
St Giles Hospice
Includes built-in units and disassembled flatpack wardrobes
Their wording
“Flatpack wardrobes which have been disassembled”
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Can't accept
St Peter's Hospice
Their wording
“White flat packed, chipboard white veneered furniture”
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Can't accept
Traid
broad category rule
No furniture or other bulky items — Traid shops handle clothing and textiles only.
Their wording
“duvets, pillows, furniture or other bulky items”
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Can't accept
Trinity Hospice (Blackpool)
Dismantled furniture
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Can't accept
Woodgreen Pets Charity
broad category rule
Furniture and other household items are not currently accepted because their collection service is not running.
Their wording
“our collection service is not currently running”
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Check first
Dorothy House
Flat packed/dismantled furniture only accepted if instructions are included
Their wording
“Flat packed furniture without instructions”
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Emmaus
Flat-packed furniture only accepted if boxed.
Their wording
“Flat-packed furniture, unless boxed”
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Check first
Scope
broad category rule
Furniture (sofas, bedding, dining tables and chairs) is only accepted at the Wakefield and Grimsby shops.
Their wording
“Our Wakefield and Grimsby shops can also accept: Furniture: sofas, bedding, dining tables and chairs.”
Not mentioned in 29 charities' guidance
Absence from a charity's list doesn't mean they accept it — it just isn't singled out. Ask your local shop.
- Not mentioned Acorns Children's Hospice
- Not mentioned Age UK
- Not mentioned Barnardo's
- Not mentioned British Heart Foundation
- Not mentioned British Red Cross
- Not mentioned Cancer Research UK
- Not mentioned Claire House Children's Hospice
- Not mentioned Crisis
- Not mentioned DEBRA
- Not mentioned Dogs Trust
- Not mentioned FARA Charity Shops
- Not mentioned Keech Hospice Care
- Not mentioned Octavia Foundation
- Not mentioned Overgate Hospice
- Not mentioned Oxfam
- Not mentioned Phyllis Tuckwell
- Not mentioned Salvation Army (SATCoL)
- Not mentioned Samaritans
- Not mentioned Save the Children
- Not mentioned Sense Scotland
- Not mentioned Shaw Trust
- Not mentioned Shelter
- Not mentioned St Barnabas Hospice (Lincolnshire)
- Not mentioned St Vincent de Paul Society (SVP)
- Not mentioned Sue Ryder
- Not mentioned The Children's Trust
- Not mentioned Wales Air Ambulance
- Not mentioned Willen Hospice
- Not mentioned YMCA (England & Wales)