All items · Furniture
Pianos and organs
Also covers: upright piano, keyboard organ
Can you donate pianos and organs to a UK charity shop? Usually not.
Why shops may refuse it
They're extremely heavy to move, hard to sell, and often out of tune — most shops can't handle them.
What to do instead
Try a piano rehoming service or offer it free with 'buyer collects'.
Charity by charity
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Children's Hospices Across Scotland (CHAS) category-wide rule
Furniture (the whole category) not accepted due to limited selling and storage space.
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“Furniture, large pictures and mirrors”
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“Upright pianos and organs”
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Great Western Air Ambulance Charity category-wide rule
General furniture is not accepted; used duvets and mattresses are separately refused.
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“Furniture”
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Hospice at Home Carlisle and North Lakeland category-wide rule
Also stated on the shops page: 'Unfortunately, we are unable to accept furniture donations.'
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“Furniture”
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Katharine House Hospice, Banbury category-wide rule
Also stated as 'Electrical items or any furniture' on the donations page.
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“We’re no longer in a position to collect or accept any furniture donations.”
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Marie Curie category-wide rule
No specific furniture items singled out; the page lists furniture as currently unaccepted.
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“Furniture.”
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Naomi House & Jack's Place category-wide rule
Stated on the main donate-goods page under 'Furniture'. Note the CRA listing shows dedicated 'Furniture & Electrical' stores (Portsmouth, Basingstoke), but the guidance page does not describe an alternative donation route for furniture.
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“We aren't able to accept furniture in our charity shops.”
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PDSA category-wide rule
Temporary suspension of furniture donations (framed as current, not permanent)
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“For the time being, we won't be able to accept furniture and have no collections available.”
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“musical organs or pianos”
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Royal Trinity Hospice (London) category-wide rule
Independently confirmed on the collections page (https://www.royaltrinityhospice.london/collections): "We are unfortunately unable to accept: furniture". No dedicated furniture-specific guidance page exists (checked /furniture and /large-items, both 404).
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“Unfortunately, in most of our shops, we are unable to accept the following donated items, either for health and safety reasons or because we no longer sell them. ... furniture”
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Severn Hospice category-wide rule
Their dedicated Furniture Store closed for the final time on 15 April 2026; no shop accepts furniture donations now.
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“Please note we’re no longer able to accept furniture donations – but our other 31 shops are more than happy to accept quality clothes and accessories, books, collectables, bric-a-brac, toys and smaller electrical items.”
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Shown when searching 'Piano'.
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“Thank you for thinking of us. Unfortunately, we’re unable to accept this item, as it’s one we generally can’t resell in our shops.”
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“Pianos or large electric organs”
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“Other – BBQ, Bric-a-Brac, Christmas trees, commodes, exercise equipment (e.g. bicycles, golf clubs, treadmills), fireplaces, ironing boards, laundry baskets, pet cages, pianos, prams & pushchairs, rubbish bins, TV stands”
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“❌ Pianos/Organs”
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“Pianos / electric organs”
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“Organs and pianos”
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“Pianos – grand and upright.”
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Traid category-wide rule
No furniture or other bulky items — Traid shops handle clothing and textiles only.
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“duvets, pillows, furniture or other bulky items”
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Willow Burn Hospice category-wide rule
Furniture is instead routed through a referral partnership with CDFHS (County Durham Furniture Help Scheme), which handles storage, sales and distribution and shares 20% of the sale with Willow Burn.
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“Space limitations mean furniture cannot be accepted or sold directly in Willow Burn shops.”
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Woodgreen Pets Charity category-wide rule
Furniture and other household items are not currently accepted because their collection service is not running.
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“our collection service is not currently running”
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Barnsley Hospice category-wide rule
All furniture requires a phone call and photo before donating and may be declined due to limited warehouse space or saleable condition.
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“For all furniture items – small or large – we ask that you please give us a call on 01226 240 908 and send us a photo before donating to the hub via our Facebook page or via our WhatsApp on 07349 270625. This helps us establish what we have room for and whether it is in saleable condition, which means we don’t have to turn anyone away when they arrive with their items! Please note, all soft furnishings must come with the fire retardant label intact. Due to limited space in our warehouse, we may have to decline furniture items – we hope you understand.”
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This sits under the 'Pianos and organs' heading in the prohibited-items list, indicating these are handled by staff advice rather than an outright refusal.
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“Please speak to a member of our staff who will be able to advise you about donating these items”
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North London Hospice category-wide rule
Furniture is only accepted for donation at the High Barnet and North Finchley furniture shops (a free collection service is also offered).
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“Furniture (at our High Barnet & North Finchley furniture shops)”
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St Richard's Hospice category-wide rule
Furniture is not accepted as a walk-in shop or warehouse donation; it must be booked for collection via the online furniture-collection form.
Their wording
“If you’d like to give an item of furniture, click the link below. Please do not take furniture to a shop or to the warehouse in Leigh Sinton.”
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St Wilfrid's Hospice category-wide rule
All furniture (small and large) is only accepted undamaged and only at the two dedicated furniture outlets (Terminus, Chichester and Chalcroft, Bognor Regis), not the general charity shops; non-fire-retardant or unlabelled upholstered furniture is refused outright everywhere.
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“Undamaged small furniture (Selected stores only)”
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Accepted
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“pictures, mirrors, clocks and sometimes even pianos!”
Not mentioned in 119 charities' guidance
Absence from a charity's list doesn't mean they accept it — it just isn't singled out. Ask your local shop.
- Accord Hospice
- Age UK
- Ardgowan Hospice
- Ashgate Hospicecare
- Ayrshire Hospice
- Barnardo's
- Blythe House Hospice
- Bolton Hospice
- British Heart Foundation
- British Red Cross
- Butterfly Hospice Trust
- Butterwick Hospice
- Cancer Research UK
- Claire House Children's Hospice
- Cransley Hospice Trust
- Crisis
- DEBRA
- Derian House Children's Hospice
- Dogs Trust
- Douglas Macmillan Hospice
- Dr Kershaw's Hospice
- East Lancashire Hospice
- Eden Valley Hospice and Jigsaw, Cumbria's Children's Hospice
- Ellenor
- Emmaus
- FARA Charity Shops
- Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity
- Forget Me Not Children's Hospice
- Garden House Hospice Care
- Great Oaks Hospice
- Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice
- Heart of Kent Hospice
- Helen & Douglas House
- Highland Hospice
- Hope House & Ty Gobaith Children's Hospices
- Hospice in the Weald
- Hospice Isle of Man
- Hospice of the Good Shepherd
- Hospice of the Valleys
- Jersey Hospice Care
- Julia's House
- Katharine House Hospice (Stafford)
- Keech Hospice Care
- KEMP Hospice
- Lewis-Manning Hospice Care
- Lindsey Lodge Hospice
- Longfield Community Hospice
- LOROS Hospice
- Martin House Children's Hospice
- Mountbatten Isle of Wight
- Moya Cole Hospice
- Nightingale House Hospice
- North Devon Hospice
- Nottinghamshire Hospice
- Octavia Foundation
- Overgate Hospice
- Oxfam
- Pendleside Hospice
- Phyllis Tuckwell
- Pilgrims Hospices
- Primrose Hospice
- Princess Alice Hospice
- Prospect Hospice
- Queenscourt Hospice
- Rainbows Hospice for Children and Young People
- Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care
- Rotherham Hospice
- Saint Francis Hospice
- Salvation Army (SATCoL)
- Samaritans
- Save the Children
- Scope
- Sense Scotland
- Shaw Trust
- Shelter
- Shooting Star Children's Hospices
- Springhill Hospice
- St Andrew's Hospice (Lanarkshire)
- St Barnabas Hospice (Lincolnshire)
- St Catherine's Hospice (Crawley)
- St Catherine's Hospice (Lancashire)
- St Christopher's Hospice
- St Clare Hospice
- St Cuthbert's Hospice
- St Giles Hospice
- St Helena Hospice
- St John's Hospice (Lancaster, Morecambe, Kendal & Garstang)
- St John's Hospice (London)
- St Luke's Cheshire Hospice
- St Luke's Hospice (Harrow & Brent)
- St Mary's Hospice
- St Oswald's Hospice
- St Peter's Hospice
- St Raphael's Hospice
- St Vincent de Paul Society (SVP)
- St Vincent's Hospice
- Strathcarron Hospice
- Sue Ryder
- Thames Hospice
- The Children's Trust
- The Kirkwood
- The Myton Hospices
- The Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice
- The Prince of Wales Hospice
- The Shakespeare Hospice
- Treetops Hospice Trust
- Trinity Hospice (Blackpool)
- Tynedale Hospice at Home
- Wakefield Hospice
- Wales Air Ambulance
- Weldmar Hospicecare
- Wigan and Leigh Hospice
- Willen Hospice
- Willow Wood Hospice
- Willowbrook Hospice
- Wirral Hospice St John's
- Wisdom Hospice
- Woking & Sam Beare Hospices
- YMCA (England & Wales)