An Edinburgh charity has said it is losing £10,000 of business each day after it faced its third theft in four years.
Staff at the Edinburgh Furniture Initiative, which is part of the wider Four Square homelessness charity, discovered on Thursday last week that the catalytic converters of four furniture delivery vans had all been stolen from their premises.
The charity is now facing a repair bill of more than £20,000 as well as around £10,000 a day in lost revenue, according to the Edinburgh Reporter.
Four Square supports more than 1,000 people at risk of homelessness across Edinburgh annually and recorded a total annual income of £4.2m in the financial year to 31 March 2025, according to the charity’s most recently filed accounts.
The furniture charity shop provides volunteering and employment opportunities as well as being the charity’s main income stream, bringing in £1.4m in the financial year to 31 March 2025.
While this latest incident targeted their delivery vans, it marked the third time in four years that the charity’s premises had been subject to thefts, following break-ins at the furniture charity shop in 2025 and in 2022.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Around 12.30pm on Tuesday, 20 October, 2026, we received a report of the theft of catalytic converters from Gorgie Road, Edinburgh. Enquiries are ongoing.”
Four Square has been approached for comment.
