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Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 4
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

FOOD FOR ALL

Food For All distributes around 6,000 free, nutritionally balanced meals to the homeless and disadvantaged on a daily basis. FFA targets the homeless, single parents, the elderly, the unemployed, people suffering from mental and physical disabilities and the marginalised. FFA is based on the philosophy of community self-help.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit £k		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/07/23£497£551£-54n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/22£536£473£63£0£198£19852100
31/07/21£486£485£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/20£447£415£32n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/19£295£314£-19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/18£321£268£53n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/17£178£165£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/16£213£137£76n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/15£116£108£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/14£105£108£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/13*£67£96£-29n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/12£75£99£-23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/11£89£80£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/10£117£84£32n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/09£99£101£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
01/08/08£78£87£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
01/08/07*£65£81£-16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/06*£129£97£31n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/05£124£116£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/04*£175£130£45n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Balance Sheet History
Established: 25 years

foodforalluk.com

foodforalluk@gmail.com

07946420827

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Shelter for homeless, vulnerable & excluded people
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Birmingham City, Blackpool, Bristol City, Conwy, Denmark, France, Gloucestershire, Leicestershire, Manchester City, Norway, Reading, Sweden, Throughout London, Worcestershire,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£29,835
City Bridge Trust£15,000
Hertfordshire Community Foundation£14,600
CAF£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Food for All
£1,024 21/10/2023
We need help to set up a café/community/IT resource centre, from refurbishing and decorating the café to purchasing and installing baking and cooking equipment and delivering computer skills support.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Food For All
£1,003 22/10/2022
We aim to offer young/disadvantaged people the chance to learn how to bake, the products of which will be distributed to our service users. They will also gain kitchen skills and build confidence.
London Catalyst - Food for all - 2
£500 06/09/2022
Hardship Fund
National Lottery Community Fund - Refugee and Migrants Integration Project
£9,835 18/02/2022
The funding will be used for an educational suite to run training programs to help build IT skills. The project aims to support London migrants in helping them become prepared for starting their UK based lives in the coming future.
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Gokula Cafe
£9,600 17/11/2020
Grant to Food For All
National Lottery Community Fund - COVID-19 Food For All - Bikes and Bites
£10,000 31/07/2020
12
Food for All in Gwynedd will expand their operations sustainably setting up an income-generating activity repairing broken bikes. This will enable them to continue providing meals and food packages to those experiencing food poverty because of ....more
CAF - Grant to Food For All
£10,000 05/06/2020
3
Grant to Food For All to support the organisation through COVID19
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Food for All
£10,000 05/06/2020
£10,000 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
National Lottery Community Fund - Food For All: COVID-19 response
£10,000 22/05/2020
12
The funding will be used to provide meals for vulnerable people particularly the disabled who are self-shielding as a result of Covid-19. The project aims to deliver food and increase volunteering.
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - GOKULA CAFE PROJECT
£5,000 11/05/2020
Grant to Food For All
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Food for All
£5,000 17/04/2020
A grant of £5,000 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

  • ALEXEY GORDON Appointed: 2013
  • DAVID HICKS Appointed: 1999, Occupation: Cook
  • JOHN LINN Appointed: 2013
  • PETER O GRADY
  • VINCENT LANE
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 22/10/1999, number: 1077897
  • Registered at Companies House on 16/09/1999, number: 03842531
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR13: 24 days late, AR07: 272 days late, AR06: 131 days late, AR04: 245 days late,
Main office

16 Stewart Close
Abbots Langley
WD5 0LU

Objectives

(I)THE RELIEF OF POVERTY BY THE PROVISION OF FOOD TO PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS OR ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED BY REASON OF SICKNESS, DISABILITY, AGE OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES. (II)THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AMONG THE BENEFICIARIES BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR TRAINING IN A RANGE OF VOCATIONAL AND NON-VOCATIONAL SUBJECTS INCLUDING IT, MUSIC, THE ARTS, KEYS SKILLS, HORTICULTURE AND PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT VIA RECYCLING.'

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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