Finance Score: 7
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 10
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 26 ?

CITY GATE COMMUNITY PROJECTS

THE CHARITY'S PURPOSES, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ARE:1. THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE IN NEED THROUGH FIGHTING HUNGER 2. THE ADVANCEMENT OT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION THOUGH TACKLING FOOD WASTE3. THE ADVANCEMENT OF CITIZENSHIP THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF VOLUNTEERINGTHESE ARE OUTWORKED THROUGH THE WORK OF FARESHARE SUSSEX & SURREY WHICH FIGHTS HUNGER AND TACKLES FOOD WASTE.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end especially considering the historic stability of income

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
31/03/24£960£777£183£56£1,123£1,08216.714200
31/03/23£798£606£192£67£939£90517.916150
31/03/22£728£619£109£33£747£70413.614148
31/03/21£887£615£272£14£639£59911.711150
31/03/20?£538£432£106£17£367£2968.29150
31/03/18£316£260£57n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£300£244£56n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£227£234£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£168£180£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£178£144£34n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£133£145£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£203£185£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£193£186£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£193£174£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£171£165£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08*£158£172£-14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£145£152£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06*£142£140£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£145£166£-20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04*£141£155£-14n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 7.3%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 5%
Liabilities/Income: 6%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 96%
Reserves/Spending: 16.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 13 months
Quick Ratio: 13.9
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 22 years

https://faresharesussexandsurrey.org.uk/

cgcp-board@faresharesussexandsurrey.org.uk

01273671111

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Community food services
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Brighton And Hove, East Sussex, Surrey, West Sussex,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • 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
Sussex Community Foundation£65,250
Garfield Weston Foundation£40,000
Postcode Society Trust£25,000
Henry Smith Charity£13,000
DCMS£11,976
National Lottery Community Fund£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Community Foundation for Surrey - City Gate Community Projects
£5,000 08/02/2024
11.741935483871
Funding to support an organisation providing food to groups supporting people in food poverty.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to FareShare Sussex and Surrey
£750 10/11/2023
Funding was provided towards the cost of providing their food service to residents across East Brighton.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Fareshare Sussex & Surrey
£10,000 26/07/2023
Funding was provided towards their Electric Bike Research Project.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to FareShare Sussex and Surrey
£7,000 14/07/2023
Funding was provided towards increasing energy costs.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to FareShare Sussex
£4,000 19/05/2023
Funding was provided towards core operational costs.
Postcode Society Trust - Unrestricted Funding
£25,000 03/04/2023
Through our network of 165 organisations, funding provided food for more than 30,000 people every week from across Sussex & Surrey.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to FareShare Sussex
£500 01/07/2022
Funding was provided to enable them to offer 2632 meals for vulnerable people in food poverty during this post pandemic cost of living crisis.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to City Gate Community Projects (Fareshare Project)
£10,000 17/05/2022
Funding was provided towards a new electric van.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£20,000 11/03/2022
24
FareShare Sussex
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to City Gate Community Projects (Fareshare Project)
£7,500 17/11/2021
12
Funding was provided towards core costs.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to City Gate Community Projects
£3,000 23/09/2021
12
towards one year’s salary of the CEO for an organisation providing a food bank for people from disadvantaged communities in East Sussex.
Sussex Community Foundation - FareShare Sussex
£500 21/06/2021
Funding was provided to enable FareShare Sussex to provide the resources to create 2000 meals for vulnerable people in food poverty across East Brighton.
National Lottery Community Fund - FareShare Sussex
£10,000 11/06/2021
The funding will be used to provide a food distribution service to support vulnerable people who are living in food poverty to have access to healthy food.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to City Gate Community Projects (Fareshare Project)
£5,000 24/05/2021
City Gate Community Projects Fare Share project re-distributes surplus food to vulnerable people across Sussex. They deliver this food to charity partners (food banks, shelters, hospices, etc) who use it to feed their clients. Their warehouse ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to City Gate Community Projects (Fareshare Project)
£5,000 18/11/2020
12
Funding was provided towards core costs.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£20,000 06/11/2020
FareShare Sussex
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to City Gate Community Projects
£10,000 07/08/2020
12
towards one year's salary costs of a Chief Executive Officer for a project that redistributes surplus food from the food industry to organisations working with homeless and vulnerable people in Sussex.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£11,976 05/08/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to City Gate Community Projects (Fareshare Project)
£10,000 29/06/2020
FareShare Sussex re-distributes surplus food to vulnerable people across Sussex.They do this by delivering this food to charity partners (food banks, shelters, hospices, etc) who use it to feed their clients. They have 150 volunteers to sort, store ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to City Gate Community Projects (Fareshare Project)
£5,000 21/04/2020
FareShare Sussex re-distributes surplus food to vulnerable people across Sussex. They have 150 volunteers to sort, store and deliver the food using refrigerated van to 140 charities. As a result of the COVID19 crisis they know that the charities ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to City Gate Community Projects (Fareshare Project)
£5,000 18/11/2019
12
Funding was provided towards core costs.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to City Gate Community Projects (Fareshare Project)
£5,000 16/11/2018
12
Funning was provided towards core costs.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to City Gate Community Projects
£5,000 07/12/2017
12
towards one year's salary of a Development Manager at a project that redistributes surplus food to organisations working with homeless and vulnerable people in Sussex
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to City Gate Community Projects (Fareshare Project)
£8,259 20/11/2017
11
City Gate Community Projects runs FareShare Sussex which redistributes surplus food from the food industry to local charities and community groups that support vulnerable people. Funding was provided towards their annual operating costs which ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Volunteer training programme
£500 12/10/2017
FareShare Sussex ensures food that would otherwise be thrown away gets put to good use by community projects in deprived communities in Sussex and Surrey. Funding was provided to enable 10 x volunteers to complete their food safety level 2.
National Lottery Community Fund - FareShare Sussex development project
£9,951 06/09/2017
12
This project will give more people, including those who are homeless, access to surplus food services by providing a new delivery route in East Sussex, and training for new volunteers.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to City Gate Community Projects
£10,000 08/09/2016
12
towards one year's salary of a Project Manager at a project in Sussex that redistributes surplus food to organisations working with homeless and vulnerable people
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to City Gate Community Projects
£5,000 11/06/2015
towards one year's running costs of a project that redistributes surplus food from the food industry to organisations working with homeless and vulnerable people in Sussex
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to City Gate Community Projects
£5,000 12/06/2014
City Gate Community Projects
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to City Gate Community Projects
£9,000 14/03/2013
towards one year's salary of the Project Manager at a surplus food distribution centre in Brighton
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 11/12 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 39-73
  • BROOKE COURTNEY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Communications
  • CAROLINE WARD Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Consultant
  • ELIZABETH JANE BREWER Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired
  • GWYNFA KATHRINE DAVIES Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Foster Carer / Church Leader
  • JONATHAN WILKINS Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Senior Developer
  • JAMES PETER MARCHANT Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired
  • KEITH HARRISON Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Consultant
  • KEITH ROY SMITH Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Finance Director (Retired)
  • NIGEL JOHN WRIGHT Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chief Executive Officer
  • PAMELA MITCHELL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Charity Manager
  • SUZANNE ELIZABETH MAINE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Copyeditor
  • YVONNE AU Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Education Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 31/07/2002, number: 1093245
  • Registered at Companies House on 03/10/2001, number: 04298200
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Fundraising Regulator
First registered: 02/27/2023, current status: Small charity
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR08: 4 days late, AR06: 107 days late, AR04: 194 days late,
Main office

FareShare Sussex & Surrey
Unit 3-4 Fairway Business Centre
Westergate Road
BRIGHTON
BN2 4JZ

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE:- (A) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN BRIGHTON AND HOVE AND SUSSEX AND SURREY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA (THE AREA OF BENEFIT) AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT INCLUDING (THOUGH NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION) THE PROVISION OF PRE-SCHOOL, AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS, HOMEWORK CLUBS, WRAP AROUND CARE FOR CHILDREN OF VARIOUS AGES, NVQ'S AND OTHER VOCATIONAL COURSE AND TRAINING AND REMEDIAL ADULT EDUCATION. (B) TO RELIEVE PERSON IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT INCLUDING (THOUGH NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION) HOMELESS PERSONS, ASYLUM SEEKERS, DISABLED PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR THOUGH NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF FOOD, TRAINING, PREGNANCY ADVICE, NEIGHBOURHOOD CARE SERVICES, LUNCH CLUBS AND OTHER SERVICES FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE AND HEALTH BASED SERVICES. (C) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION PARTICULARLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY THE PROVISION OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE. (D) THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF LOW COST NUTRITIONAL FOOD.

Defined Area of Benefit:

SUSSEX - BRIGHTON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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