Finance Score: 8

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 8

Liabilities <10%: +3
Strong growth: +2
Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 22

GLOUCESTER FOODBANK

Gloucester Foodbank's purpose is to relieve poverty and financial hardship, through the Food Bank Project. The project provides a temporary, stop-gap through food distribution to those who present in crisis. Free emergency food is provided for 3 days. The food is distributed in exchange for vouchers issued to individuals according to need by a number of local crisis agencies and social services.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Established: 18 years

gloucester.foodbank.org.uk

info@gloucester.foodbank.org.uk

07402765804

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£607	£447	£161	£1	£424	£335	9	4	70
31/03/22		£331	£309	£22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	70
31/03/21		£480	£323	£157	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	65
31/03/20		£233	£189	£43	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	70
31/03/19		£167	£179	£-12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	54
31/03/18		£178	£154	£24	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£135	£141	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£104	£107	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£96	£94	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£88	£86	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£71	£59	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£27	£18	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
01/04/11		£12	£11	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
01/04/10	*	£19	£13	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
01/04/09	*	£14	£11	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
01/04/08		£7	£12	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
01/04/07	*	£15	£11	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	*	£12	£7	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.1%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 1%
Liabilities/Income: 0%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 79%
Reserves/Spending: 9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 11 months
Quick Ratio: 150.8

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes

How it operates

Other charitable activities

Where it operates

Gloucestershire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

4 employees
70 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years

The Trussell Trust	£160,349
Garfield Weston Foundation	£30,000
DCMS	£3,201
National Lottery Community Fund	£2,800

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Gloucester Foodbank
£5,000	17/10/2022	Emergency grant
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000	02/09/2022	Support for Core Funding 2022/3
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Gloucester Foodbank
£142,121	26/07/2022	4dpw CA Advisor + 2dpw triage & casework administrator
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£3,201	14/07/2020	"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 ....more "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 services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
National Lottery Community Fund - Gloucester Foodbank (additional space)
£2,800	24/04/2020 0	The funding will be used to rent additional space for three months to cater for the increase in demand to the food bank service. As well as supplying tinned products the service has evolved and ....more The funding will be used to rent additional space for three months to cater for the increase in demand to the food bank service. As well as supplying tinned products the service has evolved and therefore going forward will be providing fresh food as well as a home delivery service to safeguard those vulnerable leaving their homes during the COVID-19 crisis.
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Gloucester Foodbank
£2,800	09/04/2020	CV emergency costs: warehouse costs
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Gloucester Foodbank
£2,880	25/03/2020	CV emergency costs: salary costs
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	15/10/2019	Main Grants award
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Gloucester Foodbank
£4,764	15/05/2019 12	Training courses; Equipment for FB Manager
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Gloucester Foodbank
£2,783	15/05/2019	Training courses
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Gloucester Foodbank
£4,784	12/02/2019	PT Fundraiser
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Gloucester Foodbank
£4,784	31/01/2019 12	p/t fundraiser to lead volunteer fundraising team

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How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 47-76

ADRIAN BARRIE SLADE (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

CHRISTINE ANN DALE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Counsellor

JAMES NIGEL HOLLIDAY Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Business Development Manager

LORRAINE JOAN BEST Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired

PHILIP RODFORD Appointed: 2008, Occupation: Civil Servant

PAUL MALLETT Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

RICHARD VAUGHAN EVANS Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retired

STEPHEN PETER CRESSWELL Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Administrator Disability Support

STEPHEN TAYLOR Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 31/03/2006, number: 1113515
Registered at Companies House on 23/03/2005, number: 05402066

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

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
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

18 returns made; AR10: 45 days late, AR09: 30 days late, AR07: 167 days late, AR06: 147 days late,

Main office

The George Whitefield Centre
107 Great Western Road
GLOUCESTER
GL1 3NF

Objectives

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY OF GLOUCESTER AND THE SURROUNDING AREA AND ARE TO BE UNDERTAKEN WITH A CHRISTIAN ETHOS:-1) TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP2) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION; AND3) TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT GOOD HEALTH.

Defined Area of Benefit:

GLOUCESTER AND THE SURROUNDING AREA

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