Overall Score: 17 based on 11 data points
Finance: 2
Governance: 6
Support: 9
(no PartB)
Strong growth: +2,
Good trustee age range: +3, Dynamic board: +3,
Large volunteers +3, Gov Income, Supporters: +6

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:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received Government grants
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 18 years

gloucester.foodbank.org.uk

info@gloucester.foodbank.org.uk

07402765804

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit		 Volun-
teers
31/03/22£330,539£308,902£21,63770
31/03/21£479,523£322,756£156,76765
31/03/20£232,763£189,307£43,45670
31/03/19£167,483£179,065£-11,58254
31/03/18£178,132£153,845£24,28760
31/03/17£134,985£140,765£-5,7800
31/03/16£104,140£106,639£-2,4990
31/03/15£96,051£93,675£2,3760
31/03/14£88,372£86,145£2,2270
31/03/13£71,263£58,633£12,6300
31/03/12£26,835£17,630£9,2050
01/04/11£12,434£10,726£1,7080
01/04/10£19,491£13,201£6,2900
01/04/09£14,196£11,158£3,0380
01/04/08£7,143£12,436£-5,2930
01/04/07£14,855£11,200£3,6550
31/03/06£11,718£6,875£4,8430
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No information about staff salaries has been filed, which means that no-one was paid more than £60,000 in the latest financial year
What it does
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
Who works here?
  • 70 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • Gloucestershire,

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
Garfield Weston Foundation£30,000
the Trussell Trust£22,795
DCMS£3,201
The National Lottery Community Fund£2,800
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation
£20,000 02/09/2022
Support for Core Funding 2022/3
DCMS
£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 National Lottery Community Fund
£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 Trussell Trust
£2,800 09/04/2020
CV emergency costs: warehouse costs
the Trussell Trust
£2,880 25/03/2020
CV emergency costs: salary costs
Garfield Weston Foundation
£10,000 15/10/2019
Main Grants award
the Trussell Trust
£4,764 15/05/2019
12
Training courses; Equipment for FB Manager
The Trussell Trust
£2,783 15/05/2019
Training courses
The Trussell Trust
£4,784 12/02/2019
PT Fundraiser
the Trussell Trust
£4,784 31/01/2019
12
p/t fundraiser to lead volunteer fundraising team
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 47-76
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 31/03/2006, number: 1113515
  • Registered at Companies House on 23/03/2005, number: 05402066
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
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

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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