Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 8

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Mainly male board: -1

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 12

GILLINGHAM FOODBANK

Providing food donated by the community for those in crisis such as benefit delay, benefit changes or debt, to help them over the crisis and signpost them to receive further help.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly male

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: 12 years

www.gillingham.foodbank.org.uk

info@gillingham.foodbank.org.uk

01747822076

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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		£102	£67	£35	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/03/22		£88	£72	£16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/03/21	*	£65	£13	£52	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/03/20	*	£18	£13	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
31/03/19		£14	£12	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	35
31/03/18		£10	£11	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£9	£12	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£13	£11	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£13	£9	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£15	£9	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£25	£7	£18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Dorset, Somerset, Wiltshire,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
30 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Gillingham Foodbank
£5,000	18/10/2022	Emergency grant
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Gillingham Foodbank
£22,600	05/04/2022	CA adviser 10 hpw to attend all food bank sessions and carry out follow-up casework
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Gillingham Foodbank
£28,478	02/11/2021	Secondment of Manager and Asst Manager - total 18 hpw, for two years
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Gillingham Foodbank
£30,000	20/09/2021	Refurbishment of new distribution centre
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Gillingham Foodbank
£37,548	25/05/2021 24	CA advisor, 8 hpw for 2 years

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ALISTAIR WILLIAM ANGUS Appointed: 2023

CLIVE ROY OZZARD Appointed: 2021

HANNAH GIBBONS (Chair) Appointed: 2012

NEIL IAN MACBEAN Appointed: 2024

ROBERT PHILIP RICKARDS Appointed: 2012

SHEELA VISHNU UPTON Appointed: 2023

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 26/03/2012, number: 1146565

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
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

11 returns made; AR21: 1 days late, AR20: 8 days late,

Main office

Wessex House
8 High Street
GILLINGHAM
GILLINGHAM
Dorset
SP8 4AG

Objectives

TO RELIEVE POVERTY, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FOOD TO PEOPLE IN NEED OF EMERGENCY SUPPLIES IN NORTH DORSET, SOUTH SOMERSET AND WILTSHIRE AND BY SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DETERMINE.

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