Finance Score: 8

Governance Score: 8

Support Score: 10

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

No conflicts policy: -1
Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +10

Overall GiG Score: 26

THE HACKNEY FOODBANK

The emergency provision of non-perishable food goods and signposting to those in need in the London Borough of Hackney and the surrounding areas.

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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
Over half the Board have joined recently

Established: 11 years

www.hackney.foodbank.org.uk

info@hackney.foodbank.org.uk

02072542464

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
31/12/22	£1,239	£1,223	£16	£16	£1,297	£1,234	12.1	11	28
31/12/21	£1,195	£788	£407	£11	£1,245	£1,182	18	8	180
31/12/20	£1,383	£667	£715	£14	£839	£833	15	6	180
31/12/19	£342	£321	£21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	70
31/12/18	£257	£230	£27	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	60
31/12/17	£171	£171	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16	£155	£131	£24	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15	£86	£88	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/14	£105	£76	£30	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/13	£56	£43	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.3%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 7%
Liabilities/Income: 7%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 95%
Reserves/Spending: 12.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 10 months
Quick Ratio: 10.1

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Hackney,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

11 employees
28 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	£414,194
Hackney Council	£90,000
City Bridge Trust	£9,140
Hackney CVS	£6,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Hackney CVS - Hackney Giving and LBH Cost of Living
£6,000	31/01/2023	Contribution towards food parcels
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Hackney Foodbank
£5,000	11/11/2022	Emergency grant
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Hackney Foodbank
£158,694	21/07/2022	Community Change Manager and direct emp/project costs
Hackney Council - Grant to Hackney Foodbank
£30,000	21/03/2022	To provide emergency food parcels (for immediate relief in moments of crisis) and connect people with local organisations who can help them to address the root causes and wider effects of poverty in ....more To provide emergency food parcels (for immediate relief in moments of crisis) and connect people with local organisations who can help them to address the root causes and wider effects of poverty in their lives.
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Hackney Foodbank
£36,000	29/09/2021	Development Manager 17.5 hpw for two years
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Hackney Foodbank
£45,000	20/09/2021	Transformation of food bank centre - prefab additions.
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Hackney Foodbank
£165,500	01/06/2021	Employment & project costs for Fair Money Advice advisor, 35hpw , for 3 years
Hackney Council - Grant to Hackney Foodbank
£30,000	10/12/2020 12	Towards core costs
Hackney Council - Grant to Hackney Foodbank
£30,000	09/12/2020	Core funding grant - continuation from 19/20
Virgin Money Foundation - Grant to Hackney Foodbank
£2,000	22/04/2020	Grant through the Heart of the Community Fund towards the running costs of the Lunch Clubs to offer healthy cooked meals to local families.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to The Hackney Foodbank
£9,140	09/04/2020	A one-off, unrestricted grant of £9,140, equivalent to one regular quarterly payment for the organisations current grant.
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Hackney Foodbank
£4,000	30/03/2020	Food for 2 months, 5 laptops, 1 Scale
City Bridge Trust - Grant to The Hackney Foodbank
£114,950	14/07/2016 36	£114,950 over three years (£37,450; £38,550; £38,950) for a full time Project Manager and associated costs.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 33-72

CAROLINE OBRIEN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Executive Coach

CHRISTOPHER DAVID PILE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Civil Servant

FIONA ANDERSON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Head Of Service For 0-25 Disability Service

KAMILA DAGNY PRZYBYSZEWSKA-DEMUREN Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Governance And Strategic Planning Manager

MARK BOISSON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Accountant, Other trusteeships: HACKNEY BLACK ASIAN & MINORITY ETHNIC (BAME) MEN’S HEALTH ORGANISATION, BLACK EQUITY ORGANISATION (BEO),

MICHAEL CHARLES VAUGHAN JOHNSON Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired

TIM BETHEL (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chief Commercial Officer

DR KATHARINE SARAH WILKINSON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Teacher/ Researcher

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/11/2012, number: 1149896
Registered at Companies House on 09/12/2011, number: 07877042

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

10 returns made; all on time

Main office

Florence Bennett Centre
St. John's Estate
LONDON
N1 6TL

Objectives

(1) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH (AS EXPRESSED IN THE APOSTLE'S CREED) IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HACKNEY, OR ELSEWHERE, BY THE PRACTICAL EXPRESSION OF CHRISTIAN COMPASSION AND HOSPITALITY PRIMARILY BY THE PROVISION OF A FOODBANK.(2) THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST PEOPLE IN HACKNEY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA OR IN OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:(A) PROVIDING EMERGENCY FOOD AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN NEED AND/OR FOR DISTRIBUTION BY CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY(B) SUCH OTHER MEANS, INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT OR SIGNPOSTING TO RELEVANT INFORMATION AND OTHER ADVISORY SERVICES.

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