Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 8

Support Score: 8

Strong growth: +2
Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

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

Large volunteer base +3
Overall weighted support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 16

OAKS TRUST

Oaks Trust runs four food banks across Brighton & Hove and Shoreham. We are part of a nationwide network, supported by The Trussell Trust, working to combat poverty and hunger across the UK. Each of these food banks serve their respective community areas with emergency food parcels, designed to meet a crisis need, as well as signposting beneficiaries towards other key agencies and services.

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
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
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

Financial issues to consider:

There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change

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
31/08/23		£136	£121	£15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/22		£55	£99	£-44	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/21?		£39	£31	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/20		£78	£15	£63	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/19		£35	£39	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/18		£38	£47	£-9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/17	*	£35	£39	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/16		£29	£30	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/15		£27	£30	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/14		£55	£28	£28	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/13		£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 12 years

https://shoreham.foodbank.org.uk/

nils.defreese@weareemmanuel.com

01273840884

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Community food services

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Brighton And Hove, East Sussex, West Sussex,

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 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Shoreham Foodbank
£2,600	16/02/2023	Winter Support Grant
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Shoreham Foodbank
£36,000	17/11/2022	New post - 3 dpw Foodbank Coordinator and Strategic Partnership Manager (2 people will deliver the 3dpw)
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Shoreham Foodbank
£5,000	20/10/2022	Emergency grant

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 38-63

AMY BATEMAN Appointed: 2024, Occupation: General Practioner

ANDREW KNIGHT Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Property Manager

DAVID WILSON Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Financial Director

JOSEPHINE WALLER Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Project Manager

MX SIBANDA Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Consultant - Environmental Research And Policy

NILS DE FREESE Appointed: 2024

WILLIAM BIGWOOD Appointed: 2023, Occupation: It Consultant

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 07/01/2013, number: 1150372
Registered at Companies House on 08/11/2012, number: 08286100

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

11 returns made; AR17: 72 days late,

Main office

21-23 Clarendon Villas
Hove
BN3 3RE

Objectives

IN PURSUANCE OF CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THROUGHOUT THE UNITED KINGDOM AND BEYOND, THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS ARE:-3.1 THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY; 3.2 THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF AGE, POVERTY, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, UNEMPLOYMENT OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE;3.3 THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH INCLUDING THROUGH EDUCATION AND COUNSELLING; AND3.4 THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATION TO ASSIST IN THE PREVENTION OF POVERTY AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH.

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