Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 10
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 19 ?

SALFORD FOODBANK 

THE CHARITY AIMS ARE TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION BY PREVENTING SOCIAL EXCLUSION AND RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED IN SALFORD, MANCHESTER AND THE REST OF THE UK. CURRENT ACTIVITIES INCLUDE PROVISION OF EMERGENCY FOOD PARCELS THROUGH SALFORD FOODBANK.
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Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender 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

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£266£228£37n/an/an/an/an/a80
31/03/22£139£130£9n/an/an/an/an/a120
31/03/21£335£208£126n/an/an/an/an/a75
31/03/20£205£158£47n/an/an/an/an/a75
31/03/19£148£160£-13n/an/an/an/an/a75
31/03/18£148£134£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£112£118£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£101£108£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15*£93£98£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£97£73£23£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 11 years

http://salford.foodbank.org.uk/

info@salford.foodbank.org.uk

01616372120

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Community food services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Manchester City, Salford City,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 80 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£81,800
Forever Manchester£20,000
National Lottery Community Fund£5,000
Co-Operative Group£3,272
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£500 09/01/2023
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Salford Foodbank
£5,000 29/10/2022
Emergency grant
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Salford Foodbank
£3,272 22/10/2022
We need to distribute over 100 food parcels each week to our 7 centres in Salford so our clients do not have to travel too far to access food.
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Salford Foodbank
£51,750 31/03/2022
Advisers from CA, CAP and a local partner (STAC) to work across all FB centres offering a range of services, plus Project Leader employment costs
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Salford Foodbank
£5,750 09/03/2022
Training, branded workwear, smart phones, printing of welcome packs & thank you gifts for volunteers
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Salford Foodbank
£13,800 09/03/2022
24
50% funding for new post - Warehouse Coordinator, 20 hpw, for 2 years
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£450 06/01/2022
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£1,700 07/12/2021
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Forever Manchester - Foodbank
£10,000 24/03/2021
Purchase of bulk food items
National Lottery Community Fund - Salford Foodbank (Freedom Central)
£5,000 07/05/2020
12
The funding will be used to help cover the costs of operating a food delivery service during the Covid-19 emergency to vulnerable families and people at high-risk. The project delivers hundreds of ....more
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Salford Foodbank
£5,500 22/04/2020
Coronavirus Emergency Grant
Forever Manchester - Foodbank
£10,000 20/04/2020
Foodbank and essential household items for struggling residents
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 32-75
  • PETER CLEGG Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Team Coordinator
  • TINA KAPP Appointed: 2020, Occupation: General Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 18/02/2013, number: 1150870
  • Registered at Companies House on 12/11/2012, number: 08290270
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • 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
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
10 returns made; AR15: 16 days late,
Main office

4 Kansas Avenue
MediaCityUK
SALFORD
M50 2GL

Objectives

4.1THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS(OBJECTS)ARE TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED,RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY IN SALFORD,ANCHESTER AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES 4.2FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY,OR PARTS OF SOCIETY,AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS:UNEMPLOYMENT;FINANCIAL HARDSHIP;YOUTH OR OLD AGE;ILL HEALTH PHYSICAL OR MENTAL);SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS;POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT,RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN;POOR HOUSING(THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS)AND CRIME(EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY)

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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