Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 8

Liabilities <10%: +3
Strong growth: +2

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 19

WEST CHESHIRE FOODBANK

THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN THE CHESTER, ELLESMERE PORT AND NESTON AREAS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY PROVIDING EMERGENCY FOOD SUPPLIES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several 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
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

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	£839	£667	£171	£0	£612	£572	10.3	5	110
31/03/22	£273	£169	£104	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	130
31/03/21	£438	£188	£249	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	100
31/03/20	£125	£113	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	100
31/03/19	£101	£95	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	119
31/03/18	£80	£66	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£51	£74	£-23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£82	£67	£15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£68	£41	£27	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	£55	£25	£30	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 1%
Liabilities/Income: 0%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 93%
Reserves/Spending: 10.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 11 months
Quick Ratio: 169.4

Asset Split ?

Established: 11 years

www.westcheshire.foodbank.org.uk

info@westcheshire.foodbank.org.uk

0151 355 7730

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Community food services

How it operates

Other charitable activities

Where it operates

Cheshire West & Chester,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

5 employees
110 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	£298,168
Westminster Foundation	£18,966
Cheshire Community Foundation	£12,500

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Cheshire Community Foundation - Fresh food project
£3,000	15/03/2023	Provision of fresh food, fruit and veg to supplement our 3 day emergency food parcels to local people in crisis. We are working on an average allowance to centres of £5 per voucher. Relief of ....more Provision of fresh food, fruit and veg to supplement our 3 day emergency food parcels to local people in crisis. We are working on an average allowance to centres of £5 per voucher. Relief of concerns over affording food or energy costs/healthier alternatives/dignity of greater choice
The Trussell Trust - Grant to West Cheshire Foodbank
£5,000	11/10/2022	Emergency grant
Cheshire Community Foundation - Neston Foodbank hub fresh food project
£2,500	07/09/2022	Neston Foodbank hub fresh food project
The Trussell Trust - Grant to West Cheshire Foodbank
£233,168	09/02/2022	1.6 FTE FI worker, training and IT equipment
The Trussell Trust - Grant to West Cheshire Foodbank
£60,000	17/09/2021	Pathfinder Strategic Lead
Cheshire Community Foundation - Neston Fruit and Veg Pilot
£2,000	02/08/2021	West Cheshire Foodbank currently provides nutritionally balanced ambient emergency food supplies to local people in financial crisis by way of a pre issued voucher from an approved referrer ....more West Cheshire Foodbank currently provides nutritionally balanced ambient emergency food supplies to local people in financial crisis by way of a pre issued voucher from an approved referrer confirming need and signposting to other agencies for longer term support. This is then provided from a network of 16 hubs. In Neston this is operated weekly from Neston Community Centre by valued Foodbank volunteers. WCFB would like to establish a local project to supplement these food supplies with fresh fruit and vegetables, locally sourced where possible. At present Neston hand out approx 12 emergency food boxes supporting 20+ local people weekly and demand is increasing. A grant will pay for fresh produce to supplement the ambient food boxes.
Cheshire Community Foundation - West Cheshire Foodbank Covid 19 Food resilience project
£5,000	23/04/2020	West Cheshire Foodbank provides emergency food for local people in financial crisis. This project will alleviate issues of hunger amongst the most needy in society by providing emergency boxes of ....more West Cheshire Foodbank provides emergency food for local people in financial crisis. This project will alleviate issues of hunger amongst the most needy in society by providing emergency boxes of food supplies. A grant will assist with Food acquisition from wholesale sources to replace huge fall away in traditional source of public food donations and prepare for an expected surge in requests over coming months as economic impact of unemployment hits (1.3 m new universal benefit claimants to date) impact of both short and medium term issues simply unquantifiable. It will also assist with professional overview/report of effects of Covid virus in tandem with our partners to inform powerful feedback to local and central government in due course and hopefully impact future policy. The project will primarily combat hunger amongst the most vulnerable in our society and provide a coherent evidence-based report (utilising established monitoring methods) of outcomes.
Westminster Foundation - Covid 19 response Fund
£18,966	27/03/2020 3	Increased staffing hours - Covid 19 emergency response
Co-Operative Group - Grant to West Cheshire Foodbank
£3,328	29/11/2017	We want to make our van available to like-minded charities with insurance, repairs, signage and fuel.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

DIANE JENKINS Appointed: 2023

IAN DAVID OULTON Appointed: 2018

JAMES WILLIAM FORRESTER Appointed: 2023

LINDA TOMPKINS Appointed: 2023

NIGEL PARAMOR (Chair) Appointed: 2021

REV DR RON REID Appointed: 2017, Other trusteeships: THE BRITISH VACUUM COUNCIL, THE TRAINING AND CONFERENCE CENTRE FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE BOYS' BRIGADE IN THE NORTH WEST OF ENGLAND AND THE ISLE OF MAN TRUST, MISSION IN THE ECONOMY,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 22/02/2013, number: 1150934

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

10 returns made; all on time

Main office

3-4 Stanney Mill Industrial Park
Dutton Green
Little Stanney
CHESTER
CH2 4SA

Objectives

THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN THE CHESTER, ELLESMERE PORT, NESTON AND CONTIGUOUS AREAS, BY MEANS OF A)IN PARTICULAR THE PROVISION OF EMERGENCY FOOD SUPPLIES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED IN CHESTER, ELLESMERE PORT, NESTON AND CONTIGUOUS AREAS; B) SHARING FOOD SUPPLIES WITH CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY PRIMARILY IN CHESTER, ELLESMERE PORT, NESTON AND CONTIGUOUS AREAS, BUT ALSO ENGLAND AND WALES; C) COMMISSIONING AND DISSEMINATION OF RESEARCH INTO CAUSES AND ALLEVIATION OF POVERTY PRIMARILY FOOD POVERTY; D) ANY OTHER SIMILAR CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME.

Defined Area of Benefit:

CHESTER, ELLESMERE PORT, NESTON AND CONTIGUOUS AREAS

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