Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 8
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 16 ?

WAVENEY FOODBANK 

Collection of food supplies from the general public and delivery of crisis support food supplies to people in short term difficulty with food bills, as assessed by welfare professionals.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • 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 age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income has been volatile recently and was substantially in excess of spending in the latest year
Established: 11 years

www.waveney.foodbank.org.uk

info@waveney.foodbank.org.uk

07484394749

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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£132£64£68n/an/an/an/an/a140
31/03/22£201£67£134n/an/an/an/an/a180
31/03/21£202£44£158n/an/an/an/an/a40
31/03/20£63£33£30n/an/an/an/an/a80
31/03/19£22£19£4n/an/an/an/an/a80
31/03/18£12£18£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£26£12£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£7£12£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£12£11£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14*£21£8£12£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Where it operates
  • Norfolk, Suffolk,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 140 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£7,818
Suffolk Community Foundation£3,000
Masonic Trust£1,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£1,000 18/11/2021
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Waveney Foodbank
£287 10/09/2021
Mental Health First Aid
Suffolk Community Foundation - Grant to Waveney Foodbank
£3,000 20/03/2020
12
Donor designated payment from Food & Drink Fund.
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Waveney Foodbank
£3,766 30/10/2019
12
Kitchen equipment for community lunch
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Waveney Foodbank
£3,766 30/10/2019
Kitchen equipment for community lunch
Suffolk Community Foundation - (Support for our running costs)
£3,500 23/02/2017
Towards core costs.
Suffolk Community Foundation - (Support for our running costs)
£3,000 23/01/2017
Towards core running costs.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 44-80
  • GINA COLE (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired Civil Servant
  • KEVIN GUNN Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Compliance Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 18/04/2013, number: 1151679
  • Registered at Companies House on 06/11/2012, number: 08283316
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
10 returns made; AR14: 44 days late,
Main office

Unit 9/B
Brome Industrial Park
Airfield Industrial Estate
EYE
IP23 7HN

Objectives

TO RELIEVE PERSONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS (BENEFICIARIES) IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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