Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 12

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +9

Overall GiG Score: 23

MID CHESHIRE FOODBANK LTD

9,307 emergency food parcels were provided to individuals and families referred to us in Mid Cheshire between April 2022 and March 2023. This is an increase of 4% over the previous year. 43% of the total were children. 125 tonnes of food were distributed. 13 Food Distribution Centres operated of which 4 were provided by a mobile van service.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from multiple 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 and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Established: 11 years

www.midcheshire.foodbank.org.uk

info@midcheshire.foodbank.org.uk

01606590992

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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	£370	£346	£24	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	169
31/03/22	£302	£312	£-10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	120
31/03/21	£444	£266	£178	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	90
31/03/20	£159	£144	£15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	147
31/03/19	£137	£131	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	191
31/03/18	£112	£107	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£91	£87	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£86	£76	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£87	£72	£15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	£65	£39	£25	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Cheshire East, Cheshire West & Chester,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
169 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	£138,931
Cheshire Community Foundation	£12,500
National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000
CAF	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Mid Cheshire Foodbank
£30,000	23/10/2023	New warehouse rent
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Mid Cheshire Foodbank
£5,000	11/10/2022	Emergency grant
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Mid Cheshire Foodbank
£3,096	21/07/2022	Volunteer recognition event, uniform, training and workshops
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Mid Cheshire Foodbank
£100,835	21/03/2022	2x p/t CA advisor located within food bank centres plus 300 hrs of debt advice pa
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£675	01/12/2021	Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Cheshire Community Foundation - Schoolhouse Logistics Project
£2,500	25/11/2020	Midcheshire Foodbank provides emergency food to local people who are referred to us in crisis We have sublet a space in The Old Schoolhouse to act as our store & distribution hub for our ....more Midcheshire Foodbank provides emergency food to local people who are referred to us in crisis We have sublet a space in The Old Schoolhouse to act as our store & distribution hub for our emergency parcels The funding we are applying for is rent for the building and the costs of transporting the food to our distribution centres This funding will enable us to pay the rent and transport costs of needing a separate hub as a result of the pandemic driving increased volumes
National Lottery Community Fund - Covid Emergency Food Buying
£10,000	07/05/2020 4	The funding will be used to provide emergency food and essential items to people in crisis during Covid19 lockdown. The project aims to give vulnerable people in isolation nutritionally balanced ....more The funding will be used to provide emergency food and essential items to people in crisis during Covid19 lockdown. The project aims to give vulnerable people in isolation nutritionally balanced food to prevent hunger.
Cheshire Community Foundation - Covid Stock Purchasing
£10,000	28/04/2020	Midcheshire Foodbank distributes food to local people who are referred to us in crisis. We need to buy more food because demand is increasing and donation reducing Grant funding will be used to buy ....more Midcheshire Foodbank distributes food to local people who are referred to us in crisis. We need to buy more food because demand is increasing and donation reducing Grant funding will be used to buy food essentials This food will reach people who are in poverty and would otherwise be unable to eat. We have fed over 500 people in the last two week and over half of them are children
CAF - Grant to Midcheshire Foodbank
£5,000	22/04/2020 3	Grant to Midcheshire Foodbank to support the organisation through COVID19
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Mid Cheshire Foodbank
£2,676	19/11/2018	Funds will help us provide three days of emergency food to individuals and families in crisis.

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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: 22-74

ANTHONY GEORGE TAYLOR (Chair) Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

JOANNA HELEN LENDERYOU Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired

JOYCE ANN RAFFERTY Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Retired

LUCY DANIELLE WYLIE GOLDSMITH Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Corporate Communications Manager

PAUL NEIL PHIPPS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

WILLIAM ROWLAND EVANS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Student

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/04/2013, number: 1151705
Registered at Companies House on 23/01/2013, number: 08372107

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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
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; all on time

Main office

Unit 29
Meridian House
Road One,Winsford Industrial Estate
WINSFORD
Cheshire
CW7 3QG

Objectives

TO RELIEVE PERSONS IN ENGLAND AND WALES AND PRIMARILY IN MID CHESHIRE AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED OR DISTRESS IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

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