Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 8
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Large volunteer base +5
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

UCKFIELD FOODBANK

With the support of the Churches in Uckfield, in particular but not exclusively by providing emergency food boxes containing three days supply of balanced and nutritional foodstuffs to individuals in need and/or for distribution by charities or other organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty and the provision of or signposting to relevant information and other advisory services.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very 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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • The Board is predominantly male

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 £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£53£50£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£29£36£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£46£28£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£20£17£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£13£13£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£14£8£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£8£8£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16?£6£5£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/15£12£9£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/14£15£9£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a

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

uckfield.foodbank.org.uk

admin@uckfield.foodbank.org.uk

01825745489

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebookX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Community food services
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • East Sussex,
Who it helps
  • 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 Uckfield Foodbank
£5,000 02/11/2022
Emergency grant

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ALYSON DAPHNE JOHNSON Appointed: 2023
  • KELVIN JOHN WILLIAMS Appointed: 2023
  • PETER ROE (Chair) Appointed: 2013
  • PHILIP GARLAND Appointed: 2013
  • RICHARD KINGSTON BURT Appointed: 2020
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 22/08/2013, number: 1153505
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
10 returns made; all on time
Main office

Uckfield Foodbank
15 Horsted Square
Bellbrook Industrial Estate
Uckfield
TN22 1QG

Objectives

THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN UCKFIELD AND SURROUNDING AREAS,WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE CHURCHES IN UCKFIELD,IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A)PROVIDING EMERGENCY FOOD BOXES CONTAINING THREE DAYS SUPPLY OF BALANCED AND NUTRITIONAL FOODSTUFFS TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR FOR DISTRIBUTION BY CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY;B)THE PROVISION OF OR SIGNPOSTING TO RELEVANT INFORMATION AND OTHER ADVISORY SERVICES

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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