Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 6
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

LEEK & DISTRICT FOODBANK

To relieve persons in Leek and the surrounding areas who are in conditions of need (beneficiaries) in such ways as the Trustees from time to time think fit.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been 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
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of 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 £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/08/23£70£55£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/22£49£27£23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/21£90£58£32n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/20£55£9£45n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/19£24£8£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/18£5£5£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/17£3£5£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/16£3£5£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/15£4£3£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/14£14£5£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a

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

www.leekdistrict.foodbank.org.uk

projectmanager@leekdistrict.foodbank.org.uk

01538373289

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
  • Staffordshire, Stoke-on-trent City,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • 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 Leek & District Foodbank
£5,000 11/10/2022
Emergency grant
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Leek & District Foodbank
£1,530 21/07/2022
Volunteer training
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£2,500 02/12/2021
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • COLIN COOPER Appointed: 2022
  • JOHN PHILIP BAUGHAN (Chair) Appointed: 2018
  • LYNNE JEANETTE BALL Appointed: 2015
  • LEANNE WALLIS Appointed: 2018
  • PETER HAYDN GREEN Appointed: 2023
  • REV PETER TIMOTHY WILLIAM DAVIES Appointed: 2020
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 27/09/2013, number: 1153990
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
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
10 returns made; all on time
Main office

Rear of Gateway Church
West Street
LEEK
ST13 8AA

Objectives

TO RELIEVE PERSONS IN LEEK AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED (BENEFICIARIES) IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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