Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 14
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +14
Overall GiG Score: 26 ?

GLOBAL FEEDBACK LIMITED

Mission:

To create a world where human activity regenerates the living planet and sustains people on a fair basis
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • 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:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change
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
31/12/23£1,737£1,767£-29£22£394£1411190
31/12/22?£1,753£1,624£129£49£424£850.6180
31/10/21£957£1,090£-133£56£295£1441.6230
31/10/20£892£841£51£42£428£2062.928480
31/10/19£740£723£17£41£377£1432.4221,045
31/10/18£836£725£112£50£360£1462.4180
31/10/17£860£840£20£107£248£1382210
31/10/16£888£821£68£62£228£1472.1170
31/10/15£433£333£100n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/14£250£189£61n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.2%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 35%
Liabilities/Income: 12%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 36%
Reserves/Spending: 1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 2.6
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 11 years

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What it does
An environmental campaigning charity working for food that is good for the planet and its people. We are sector leaders, highly regarded for our hard-hitting investigative research, innovative campaigns, participatory events, and track record of bringing about changes to policy and business practices through a mix of movement building, campaigns, and piloting alternative food system approaches.
Listed activities
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Land or water management
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Belgium, France, Netherlands, Spain, Throughout England And Wales,
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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Esmee Fairbairn£825,000
Rothschild Foundation£358,000
Joseph Rowntree Foundation£347,812
Lankelly Chase Foundation£160,000
Friends Provident Foundation£100,000
Sussex Community Foundation£20,000
National Lottery Community Fund£20,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Feedback
£5,000 17/11/2023
Funding was provided towards staff costs.
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Feedback
£184,647 08/07/2023
Food and Racial Justice Project
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to Global Feedback (Feedback)
£200,000 03/07/2023
The next iteration of Green Futures tackles local employment, engages communities in food citizenship, and brings together diverse actors to build a more sustainable, inclusive food system in Bucks.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to GLOBAL FEEDBACK LIMITED
£402,000 25/04/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs to campaign for a food system that is better for people and planet
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to GLOBAL FEEDBACK LIMITED
£3,000 13/02/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to GLOBAL FEEDBACK LIMITED
£10,000 13/02/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
Friends Provident Foundation - Global Feedback Ltd.-Seeding Reparations: Addressing British agribusiness corps' destruction of nature & communities
£100,000 01/08/2022
We will address the British Empire's role in the current industrial, extractive, destructive food system and seed a transformational, commons-based approach to reparations for British agribusiness' current and historical destruction of nature, human ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Feedback
£10,000 21/07/2022
Funding was provided towards an allotment project and food waste scheme.
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to Feedback Global
£160,000 31/03/2022
Feedback Global
The EQ Foundation - Grant to GLOBAL FEEDBACK
£3,014 15/02/2022
Big Give Champion Pledge
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Feedback
£163,165 27/11/2021
EcoTalent
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Global Feedback Ltd.
£60,000 19/10/2021
24
Towards project costs for Action on Sugar and Feedback to challenge the UK’s excessive production and consumption of sugar for better environmental and health outcomes
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to Global Feedback (Feedback)
£158,000 09/06/2021
18
Green Futures Programme
The Funding Network - Addressing food waste and food poverty via policy and locally led action
£11,811 24/03/2021
To create a locally led alternative to surplus food redistribution as a 'solution' to food insecurity/food waste, making the case for local/national policy to improve food access and prevent waste.
The EQ Foundation - Grant to Global Feedback via TFN
£2,000 10/03/2021
Via The Funding Network
National Lottery Community Fund - Community-led Gleaning Covid-19 Emergency Fund
£20,000 29/07/2020
7
Feedback is a not for profit organisation which focuses primarily on supporting communities to make better use of food waste and improve local community led food production. This funding will be used to provide additional activity and support groups ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Feedback
£5,000 13/07/2020
Feedback works to combat food waste and to build a sustainable and healthy food system. An expert voice, they are regularly called upon by business and government for advice, and a practical actor, running projects and community events to utilise ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Global Feedback Ltd.
£50,000 05/05/2020
6
towards unrestricted costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Global Feedback Ltd.
£300,000 09/04/2020
36
Towards unrestricted core costs to deliver an ambitious strategy to reduce waste in UK food production
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Feedback
£10,000 18/11/2019
11
Funding was provided towards running costs.
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Feedback
£58,375 01/12/2018
18
Fighting the growth of 'bad energy' in the UK
Tudor Trust - Grant to Global Feedback Limited
£40,000 29/03/2017
24
over two years for a pilot in Kent and Sussex to help embed gleaning work in local communities and engage more effectively with marginalised local groups
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Global Feedback Ltd.
£241,695 15/12/2016
36
Towards unrestricted core costs for work to reduce food wastage and to enhance the sustainability of food production.
Nesta - AC20025
£50,000 13/01/2014
Waste Reduction Challenge programme grant to Gleaning Network UK Grant Ref AC20025
Nesta - AC20009
£10,000 21/02/2013
Waste Reduction Challenge programme grant to Gleaning Network UK Grant Ref AC20009
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 32-67
  • DR DARREN ARTHUR HUGHES Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Nutrition, Apiculture And Food Systems Consultant
  • ELIZABETH DAVISON PEAKE Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Head Of Resource Policy
  • JENNY BRIGGS Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Pr Associate Director
  • MATTHEW THOMAS GOULD Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Risk Manager
  • RUTH MARY CHAMBERS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Environmental Ngo
  • SARAH ANNE MORRISON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Gardener
  • SOPHIE TUSON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Solicitor
  • TABITHA GILLAN Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Civil Servant
  • VIVIAN CHINOMSO MADUEKEH Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Management Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 18/12/2013, number: 1155064
  • Registered at Companies House on 15/05/2013, number: 08530711
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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
10 returns made; all on time
Main office

Office 518
Unit 10
The High Cross Centre
Fountayne Road
London
N15 4BE

Objectives

3 THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:(1) THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, INCLUDING THE PROMOTION OF BIODIVERSITY AND SUSTAINABLE LAND USE;(2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND ENHANCEMENT AND REHABILITATION OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, IN PARTICULAR REGARDING BIODIVERSITY AND SUSTAINABLE LAND USE AND THE PROMOTION OF STUDY AND RESEARCH IN SUCH SUBJECTS PROVIDED THAT THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH STUDY ARE DISSEMINATED TO THE PUBLIC AT LARGE;(3) TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY:(A) THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRUDENT USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES;(B) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES;(C) THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION.SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MEANS “DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS. (4) THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM BY PROVIDING GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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