Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 3

Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -3 times
Strong growth: +2
No PartB

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

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 8

DEVON AND CORNWALL FOOD ACTION

DCFA redistributes donated surplus food to families and individuals experiencing food poverty in Devon and Cornwall, thereby both saving perfectly edible food from going to landfill and feeding people who are in most of need of the food. All of the surplus food which is donated to DCFA is sourced from supermarkets, other branded food producers, farmers and growers.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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 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
Accounts have been filed late on 3 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Established: 10 years
(13 years as a company)

www.devonandcornwallfoodaction.org

dcfa.alan@gmail.com

01752651800

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
31/10/22		£183	£162	£22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
31/10/21	*	£140	£99	£41	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
31/10/20		£111	£67	£44	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	100
31/10/19	*	£42	£49	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	100
31/10/18	*	£68	£60	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	10
31/10/17		£53	£54	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/16		£43	£51	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/15		£50	£53	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/14		£61	£49	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Other Charitable Purposes
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Other charitable activities
Provides services

Where it operates

Cornwall, Devon,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
25 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Devon Community Foundation - TCCF - Charity of the Year
£6,000	17/01/2022	The Chief Constable Fund nominated Charity of the Year 2022., providing emergency support for those in food poverty.
Devon Community Foundation - Grant to Devon and Cornwall Food Action
£100	02/12/2021	Survey Winner
Devon Community Foundation - Grant to Devon and Cornwall Food Action
£10,000	04/03/2021	Grant to Devon and Cornwall Food Action
Devon Community Foundation - COVID19 Devon and Cornwall Food Action
£2,850	02/12/2020 6	Grant to Devon and Cornwall Food Action
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,850	21/08/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Devon and Cornwall Food Action
£3,112	19/11/2018	We need to pay for collections and deliveries to keep our hubs stocked, cover volunteer expenses and the production of info packs.
Devon Community Foundation - Grant to Devon and Cornwall Food Action
£5,000	09/07/2018 12	supporting core costs to enable the continued distribution of food supplies to vulnerable community members, helping to alleviate the increasing levels of of food poverty across Plymouth
National Lottery Community Fund - 'Cool Community Food'
£9,930	02/08/2017 12	The funding will be used by a charity to carry out a feasibility study on how best to expand and adapt their food re-distribution service to meet the community’s needs. The project aims to improve ....more The funding will be used by a charity to carry out a feasibility study on how best to expand and adapt their food re-distribution service to meet the community’s needs. The project aims to improve the service for people in the community in order to reduce food poverty.
Devon Community Foundation - DCFA PLUS - Supporting Plymouth's veteran's community
£3,000	12/07/2017 11	contributing to a pilot project to address food poverty by supporting vulnerable veterans and their families through provision of regular food provision
National Lottery Community Fund - Devon and Cornwall Food Action
£46,214	28/11/2013 24	To expand the organisationÂ’s work distributing in-date food to people in need rather than landfill, the project will acquire its own vehicle to undertake food collections and distribution. The ....more To expand the organisationÂ’s work distributing in-date food to people in need rather than landfill, the project will acquire its own vehicle to undertake food collections and distribution. The project will also employ three coordinators and an administrator.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 38-76

ALAN DUNNE (Chair) Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Food Hub Chairman

GRAHAM SMITH Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired Engineer

JAMES STEELE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Store Manager

JEANETTE MARY COOPER Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Police Community Support Officer

JONATHAN SCANTLEBURY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Site Excellence Manager

PETER MCCONAUGHEY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Facilities Manager & Health And Safety Manager

SHELLY MONK Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Company Director

STUART WATKINS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Operations Manager

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 14/01/2014, number: 1155313
Registered at Companies House on 26/10/2010, number: 07419679

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

9 returns made; AR21: 87 days late, AR19: 324 days late, AR18: 45 days late,

Main office

Devon & Cornwall Food Action
4 Porsham Close
Roborough
PLYMOUTH
PL6 7DB

Objectives

2.1 The Objects of the Charity are the prevention or relief of poverty, in particular (but not exclusively) by:(a) providing fit for purpose food products and other goods from industry donations and partners directly to economically disadvantaged individuals and families within the communities of Devon and Cornwall, and to organisations working with them; and(b) undertaking activities which raise awareness of and/or seek to reduce food poverty, in particular by promoting and supporting the reduction of food waste.

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