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

WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOOD PROJECT

We are a food bank.
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 a grant maker
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • 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 female
  • 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
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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
31/12/23£133£139£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22£130£121£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£76£61£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£112£56£55n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£18£13£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£15£10£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£24£16£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£3£4£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15?£6£4£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
10/10/14£5£4£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 11 years

www.wcfp.org.uk

washingtoncfp@gmail.com

07450766226

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Community food services
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Sunderland,
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
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to Washington Community Food Project
£4,250 17/11/2022
Supporting the charity's purposes in light of the cost-of-living crisis
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Purchasing and supplying food to those in the local community
£3,000 06/11/2019
Purchasing and supplying food to those in the local community

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • AUDREY ALLEN Appointed: 2024
  • CATHERINE SPELLMAN Appointed: 2021
  • EMMA LOUISE WELCH Appointed: 2024
  • GAIL WATSON Appointed: 2023
  • JUDITH PETHERICK Appointed: 2021
  • MICHELLE NATTON Appointed: 2019
  • NICOLA JOBSON Appointed: 2021
  • NICOLA MURRAY Appointed: 2024
  • NIKKI DALGLEISH Appointed: 2024
  • SUSAN ELIZABETH HARRIS Appointed: 2024
  • VALERIE MARGARET JORDAN Appointed: 2024
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 27/03/2014, number: 1156409
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
10 returns made; all on time
Main office

Unit O
Washington Galleries
Washington
Tyne and Wear
NE38 7SD

Objectives

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (‘THE OBJECTS’) ARETHE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IN WASHINGTON AND SPRINGWELL VILLAGE IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:THE PROVISION OF EMERGENCY FOOD PARCELS, ITEMS, SERVICES AND FACILITIES TO INDIVIDUALS IN FINANCIAL NEED.CONTRIBUTING TO AND CO-OPERATING WITH CHARITIES AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY FROM WITHIN WASHINGTON AND SPRINGWELL VILLAGE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

WASHINGTON AND SPRINGWELL VILLAGE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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