Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 6

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 8

HERTFORD AND DISTRICT FOODBANK

Distributing food and consumables to people from Hertford, Ware and surrounding district in short term financial need, under the auspices of The Trussell Trust.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no income shortfalls in recent years

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	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23	£174	£137	£37	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
31/03/22	£112	£99	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/03/21	£138	£98	£40	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
31/03/20	£67	£56	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
31/03/19	£38	£37	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
31/03/18	£40	£38	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£34	£31	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£29	£27	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£33	£24	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 10 years

hertforddistrictfoodbank.org.uk

hertfordanddistrictfoodbank@gmail.com

01992587544

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Community food services

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides services

Where it operates

Hertfordshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
40 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
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Hertford & District Foodbank
£5,000	11/10/2022	Emergency grant
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Hertford & District Foodbank
£25,000	25/06/2019 12	Electric van
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Hertford & District Foodbank
£25,000	25/06/2019	Electric van

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

CHERYL NOREEN JACKSON Appointed: 2014

DAVID ALAN TIMSON Appointed: 2019

FRANCES JEAN SPENCE Appointed: 2014

FRANCES CONNOLLY Appointed: 2023

HEATHER DAWN HOOKWAY Appointed: 2019

JANET LINDA BIRD Appointed: 2014, Other trusteeships: ANCIENT CHARITIES OF HERTFORD, CROUCHFIELD TRUST, THE MOTHERS' UNION (DIOCESE OF ST ALBANS), THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS WITH ST JOHN, HERTFORD,

REV DAVID CHARLES RONCO (Chair) Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeship: BAPTIST TWINNING IN ISRAEL,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 13/05/2014, number: 1157028

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
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

9 returns made; all on time

Main office

140 NORTH ROAD
HERTFORD
SG14 2BZ

Objectives

TO RELIEVE PERSONS IN HERTFORDSHIRE WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY PROVIDING FREE FOOD AND IN SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

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