Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 10

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +5
Overall weighted support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 18

TOWCESTER FOODBANK

The provision of a Foodbank for the South Northamptonshire district

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
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	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
30/09/23	£61	£43	£18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	70
30/09/22	£21	£16	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
30/09/21	£12	£9	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	67
30/09/20	£19	£5	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	81
30/09/19	£7	£4	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
30/09/18	£5	£5	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/17	£5	£7	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/16	£10	£9	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/15	£5	£5	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 10 years

http://towcester.foodbank.org.uk/

info@towcester.foodbank.org.uk

07724832043

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Community food services

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals

Where it operates

Northamptonshire,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who supports 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 Towcester Foodbank
£59,534	15/12/2022	16hpw generalist CA advisor
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Towcester Foodbank
£5,000	16/10/2022	Emergency grant

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

CLIFFORD JAMES HENSON Appointed: 2021

DR ANNIE DICKENS Appointed: 2023

EMMA JANE KILLICK Appointed: 2021

GILL MANNING-SMITH Appointed: 2023

HELEN SARAH GARTON (Chair) Appointed: 2018

JENNIFER MARY LUNN Appointed: 2021

MOHAMAD DJAHANBAKHSH Appointed: 2023

PAUL ROBERT STOTHARD Appointed: 2022

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 05/06/2014, number: 1157338

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves 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

Office 6
86 Watling Street East
Towcester
NN12 6BS

Objectives

THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY WITHIN THE SOUTH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE DISTRICT,BY PROVIDING ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR TO CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY,IN CO-OPERATION WITH OTHER LOCAL ORGANISATIONS.

Data Sources

TOWCESTER FOODBANK

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives: