Overall GiG Score: 16 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 10
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +10

FULL CIRCLE FOOD PROJECT 

Full Circle Food Project delivers programmes around cooking and growing fruit and vegetables.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • 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
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 9 years

www.fullcirclefoodproject.org.uk

info.fullcirclefood@gmail.com

07923077753

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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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
31/07/22£172£164£8n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/07/21£123£125£-1n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/07/20£113£114£-1n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/07/19£36£73£-37n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/07/18£42£73£-31£0£0£0n/a012
31/07/17£84£29£55£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/16£66£61£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/15£70£58£12£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • General Charitable Purposes
Who works here?
  • 20 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Northumberland,

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£471,293
Henry Smith Charity£180,000
Tudor Trust£77,000
The Greggs Foundation£40,000
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland£15,320
Garfield Weston Foundation£10,000
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd£8,600
CAF£3,600
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Full Circle Food Project
£180,000 26/05/2022
36
towards three years' running costs of an organisation addressing food poverty in disadvantaged communities in Ashington, Northumberland.
The Greggs Foundation - North East Core Funding
£40,000 26/05/2022
£40,000 over two years (£20,000 per year) to support the salary of a Garden Projects Officer
National Lottery Community Fund - Reviving Ashington
£449,487 16/03/2022
60
The project will use the funding over five years to deliver a programme supporting the community of Hirst in Ashington by tackling disadvantage and inequalities. This will support people living in ....more
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Full Circle Food Project
£1,000 03/02/2022
Core costs
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Full Circle Food Project
£4,320 02/12/2021
Running costs for a 2 weekly social get together to tackle social isolation in the Hirst community in Ashington
National Lottery Community Fund - Cooking for Health
£10,000 16/07/2021
The project will be use the funding to deliver cooking classes for adults in Ashington to help tackle issues of food poverty poor diets obesity and food waste. This will help to develop the cooking ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£10,000 21/05/2021
Post Covid recovery and expansion
Tudor Trust - Grant to Full Circle Food Project
£2,000 13/01/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Full Circle Food Project
£3,000 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund mobile cooking equipment and craft materials to support children and young people affected by high levels of poverty to engage in educational, fun activities in the ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£3,000 21/05/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Post Covid-19 Social Media Campaign
£3,200 07/05/2020
0
The funding will be used to improve their social media presence and to carry out a marketing campaign to enable more people and families at risk of poverty to access their services including food ....more
CAF - Grant to Full Circle Food Project
£3,600 29/04/2020
3
Grant to Full Circle Food Project to support the organisation through COVID19
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - learning and training opportunities for young people from Ashington
£6,000 09/04/2020
learning and training opportunities for young people from Ashington
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Delivering activity events to engage the local community in South East Northumberland
£2,600 06/03/2020
Delivering activity events to engage the local community in South East Northumberland
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Running costs for a gardening project in Ashington.
£5,000 02/10/2019
Running costs for a gardening project in Ashington.
National Lottery Community Fund - Grow for All
£8,606 12/09/2019
12
Grow for All
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - a Food Development Officer to set up the Hirst Hub Community Cafe
£5,000 19/06/2019
a Food Development Officer to set up the Hirst Hub Community Cafe
Tudor Trust - Grant to Full Circle Food Project
£75,000 24/04/2019
36
over three years as continuation funding towards the manager's salary at a community food-growing charity in Ashington, Northumberland
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Full Circle Food Project
£72,946 28/02/2019
36
This project will deliver a targeted cooking programme for families living in some of the most disadvantaged areas of Northumberland. Through taking part, children and young people will develop new ....more
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - The *Outbye Project- * Mining term re the surface
£5,000 03/08/2018
The *Outbye Project- * Mining term re the surface
Tudor Trust - Grant to Full Circle Food Project
£75,000 26/06/2015
36
over three years towards the salary of the project manager at a food project in Ashington, Northumberland
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 10/10/2014, number: 1158829
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
8 returns made; all on time
Main office

Hirst Park Growing Zone
Hirst Park, Fifth Avenue
Ashington
Northumberland
NE63 9BA

Objectives

(1) TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT GOOD HEALTH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGH PROVIDING INFORMATION AND ADVICE IN RELATION TO HEALTHY EATING AND NUTRITION AND THE IMPORTANCE OF A HEALTHY DIET.(2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ALL ASPECTS OF HEALTHY EATING, GROWING FOOD TO EAT AND NUTRITION AND THE IMPORTANCE OF A HEALTHY DIET, INCLUDING THE PLANNING AND PREPARING OF HEALTHY MEALS.(3) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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