Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 8

Liabilities <10%: +3
Strong growth: +2

Dynamic board: +3
Mainly male board: -1

Overall weighted support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 15

LEICESTER SOUTH FOODBANK

The relief of financial hardship amongst people in Leicestershire by: a) providing emergency food, essential toiletries, and household items to people in need and/or for distribution by charities or other organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty b) such other means, including the provision of support or signposting to relevant information and other advisory service

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has a robust balance sheet
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly male

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
30/09/23		£797	£692	£105	£0	£444	£410	7.1	4	65
30/09/22		£619	£604	£15	£0	£339	£244	4.9	3	40
30/09/21		£643	£491	£152	£0	£324	£205	5	3	78
30/09/20		£399	£317	£82	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/19		£152	£114	£38	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/18	*	£82	£45	£37	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/17		£17	£10	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
24/09/16		£14	£6	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 3%
Liabilities/Income: 2%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 92%
Reserves/Spending: 7.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 23.6

Asset Split ?

Balance Sheet History

Established: 8 years

www.leicestersouth.foodbank.org.uk

info@leicestersouth.foodbank.org.uk

07973145019

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Community food services

How it operates

Other charitable activities

Where it operates

Leicester City, Leicestershire,

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

The Trussell Trust	£471,928
Alex Ferry Foundation	£5,000
Masonic Trust	£4,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Leicester South Foodbank
£68,139	24/08/2023	Contribution towards Operational Manager's salary (60%) for OLM work and on-costs
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Leicester South Foodbank
£5,000	21/10/2022	Emergency grant
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Leicester South Foodbank
£18,803	22/07/2022	Volunteer & Training Co-ordinator 16 hpw
Masonic Trust - MCF Festival
£3,000	26/05/2022	Core Funding for Leicester South Foodbank.
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Leicester South Foodbank
£84,765	25/05/2022	0.8 FTE Advice Navigator to support existing FI service
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£1,000	07/01/2022	Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Leicester South Foodbank
£1,238	17/11/2021	Volunteer training
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Leicester South Foodbank
£135,311	01/06/2021 24	In-house debt advisor (20 hpw) and Helping Hands Community Trust benefits advisor (20 hpw) for 2 years
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Leicester South Foodbank
£129,719	07/05/2021	Regional warehouse for 7 foodbanks
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Leicester South Foodbank
£28,954	26/03/2021 24	Employment costs of Operational Manager, 2 dpw for 2 years
Alex Ferry Foundation - AFF communuity grant
£5,000	02/07/2020	community grant
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Leicester South Foodbank
£3,827	15/08/2019	New PT food bank supervisor
National Lottery Community Fund - Advocacy and Advice
£8,901	30/01/2019 12	This funding will be used to extend the hours of an advice worker at a local food bank. The project aims to provide support to people outside of the service sessions.
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Leicester South Foodbank
£22,297	12/12/2018	Van purchase + 2Y running costs
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Leicester South Foodbank
£4,974	31/10/2018	Advocacy service for clients
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Leicester South Foodbank
£9,990	13/06/2018 12	towards one year's salary of the Operations Manager at a foodbank in Leicester
National Lottery Community Fund - Advocacy and Advice
£8,739	27/09/2017 12	This charity will set up a signposting and advocacy service for people who use its food bank, providing them with access to advice and support to help them deal with issues they are facing.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

CHRISTOPHER BATTY Appointed: 2022

GEOFF ADAMS Appointed: 2015

JOHN NICHOLAS SIMON Appointed: 2022

PATRICIA KENDALL Appointed: 2022

PETER DUNDAS (Chair) Appointed: 2019

RAKESH VEJA Appointed: 2019

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 17/03/2016, number: 1166104

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
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

8 returns made; AR18: 28 days late,

Main office

THE KINGS CENTRE
56 BULL HEAD STREET
WIGSTON
LE18 1PA

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST PEOPLE IN SOUTH AND CENTRAL LEICESTERSHIRE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA OR IN OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME-TO-TIME THINK FIT, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A) PROVIDING EMERGENCY FOOD, ESSENTIAL TOILETRIES, AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN NEED AND/OR FOR DISTRIBUTION BY CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTYB) SUCH OTHER MEANS, INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT OR SIGNPOSTING TO RELEVANT INFORMATION AND OTHER ADVISORY SERVICES