Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 10

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Mainly female board: -1

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 14

WITNEY AND WEST OXFORDSHIRE FOOD BANK

Witney & West Oxfordshire Food Bank provides emergency food parcels of non-perishable food items and occasionally toiletries to people experiencing unexpected crisis. Clients are referred from professionals working in the community including, but not limited to, Citizens Advice Bureau, Job Centre, health workers, education professionals who assess each client?s situation to verify their need.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been 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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly female

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Established: 7 years

witney.foodbank.org.uk

info@witney.foodbank.org.uk

01993890000

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
05/04/23	*	£294	£318	£-25	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	65
05/04/22		£61	£47	£15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
05/04/21		£181	£118	£64	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	45
05/04/20		£58	£41	£17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
05/04/19?		£52	£46	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	32
31/12/17		£18	£18	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Oxfordshire,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
65 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

The Trussell Trust	£314,534
Department for Work and Pensions	£13,990
Masonic Trust	£1,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Witney Foodbank
£37,000	16/11/2022	New post - Volunteer Coordinator, 3 dpw releasing trustee capacity for strategic development, volunteer lunch
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Witney Foodbank
£5,000	11/10/2022	Emergency grant
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Witney Foodbank
£16,790	08/06/2022	Local Organiser 2dpw plus direct project costs
Department for Work and Pensions - GRAFFIO ARTS LIMMITED
£13,990	01/04/2022	The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to employers to create jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit.
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Witney Foodbank
£255,744	16/11/2021 24	FI caseworkers to work across the four district areas for 2 years.
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£1,000	04/11/2021	Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

DEBORAH JESSEL Appointed: 2021

JOANNA ADER Appointed: 2021

KATE FROST Appointed: 2023

LOU LOU Appointed: 2016

MICHAEL MORRIS (Chair) Appointed: 2021

STEPHANIE DESLANDES Appointed: 2020

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/11/2016, number: 1170366

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

6 returns made; AR23: 63 days late,

Main office

COTTSWAY HOUSING ASSOCIATION LTD
COTTSWAY HOUSE
AVENUE TWO
WITNEY
OX28 4YG

Objectives

THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OF PEOPLE LIVING IN WEST OXFORDSHIRE DISTRICT IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) BY PROVIDING FOOD AND OTHER ITEMS TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN NEED WHICH THEY WOULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD THROUGH LACK OF MEANS, AND PROVIDING INFORMATION, ADVICE, EDUCATION, AND SUPPORT IN SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME SEE FIT.

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