Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 10

Future income +5
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteer base +5
Overall weighted support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 21

MIDDLEWICH & DISTRICT FOODBANK

Middlewich and District Foodbank seeks to relieve poverty and financial hardship in Middlewich and the surrounding area in such ways as the Trustees from time to time think fit, in particular, but not exclusively by:Providing emergency food, essential toiletries, and household items to individuals and families in need and/or for distribution by charities or other organisations.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently 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

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
31/03/23		£44	£29	£16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22		£31	£55	£-24	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21		£55	£25	£31	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20	*	£23	£9	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/19		£20	£8	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18	*	£8	£2	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 8 years

https://middlewichdistrict.foodbank.org.uk/

info@middlewichdistrict.foodbank.org.uk

07712279949

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Disability
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Community food services

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Cheshire East,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

The Trussell Trust	£40,020
Co-Operative Group	£2,662
Cheshire Community Foundation	£2,500
Masonic Trust	£675

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Middlewich & District Foodbank
£30,000	23/10/2023	New warehouse rent
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Middlewich & District Foodbank
£1,198	21/10/2023	Requests for emergency food parcels are increasing, yet donations of food are decreasing during these tough times. We would like funding to purchase additional food.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Middlewich and District Foodbank
£1,464	22/10/2022	We would like to pay professionals to give debt management advice and also cooking lessons at our drop in cafe.
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Middlewich & District Foodbank
£5,000	11/10/2022	Emergency grant
Cheshire Community Foundation - Christmas 2022 Food Parcels
£2,500	06/10/2022	Christmas 2022 Food Parcels
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Middlewich & District Foodbank
£1,579	09/03/2022	Printing for volunteer recruitment and induction packs; volunteer training; branded workwear
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£675	01/12/2021	Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Middlewich & District Foodbank
£3,440	20/04/2020	CV emergency costs: warehouse costs
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Middlewich & District Foodbank
£19,550	25/06/2019 36	New premises
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Middlewich & District Foodbank
£19,550	25/06/2019	New premises

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

AMY ELIZABETH TOWNSEND Appointed: 2021

ANNE O'KEEFE Appointed: 2019

DUNCAN GEORGE SOUTAR Appointed: 2024

HAYLEY SAICH Appointed: 2024

JOHN DULEY Appointed: 2016

REV SIMON DREW (Chair) Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Clerk In Holy Orders

STEPHEN MICHAEL MOLESWORTH Appointed: 2024

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 12/12/2016, number: 1170679

Gift Aid

NOT 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
Investing charity funds 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
Volunteer management

Filing Record

6 returns made; AR20: 5 days late, AR18: 113 days late,

Main office

Middlewich and District Foodbank
Unit 7 Holly House Estate,
Middlewich Road,Cranage
MIDDLEWICH
Cheshire
CW10 9LT

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IN MIDDLEWICH AND THE SURROUNDING AREA 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 RELIEVE OR PREVENT POVERTY.B) SUCH OTHER MEANS, INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT OR SIGNPOSTING TO RELEVANT INFORMATION AND OTHER ADVISORY SERVICES.

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