Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 12
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 20 ?

UKHARVEST LIMITED

UKHarvest exists to prevent environmental damage by rescuing good food, preventing it going to landfill andfeeding people in need. We help support communities ? working collaboratively with the charities we supportby educating and providing great opportunities for economic and social well-being.
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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
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

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£1,296£1,217£79£0£976£9229.124313
31/03/22£1,218£986£231£13£897£6437.825100
31/03/21£1,124£617£507£8£666£54110.512100
31/03/20£351£328£23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£40£249£-209n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£531£186£345£9£345£34522.230

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 11%
Highest pay band: £110,000-£120,000
Liabilities/Assets: 16%
Liabilities/Income: 14%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 95%
Reserves/Spending: 9.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 3.7
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 8 years

www.ukharvest.org.uk

info@ukharvest.org.uk

01243696940

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Community food services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

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
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs£200,000
National Lottery Community Fund£154,640
DCMS£109,618
Garfield Weston Foundation£95,000
Sussex Community Foundation£54,940
Hyde Charitable Trust£53,077
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Hyde Charitable Trust - Chop, Chat and Surplus Lunch.
£21,077 08/01/2024
Chop, Chat and Surplus Lunch.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to UKHarvest
£1,029 21/10/2023
We'd like to provide a weekly pop-up pantry in seven locations in the Chichester District. Funding will help to host a pantry in Chichester Town Centre for a year.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 14/04/2023
UKHarvest - Community Food Hubs
Hyde Charitable Trust - Booster Fund 2022/23
£22,000 11/01/2023
Booster Fund 2022/23
Hyde Charitable Trust - UKHarvest Community Food Hubs
£10,000 21/10/2022
UKHarvest Community Food Hubs
Sussex Community Foundation - UKHarvest Pop up Pantry Project
£10,000 26/01/2022
Funding was provided to enable them to continue to run their successful 5 pay as you feel Pop-Up Pantries in Oving, Tangmere, Chichester and Selsey.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£50,000 16/07/2021
Nourish the Nation
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to UkHarvest
£10,000 07/07/2021
Unharvests collects and redistributes surplus food to vulnerable people in the community. With increased demand since COVID they are now moving towards supporting community activities to address mental and physical wellbeing through fun and ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to UkHarvest
£5,000 01/04/2021
Ukharvest are a ‘for-impact’ perishable food rescue operation, collecting quality excess food from commercial outlets and delivering it, direct and free of charge, to charities that support vulnerable people across the South of England. Funding ....more
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - UKHarvest - 04/03/21
£1,250 17/03/2021
Core Funding
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to UkHarvest
£5,000 12/03/2021
12
Funding was provided to support a new full time educational officer to develop their new realigned educational programme
The London Community Foundation - Grant to UKHarvest
£3,273 18/02/2021
2
To deliver food to vulnerable people in Hammersmith 1 day a week and 2 days a week to Croydon.
National Lottery Community Fund - Nourish the Nation Continuation
£105,228 27/01/2021
12
This group will continue to deliver food to 150 organisations in the South of England preventing surplus food going into landfill. This funding will enable the group to remain in its larger premises so that it can continue to reach vulnerable people ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to UkHarvest
£5,000 18/01/2021
Ukharvest are a ‘for-impact’ perishable food rescue operation, collecting quality excess food from commercial outlets and delivering it, direct and free of charge, to charities that support vulnerable people across the South of England. Funding ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to UkHarvest
£5,000 09/12/2020
UKHarvest is a national food waste charity, distributing tonnes of donated, fresh perishable food to the vulnerable isolated people across West Sussex. Funding will increase food distribution delivery and collection accross the county. Fuel costs, ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to UkHarvest
£10,000 13/07/2020
UKHarvest is a national food waste charity, distributing tonnes of donated, fresh perishable food to the vulnerable isolated people across West Sussex. Funding is for coordinating and re-training volunteers following workplace social distancing ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,618 03/07/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Nourish the Nation- Covid-19 Response
£49,412 26/05/2020
9
UKHarvest delivers food to vulnerable people in some of the most deprived areas of West Sussex East Sussex and Hampshire. The organisation will use funding to increase its distribution of rescued food to vulnerable isolated people in the community ....more
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Covid-19 Food Charity Grant Scheme
£100,000 21/05/2020
The aim of this activity is to provide immediate support for a limited period of time to keep food charities and front-line charities that provide food aid open and supporting those most vulnerable due to the economic impacts of Covid-19.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Covid-19 Food Charity Grant Scheme
£100,000 21/05/2020
Provide immediate support for a limited period of time to keep food charities and front-line charities that provide food aid open and supporting those most vulnerable due to the economic impacts of Covid-19.
DCMS - Covid-19 Food Charity Grant Scheme
£100,000 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 and small organisations who can provide an ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to UkHarvest
£4,940 06/04/2020
UKHarvest is a national food waste charity, working across West Sussex and in some of the most deprived areas. They are requesting support to distribute tonnes of donated, fresh perishable food to the vulnerable isolated people in the community due ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 31/01/2020
Nourish the Nation
National Lottery Community Fund - Nourish the Nation
£10,000 18/04/2019
12
The project will use funding to use excess food collections to support vulnerable people across South of England, reduce social isolation and educate them in food waste and how to prepare and cook in supervised sessions
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 36-67
  • AMY SIM Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Head Of Operations
  • EMMA SCHWARZ Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Company Director
  • GLENN REYNOLDS-VILJOEN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Vice President Customer Experience
  • JAMES CORNELL Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Uk Chief Financial Officer
  • MICHAEL ANDREW STUBBS Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Director & Consultant
  • RICHARD MOORE MCMENEMY Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Managing Director
  • ROMA CARTER Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Senior Occupational Therapist
  • SUSANNAH CLARE DAY Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Brand Consultant And Social Entreprenuer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 07/03/2017, number: 1171916
  • Registered at Companies House on 14/10/2016, number: 10428026
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Fundraising Regulator
First registered: 10/08/2024, current status: Small charity
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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
6 returns made; all on time
Main office

Uk Harvest
The Bricks
Manor Farm Barns
Selsey Road
Donnington
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Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FOOD AND THE RELIEF OF HUNGER IN PARTICULAR BY:A) TRANSPORTING AND DIRECTLY PROVIDING FOOD FROM INSTITUTIONS WITH EXCESS FOOD TO OTHER CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS AND AGENCIES WHOSE MISSION IS TO PROVIDE FOOD TO THOSE IN NEED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM;B) ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC WITH REGARD TO FOOD SECURITY FOR THOSE IN POVERTY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, INCLUDING EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT PREPARING NUTRITIOUS AND HEALTHY MEALS AND COOKING ON A BUDGET; ANDC) BY SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DETERMINE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
Charizone

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