Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 6

Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
No PartB

All female board: -3

Large volunteer base +3
Overall weighted support: +3

Overall GiG Score: -2

BLACKWOOD AND DISTRICT FOODBANK

The Foodbank exists to prevent or relieve poverty in Blackwood and the surrounding area, in particular but not exclusively, by providing emergency food supplies to individuals with assessed short-term need and/or to charities or other organisations working towards the same aims.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Why is the Board completely female?

Financial issues to consider:

Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
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	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/03/24		£9	£17	£-8	n/a
31/03/23		£19	£15	£4	n/a
31/03/22		£11	£9	£1	n/a
31/03/21		£37	£11	£26	n/a
31/03/20	*	£8	£4	£4	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 7 years

https://blackwooddistrict.foodbank.org.uk/

blackwoodanddistrictfoodbank@sky.com

07971668547

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Disability
General Charitable Purposes
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Community food services

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides services

Where it operates

Caerphilly,

Who it helps

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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Blackwood & District Foodbank
£5,000	24/10/2022	Emergency grant

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

DONNA ELIZABETH LOWER Appointed: 2017

RUTH MARY STEELE MA BA Appointed: 2023

SUSAN MARY STEELE MA BA PGCE (Chair) Appointed: 2017

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 07/11/2017, number: 1175604

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

5 returns made; AR20: 11 days late,

Main office

6 Oak Street
BLACKWOOD
NP12 1PY

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST PEOPLE IN BLACKWOOD AND TGHE 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: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 POVERTYSUCH OTHER MEANS, INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO)THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT OR SIGNPOSTING TO RELEVANT INFORMATION AND OTHER ADVISORY SERVICES.

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