Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 6
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Static board: -3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

FOOD MATTERS FOUNDATION

Food Matters aims to build capacity and action for healthy, sustainable, fair food, by taking a whole systems approach to food work. This recognises the interdependence of food growing, food production and food consumption. Our work focuses on policy development, interventions and project work that enhance people's health, protect the environment and create vibrant and fair food economies.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending since inception
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board composition appears to be rather static

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 Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/03/23£306£266£40n/a
31/03/22£227£209£18n/a
31/03/21£243£150£94n/a
31/03/20£131£143£-11n/a
31/03/19£170£109£61n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 7 years

www.foodmatters.org

info@foodmatters.org

01273234781

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • 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
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • 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
Ministry of Justice£95,475
National Lottery Community Fund£9,940
Sussex Community Foundation£9,070
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Food Matters
£4,430 20/03/2023
11
Funding was provided towards their Mood & Food project for young people.
National Lottery Community Fund - Mood AF (AndMood)
£9,940 16/09/2022
The funding will be used to run a series of six food and wellbeing sessions for young people with experience of care insecure housing or unstable family backgrounds. The project aims to cultivate wellbeing through dietary improvements engagement in ....more
Ministry of Justice - HMPPS: Innovation Grant Programme
£20,170 01/04/2022
Will investigate the link between diet and mental health through a food-based project to enable women residents to make informed, balanced food choices.
Ministry of Justice - Women's Community Sector - Core Costs Funding
£10,457 01/04/2022
To further increase the sustainability of the sector, and to provide funding for services and interventions.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Food Matters Foundation
£4,640 09/12/2020
Food Matters mission is to establish healthy, sustainable, fair food by facilitating and championing strategic work on food, working in diverse communities and across sectors. Funding will adapt their Kitchen Kick Start programme to online ....more
Ministry of Justice - HMPPS Innovation Awards
£64,848 01/07/2020
To explore how the involvement of the voluntary sector can support new diverse innovation to address health inequalities and improve wellbeing among those under the care and supervision of the criminal justice system.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Food Matters Through the Gate’ project supporting offenders during resettlement
£20,000 01/10/2019
11
Essential costs of a project supporting offenders to increase awareness of healthy eating and nutrition.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Food Matters (Foundation)
£20,000 30/09/2019
24
towards two years' running costs of 'Through the Gate' project supporting offenders during resettlement in Surrey
Community Foundation for Surrey - Food Matters Through the Gate
£5,000 08/07/2019
12
Food and healthy eating workshops for people leaving prison and training for mentors to support them.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

  • CHARLIE POWELL Appointed: 2018
  • COLIN HAVARD Appointed: 2018
  • KATH DALMENY Appointed: 2018
  • LINDY SHARPE Appointed: 2018
  • TIM HOWARD MARSH (Chair) Appointed: 2018
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/04/2018, number: 1178078
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls 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
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

COMMUNITY BASE
113 QUEENS ROAD
BRIGHTON
BN1 3XG

Objectives

1. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN ISSUES RELATING TO FOOD, INCLUDING HEALTH, ETHICS, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL STUDIES, SCIENCE, PUBLIC POLICY.2. TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH OF PEOPLE WHO ARE DISADVANTAGED BY ENCOURAGING THE DEVELOPMENT OF HEALTHIER LIFESTYLES THROUGH THE PROVISION OF PRACTICAL TRAINING, EDUCATION, INFORMATION AND SUPPORT ON NUTRITION, HEALTHY EATING AND THE IMPORTANCE OF A HEALTHY DIET TO EQUIP SUCH PERSONS TO MAKE MORE INFORMED HEALTH AND DIETARY CHOICES LEADING TO AN IMPROVEMENT IN THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE.3. TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRUDENT USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES:(I) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES;(II) THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION; (III) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN SUBJECTS RELATED TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE PROTECTION, ENHANCEMENT AND REHABILITATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND TO PROMOTE STUDY AND RESEARCH IN SUCH SUBJECTS PROVIDED THAT THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH STUDY ARE DISSEMINATED TO THE PUBLIC AT LARGE.SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MEANS DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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