Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 7
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Multiple returns filed late: -4
  • Large volunteer base +5
  • Overall weighted support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 0 ?

CORNWALL FOOD ACTION

Cornwall Food Action identifies, secures and redistributes in-date surplus food in the system. We also educate and promote resource efficiency in both our food supply chain and across the range of recipients to whom Cornwall Food Action conveys surplus food.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Returns have been filed late on 4 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Financial issues to consider:

  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
  • Income has been volatile recently
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
04/03/23*£1£1£1n/a
04/03/22*£11£13£-2n/a
04/03/21?*£15£8£7n/a
01/04/20*£15£7£8n/a
01/04/19£9£5£4n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 6 years

dcfa.cornwall@gmail.com

01872277600

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Community food services
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cornwall,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

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
National Lottery Community Fund£9,986
Cornwall Community Foundation£5,000
Masonic Trust£1,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Masonic Trust - MCF Festival
£1,000 02/03/2022
Continue operations with core funding and extending the services to rural Cornish Communities in Southeast Cornwall.
National Lottery Community Fund - Cornwall Food Action Deliver
£9,986 13/10/2020
6
The organisation will be expanding their infrastructure project which collects and distributes food. They will work with other organisations and suppliers to meet the needs of people who are in food insecurity during COVID-19.
Cornwall Community Foundation - In response to Covid -19
£5,000 29/06/2020
5
Staff member to assist in the distribution of food and meals to the vulnerable and isolated

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

  • ANTHONY PETER WEIGHT Appointed: 2019
  • BARBARA ROUNDSEVELL (Chair) Appointed: 2022
  • GITTY ANKERS Appointed: 2018
  • MARK SUMMERS Appointed: 2019
  • POLLY CLAIRE KNIGHT Appointed: 2019
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 08/08/2018, number: 1179476
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • 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
5 returns made; AR23: 35 days late, AR22: 110 days late, AR21: 76 days late, AR20: 44 days late,
Main office

Cafe Chaos
3 St. Clement Vean
TRURO
Cornwall
TR1 1RN

Objectives

1) THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY BY PROVIDING SURPLUS FIT-FOR-PURPOSE PRODUCTS FROM THE FOOD AND DRINK INDUSTRY TO NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANISATIONS WORKING WITH VULNERABLE OR ECONOMICALLY-DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITIES OF CORNWALL.2) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT BY REDUCING FOOD WASTE GOING TO LANDFILL THROUGH RAISING AWARENESS AND PROVIDING EDUCATION.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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