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Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 8
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 16 ?

NORTH COTSWOLD FOODBANK 

1) The prevention or relief of poverty in Cotswold District and Tewkesbury Borough areas by providing: grants, items and services to individuals in need and/or charities, or other organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty.2) The prevention or relief of poverty in other areas of the UK by working cooperatively with other Foodbank charities to donate or receive surplus food
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been strong growth in spending since inception
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit		 Volun-
teers
31/12/22*£256,369£144,239£112,13080
31/12/21£133,643£69,213£64,43080
31/12/20£121,662£53,992£67,67071
31/12/19£37,585£27,306£10,27988
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 5 years

www.northcotswold.foodbank.org.uk

info@northcotswold.foodbank.org.uk

07879375562

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Community food services
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 80 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant 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 North Cotswold Foodbank
£15,600 05/07/2023
New Referral Agency Liaison salary (20hrs/week, 1 year)
The Trussell Trust - Grant to North Cotswold Foodbank
£5,000 11/10/2022
Emergency grant
The Trussell Trust - Grant to North Cotswold Foodbank
£138,344 08/08/2022
1 FTE CA advisor
The Trussell Trust - Grant to North Cotswold Foodbank
£16,069 26/10/2021
1 3dpw post with CA, available to 3 new centres, for 1 year
The Trussell Trust - Grant to North Cotswold Foodbank
£6,751 04/08/2021
Volunteer development staff hours
The Trussell Trust - Grant to North Cotswold Foodbank
£1,430 17/02/2021
Employment of a p/t Warehouse Manager
The Trussell Trust - Grant to North Cotswold Foodbank
£11,987 23/07/2020
Income maximisation - advice worker
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/12/2018, number: 1181310
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
4 returns made; AR22: 60 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from NORTH COTSWOLD FOODBANK on 27/01/2020
Main office

UNIT 2 GLEBE FARM BUILDINGS
STOW ROAD
GUITING POWER
GL54 5TZ

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:1) THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN COTSWOLD DISTRICT AND TEWKESBURY BOROUGHAREAS BY PROVIDING: GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OROTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.2) THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN OTHER AREAS OF THE UK BY WORKING COOPERATIVELYWITH OTHER FOODBANK CHARITIES TO DONATE OR RECEIVE SURPLUS FOOD STOCK WHERE THERE ARESHORTAGES, OR IN CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE SURPLUS STOCK WOULD OTHERWISE BECOME OUT OF DATEAND UNUSABLE. OBJECT 2 IS RESTRICTED TO STOCK ONLY AND NO FISCAL ASSISTANCE WILL BE OFFEREDOUTSIDE THE AREA DESCRIBED IN OBJECT 1 ABOVE.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FORTHE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH [SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES ANDTRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005] AND [SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERNIRELAND) 2008]

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN COTSWOLD DISTRICT AND TEWKESBURY BOROUGH AREAS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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