Finance Score: 7

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 13

Strong growth: +2
Future income +5
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 26

EPPING FOREST FOODBANK

Epping Forest Foodbank aims to relieve persons in Epping Forest district and surrounding areas that are in financialhardship through providing emergency food, essential toiletries, and household items to individuals and families in need and signposting to other community support services they could benefit from.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
There has been strong growth in spending since inception
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

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
31/12/22	*	£133,166	£98,843	£34,323	150
31/12/21		£106,682	£63,417	£43,265	130
31/12/20		£154,217	£51,091	£103,126	100
31/12/19		£57,591	£25,671	£31,920	80

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 5 years

https://eppingforest.foodbank.org.uk

info@eppingforest.foodbank.org.uk

07402032313

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Community food services

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Essex,

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
150 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 Epping Forest Foodbank
£132,595	17/08/2023	Continuation Church & Community Engagement officer 3 dpw, Warehouse staff 4 dpw, Learning zone renovation, equipment and rent, Changing Minds media strategy, staff training
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Epping Forest Foodbank
£7,500	19/01/2023	to contribute to the running and overhead costs of a foodbank providing food and emergency parcels during the winter period, in Epping Forest
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Epping Forest Foodbank
£100,287	18/01/2023	2 x Benefits Advisor (14hpw) plus employment costs
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Epping Forest Foodbank
£5,000	20/10/2022	Emergency grant
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Epping Forest Foodbank
£46,379	25/08/2022	Church & Community Engagement Officer expansion from 2 to 4dpw

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 5/6 persons

RASHNI CHAHAL HOLDEN Appointed: 2022

DR JANE EVANS Appointed: 2023

JENNY ANN THOMPSON BSC Appointed: 2019

JULIAN RICHARD DUTNALL LLB,MA,MBA (Chair) Appointed: 2021

ZACHARY HUW COOK Appointed: 2020

SHARON THERESA HEATHER Appointed: 2021, Other trusteeship: FOREST METHODIST CIRCUIT,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 28/02/2019, number: 1182270

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

4 returns made; AR22: 72 days late,

Main office

38c Chigwell Lane
Loughton
Essex
IG10 3NY

Objectives

TO RELIEVE PERSONS IN EPPING FOREST DISTRICT AND SURROUNDING AREAS THAT ARE IN FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A) PROVIDING EMERGENCY FOOD, ESSENTIAL TOILETRIES, AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN NEED AND/OR DISTRIBUTION BY CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.B) SUCH OTHER MEANS, INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT, OR SIGNPOSTING TO RELEVANT INFORMATION AND OTHER ADVISORY SERVICE, OR THROUGH 'MORE THAN FOOD' PROJECTS WHICH REMAIN CONSISTENT WITH THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THE CHARITY AND TO PROVIDE SUCH SERVICES WITH A CHRISTIAN ETHOS, SUPPORTED BY CHURCHES IN EPPING FOREST DISTRICT.

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