Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 8

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Mainly female board: -1

Large volunteer base +3
Overall weighted support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 12

THE FOREST FOODBANK

Foodbank

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
There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly female

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
31/12/23		£134	£120	£14	n/a
31/12/22		£139	£47	£93	n/a
31/12/21		£27	£7	£20	n/a
31/12/20		£0	£0	£0	n/a
31/12/19	*	£0	£0	£0	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 6 years

y.webb185@btinternet.com

01594832428

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Community food services

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Gloucestershire,

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 The Forest Foodbank
£5,000	13/10/2022	Emergency grant
The Trussell Trust - Grant to The Forest Foodbank
£142,838	31/03/2022	1x FTE CA advisor
The Trussell Trust - Grant to The Forest Foodbank
£27,600	21/12/2021 24	Operational Leader - 15/20 hpw for 2 years (first paid employee of food bank)

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ADAM GARBUTT Appointed: 2021

DEBORAH JANE BEARD Appointed: 2019

JENNETTE ANDERSON Appointed: 2023

LOUISA SMALLPAGE-MITCHELL Appointed: 2022

YVONNE AUDREY WOOD Appointed: 2019

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 30/04/2019, number: 1183196

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management 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; AR19: 48 days late,

Main office

Eastern United Site
Ruspidge Road
CINDERFORD
Gloucestershire
GL14 3AW

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST PEOPLE IN FOREST OF DEAN 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 FOR DISTRIBUTION BY CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTYB) SUCH OTHER MEANS, INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT OR SIGNPOSTING TO RELEVANT INFORMATION AND OTHER ADVISORY SERVICES

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