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Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 10
  • Qualified accounts: -3
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

KINGSBRIDGE AREA FOODBANK

The relief of food poverty
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • 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

Financial issues to consider:

  • The latest accounts were qualified
  • 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*£332£258£73n/a
31/03/22£187£234£-47n/a
31/03/21£243£211£32n/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 5 years

www.kingsbridgefoodbank.org.uk

info@kingsbridgefoodbank.org.uk

07759 683567

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Community food services
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Devon,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People

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
Devon Community Foundation£85,350
Postcode Local Trust£20,000
National Lottery Community Fund£20,000
The Foyle Foundation£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Devon Community Foundation - Warm, well and fed
£20,000 07/06/2023
This grant will enable the foodbank to buy bulk wholesale stock which is much more cost-effective
Devon Community Foundation - Kingsbridge Area Foodbank - Warm, Well and Fed
£20,000 20/12/2022
Grant to Friends & Families Of Special Children
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Kingsbridge Area Foodbank
£2,383 22/10/2022
We would like to be able to provide emergency food parcels and fuel top-ups to everyone who needs this support.
Postcode Local Trust - Funding for food, hygiene & household products for our beneficiaries.
£20,000 27/09/2022
Funding for Kingsbridge Foodbank will help over 400 people through a crisis and will provide over 60000 meals this year.
National Lottery Community Fund - Kingsbridge Area Foodbank
£10,000 30/08/2022
The funding will be used to contribute to the Kingsbridge foodbank running costs. The project aims to continue providing essential services to individuals and families in the local community.
Devon Community Foundation - Grant to Kingsbridge Area Foodbank
£2,000 27/07/2022
Funding towards foodbank's core activity of distributing food.
Devon Community Foundation - Kingsbridge Area Foodbank
£10,000 12/01/2022
Crisis support for food, fuel and basic household necessities.
Devon Community Foundation - Kingsbridge Foodbank
£2,000 10/08/2021
To continue supplying food and fuel top-ups to 500 individuals over a wide rural area
National Lottery Community Fund - Kingsbridge Foodbank
£10,000 29/07/2021
The funding will be used to supply emergency food parcels to families most in need within the community - including those with children who receive free school meals.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Core costs
£1,000 30/03/2021
Core costs.
Devon Community Foundation - COVID19 Winter Support Grant
£10,000 14/01/2021
Grant to Kingsbridge Area Foodbank
Devon Community Foundation - COVID19 Christmas Food
£5,350 16/12/2020
Grant to Kingsbridge Area Foodbank
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£5,000 24/11/2020
towards running costs to support the Kingsbridge foodbank (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
Devon Community Foundation - COVID19 Kingsbridge Area Foodbank
£16,000 02/11/2020
2
Grant to Kingsbridge Area Foodbank
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

  • ADAM GORDON TAYLOR Appointed: 2022
  • ANDREA SCOTT Appointed: 2020
  • DEBORAH LOWE Appointed: 2024
  • GERRIE MESSER Appointed: 2020
  • GRAEME BRUCE LENNOX Appointed: 2022
  • JACKIE VISSER (Chair) Appointed: 2020
  • KAYLEIGH MICHELLE MORTON Appointed: 2022
  • LINDSEY WIBBERLEY Appointed: 2020
  • PAULA SINA FOALE Appointed: 2020
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 15/04/2020, number: 1189068
Gift Aid
  • 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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • 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
3 returns made; AR23: 49 days late,
Main office

Kingsbridge Area FoodBank
The Avon Centre
Wallingford Road
Kingsbridge
TQ7 1ND

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE KINGSBRIDGE AREA FOODBANK IS THE PREVENTION AND/OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN KINGSBRIDGE AND SURROUNDING VILLAGES PRIMARILY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FOOD, HYGIENE AND HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS, BUT ALSO RELATED ADDITIONAL SERVICES, ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT FOR THOSE IN NEED.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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