Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 8
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

MARKET DRAYTON FOODBANK

Market Drayton Foodbank aims to relieve and prevent poverty in the Market Drayton Area by providing emergency food supplies and by signposting to other agencies.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

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 ?

Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
30/09/23£103£80£23n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 3 years

www.marketdrayton.foodbank.org.uk

info@marketdrayton.foodbank.org.uk

01630654007

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
  • Shropshire,
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
McCarthy Stone Foundation - 2023 Small Community Grants (invitation only)
£500 25/01/2023
Small Grants up to £2,000 to support small community charities and groups engaging older people.
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Market Drayton Foodbank
£5,000 13/10/2022
Emergency grant
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Market Drayton Foodbank
£62,836 30/09/2022
0.4 FTE CA advisor plus 1.5 hpw CAP debt advice

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • COUNCILLOR ROY ALDCROFT Appointed: 2022
  • MICHAEL BENJAMIN HAMMOND-SHARLOT Appointed: 2024
  • REV CATHERINE SARAH MCBRIDE (Chair) Appointed: 2022
  • SALLY ANN FRANCES LILLIAN GALLIVAN Appointed: 2022
  • VINCENT CRAIG Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Company Director
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 05/05/2022, number: 1198835
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • 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
1 returns made; all on time
Main office

PARISH ROOMS
CHURCH STREET
MARKET DRAYTON
TF9 1AF

Objectives

THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN MARKET DRAYTON, SHROPSHIRE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA (OR SUCH WIDER AREA AS MAY SEEM APPROPRIATE FROM TIME TO TIME WHEN WORKING WITH PARTNER AGENCIES AND NETWORKS), BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL SUPPORT, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED/CRISIS AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO UNDERSTAND, PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY AND IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING EMERGENCY FOOD SUPPLIES, SIGNPOSTING TO OTHER AGENCIES AND ANY OTHER MEANS DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY THE TRUSTEES.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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