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Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 10
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 20 ?

FOOD AND COMMUNITY TRUST

The Charity operates foodbanks, debt work and youth services, chiefly in the city of Sheffield to achieve its charitable objectives.
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Positives:

  • This charity has been 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
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

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
31/10/23£80£6£74n/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 1 years

https://fctrust.uk

info@fctrust.uk

01143211740

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Religious Activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Christian congregations
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • 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 Sheffield S6 Foodbank
£75,052 03/11/2023
FI Lead (2dpw) and Debt Coach (4dpw)
National Lottery Community Fund - SCYL
£9,922 14/04/2023
The funding will be used to expand its 5-a-side football sessions for young people to include the 7-11 age group. The project aims to improve physical and mental health and confidence in participants.
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Sheffield S6 Foodbank
£120,000 20/03/2023
Senior Foodbank Family worker (5dpw, 2yrs), Foodbank Family Worker (4dpw combined, 2yrs)
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Sheffield S6 Foodbank
£5,000 11/10/2022
Emergency grant

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 34-70
  • DR CHARLOTTE JOY CODINA (Chair) Appointed: 2023
  • JONATHAN SIMON BENNETT Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Solicitor
  • JAYNE HEIDI FRANKLIN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Charity Director
  • JILL ELIZABETH CURTIS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Accountant
  • REV MICHAEL JOHN RUTTER Appointed: 2023
  • SAMUEL DOUGLAS EVANS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Charity Director
  • SANDRA JANE KEENE Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 15/09/2023, number: 1204738
  • Registered at Companies House on 04/10/2022, number: 14396763
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
Filing Record
1 returns made; all on time
Main office

66 CROSS BEDFORD STREET
SHEFFIELD
S6 3BQ

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO ADVANCE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME, IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) LIMITED TO:3.1 THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FOOD TO PEOPLE IN CRISIS OR NEED;3.2 THE PROVISION OF ADDITIONAL SERVICES AND SUPPORT FOR THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY;3.3 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, FACILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING IN POVERTY AND/OR EXPERIENCING DEPRIVATION ACROSS ENGLAND AND WALES; AND3.4 TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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