Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: -4

Support Score: 2

Spending falling: -1
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
All female board: -3

Overall weighted support: +2

Overall GiG Score: -3

HEALTH AND LOCAL FOOD FOR FAMILIES

Health and Local Food for Families (HALFF) is a registered charity set up to help people, especially those who are vunerable, disadvantaged and isolated to cook delicious healthy food for themselves and their families. Our sessions help people to avoid some of the problems linked with being overweight or obese. Obesity increases the chance of being bullied at school and suffering from depression. It is also linked to deprivation, so HALFF works as much as possible with the most disadvantaged groups in the community. We also work with older people who may already be suffering from high blood pressure, diabetes or heart disease to help them to learn to cook and eat appropriately

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
Why is the Board completely female?
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
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 £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22		£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21	*	£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20		£0	£82	£-82	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/19		£195	£193	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18		£216	£199	£17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/17		£159	£159	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/16		£152	£126	£26	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/15		£98	£84	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/14		£66	£63	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/13	*	£72	£75	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/12		£62	£48	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/11		£39	£48	£-9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/10		£42	£31	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/09		£8	£5	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 17 years

www.halff.org.uk

01297552303

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

General Community services

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Devon, Dorset, Somerset,

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
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Health and Local Food for Families
£3,548	12/05/2020 6	towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
National Lottery Community Fund - Axminster over 65's food project
£9,980	03/08/2018 12	The funding will be used to promote services for the elderly. The project aims to improve the current services and bring people together.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Health and Local Food for Families
£40,194	15/05/2017 36	Towards costs as the new food hub that benefits local residents, producers and independent retailers scales up, building a more coherent food system.
National Lottery Community Fund - Changing Lives Through Food
£49,913	13/04/2017 12	The group will run workshops for children, focused on shopping on a budget, simple recipes and cooking classes, giving them the skills to lead a healthier lifestyle. The sessions will offer children the opportunity to prepare food, cook and sit down ....more The group will run workshops for children, focused on shopping on a budget, simple recipes and cooking classes, giving them the skills to lead a healthier lifestyle. The sessions will offer children the opportunity to prepare food, cook and sit down together to eat. They will also learn about nutrition and how to work together as a team, communicate clearly, follow instructions and take responsibility.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Health and Local Food for Families
£35,000	29/03/2017 24	over two years as continuation funding towards this organisation which delivers healthy living activities with young people and marginalised groups in the South West of England
Tudor Trust - Grant to Health and Local Food for Families
£42,000	09/04/2015 24	over two years towards core costs to support the organisation develop its healthy living and life skills work with young people in the South West_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_
National Lottery Community Fund - The Food Hub in Axminster
£199,830	13/07/2014 60	Not Available

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

SARAH BANKS Appointed: 2019

SARAH CAROLINE BIRNIE Appointed: 2023

SUSAN MARY COCKAYNE Appointed: 2023

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 15/11/2007, number: 1121605

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

15 returns made; AR21: 8 days late, AR13: 8 days late,

Main office

The Halff Food Hub
Elmore House
South Street
AXMINSTER
EX13 5AD

Objectives

I) TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF FAMILIES IN EAST DEVON, SOUTH SOMERSET AND WEST DORSET PARTICULARLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY THE PROVISION OF APPROPRIATE EDUCATION ON HEALTHY EATING.II) TO IMPROVE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD QUALITY LOCAL FOOD PRODUCERS AND SUPPLIERS.III) TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH OF FAMILIES IN EAST DEVON, SOUTH SOMERSET AND WEST DORSET, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY THE PROVISION OF APPROPRIATE EDUCATION ON HEALTHY EATING.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE, EAST DEVON, WEST DORSET, SOUTH SOMERSET

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