Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -7
Support Score: 12
  • Volatile income: -3
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Very static board: -5
  • Large volunteers +5
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

HILLINGDON FOODBANK 

Hillingdon Foodbank demonstrates a practical way for positive social action by supporting those in need, Families on low income or those who have lost their job due to current economic circumstances in the United Kingdom.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 3 trustees
  • The Board composition appears to be very static

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income has been volatile recently
Established: 12 years

www.hillingdonfoodbank.org.uk

info@kingsborough.org.uk

01895252224

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£150£144£6n/an/an/an/an/a194
31/03/22£712£669£43£0£237£2374.35194
31/03/21*£459£280£178n/an/an/an/an/a61
31/03/20£250£260£-10n/an/an/an/an/a61
31/03/19£23£21£1n/an/an/an/an/a72
31/03/18*£21£17£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17*£22£20£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£42£24£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£31£29£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£23£34£-11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13*£43£33£11£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 194 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant 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 Hillingdon Foodbank
£40,000 08/11/2023
Towards the purchase of a new warehouse
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Hillingdon Foodbank
£20,721 21/06/2023
Emergency Support Grant
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Hillingdon Foodbank
£5,000 11/10/2022
Emergency grant
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Hillingdon Foodbank
£48,171 31/03/2022
1x FTE generalist CA worker dedicated to food bank
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£1,000 29/11/2021
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Hillingdon Foodbank
£3,000 07/01/2021
Purchase of shortage food
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Hillingdon Foodbank
£5,000 09/04/2020
CV emergency costs: salary costs, food purchase
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Hillingdon Foodbank
£89,700 05/04/2019
36
Warehouse provision
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Hillingdon Foodbank
£89,700 26/03/2019
Premises rent for new warehouse
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 17/07/2012, number: 1148148
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
11 returns made; AR21: 1 days late, AR18: 1 days late, AR17: 29 days late, AR16: 11 days late, AR13: 54 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from COLLETTE FOUNDATION on 17/01/2022
Main office

Hillingdon Foodbank
4 New Windsor Street
Uxbridge
UB8 2TU

Objectives

TO RELIEVE PERSONS IN HILLINGDON WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY PROVIDING FREE FOOD AND IN SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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