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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • Removed: -50
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    Overall GiG Score: -50 ?

    BLACKBURN FOODBANK 

    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
    30/04/22£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
    30/04/21£667£430£237£0£345£2426.8642
    30/04/20£157£99£58n/an/an/an/an/a50
    30/04/19£74£77£-3n/an/an/an/an/a53
    30/04/18£112£71£41£0£0£0n/a087
    30/04/17£69£68£1£0£0£0n/a00
    30/04/16£61£66£-5£0£0£0n/a00
    30/04/15£69£84£-15£0£0£0n/a00
    30/04/14£71£44£27£0£0£0n/a00

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Established: 11 years
    Charity Commission for England and WalesX
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
    GiG Classification
    • Community food services
    How it operates
    • Other charitable activities
    Where it operates
    • Blackburn With Darwen,
    Who it helps
    • The General Public/Mankind

    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.

    Major supporters in last 5 years
    The Trussell Trust£77,461
    DCMS£37,512
    CAF£6,394
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    The Trussell Trust - Grant to Blackburn Foodbank
    £24,996 30/07/2020
    Income maximisation - benefits worker
    DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
    £37,512 08/07/2020
    "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
    CAF - Grant to Blackburn Foodbank
    £6,394 09/06/2020
    3
    Grant to Blackburn Foodbank to support the organisation through COVID19
    The Trussell Trust - Grant to Blackburn Foodbank
    £43,758 29/05/2020
    Additional staff
    The Trussell Trust - Grant to Blackburn Foodbank
    £4,710 26/03/2020
    CV emergency costs: chiller cabinet, mobiles phones
    The Trussell Trust - Grant to Blackburn Foodbank
    £3,997 15/05/2019
    12
    IT equipment for client use
    The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
    £3,000 14/02/2019
    to cover costs of extra food, supplies, utilities and transport of goods to feed families and children
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees

    Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 21/03/2013, number: 1151310
    Gift Aid
    • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Complaints handling
    • Conflicting interests
    • Paying staff
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    9 returns made; all on time
    Main office


    Objectives

    TO RELIEVE PERSONS IN BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN WHO ARE IN A CONDITION OF NEED,HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS(‘BENEFICIARIES’)IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT,IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A)SUPPLYING BOXES TO BENEFICIARIES WHICH CONTAIN TINNED AND DRIED FOODS TO ENSURE A HEALTHY,BALANCED AND NUTRITIOUS DIET SUFFICIENT FOR UP TO 3 DAYS.B)SUCH OTHER MEANS,INCLUDING(BUT NOT LIMITED TO)THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT AND ADVISORY SERVICES

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase

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