Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 9
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 17 ?

MALVERN HILLS FOODBANK 

Acting as a foodbank providing 3 day emergency food parcels to individuals and families referred by approved 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
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

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 ?

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
30/09/23£298£226£71n/an/an/an/an/a69
30/09/22£209£198£12n/an/an/an/an/a74
30/09/21£178£172£6n/an/an/an/an/a35
30/09/20£140£116£25n/an/an/an/an/a34
30/09/19£35£31£3n/an/an/an/an/a50
30/09/18£33£26£8£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/17£20£19£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/16£26£18£7£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/15£26£14£13£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/14£24£18£6£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 11 years

www.malvernhills.foodbank.org.uk

info@malvernhills.foodbank.org.uk

07581716933

Charity Commission for England and WalesX
Listed activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Community food services
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • Worcestershire,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 69 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 Malvern Hills Foodbank
£112,685 18/08/2022
Generalist Food Bank Advisor from South Worcestershire Citizens Advice 21 hpw
The Aim Foundation - Grant to Malvern Hills Foodbank
£3,000 29/04/2020
12
COVID-19 Response - unrestricted

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 09/05/2013, number: 1151964
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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • 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
10 returns made; all on time
Main office

Unit 4
SPRING COURT
SPRING LANE SOUTH
MALVERN
WR14 1AT

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF HARDSHIP AMONGST PEOPLE IN THE MALVERN HILLS DISTRICT AND THE SURROUNDING AREA OR IN OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A) PROVIDING EMERGENCY FOOD, ESSENTIAL TOILETRIES, AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN NEED AND/OR FOR DISTRIBUTION BY CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY; ANDB) SUCH OTHER MEANS, INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT OR SIGNPOSTING TO RELEVANT INFORMATION AND OTHER ADVISORY SERVICES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

MALVERN HILLS DISTRICT AND THE SURROUNDING AREA OR IN OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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