Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 13

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 14

COLCHESTER FOODBANK

The Foodbank exists to prevent or relieve poverty in Colchester and the surrounding area, in particular but not exclusively, by providing emergency food supplies to individuals with assessed short-term need and/or to charities or other organisations working towards the same aims.

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
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Established: 11 years

www.colchester.foodbank.org.uk

julierusiecki@colchester.foodbank.org.uk

01206515508

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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
31/12/22	£382	£209	£173	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	300
31/12/21	£258	£124	£133	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	275
31/12/20	£394	£144	£250	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	241
31/12/19	£97	£71	£26	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	150
31/12/18	£77	£42	£35	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	100
31/12/17	£37	£36	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16	£50	£45	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15	£38	£47	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/14	£52	£41	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/13	£25	£13	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Essex,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
300 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

The Trussell Trust	£134,235
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	£52,500
Essex Community Foundation	£14,850
CAF	£2,500

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£500	09/01/2023	Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Colchester Foodbank
£5,000	11/10/2022	Emergency grant
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Colchester Foodbank
£74,199	09/05/2022	Community Organiser and Senior Community Organiser (both 0.6 fte) plus associated project costs
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Colchester Foodbank
£50,035	25/03/2022	2x 0.6 FTE specialist CA advisors (1x welfare benefits; 1x debt)
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Covid-19 Food Charity Grant Scheme
£30,000	03/06/2020	The aim of this activity is to provide immediate support for a limited period of time to keep food charities and front-line charities that provide food aid open and supporting those most vulnerable ....more The aim of this activity is to provide immediate support for a limited period of time to keep food charities and front-line charities that provide food aid open and supporting those most vulnerable due to the economic impacts of Covid-19.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Covid-19 Food Charity Grant Scheme
£22,500	03/06/2020	The aim of this activity is to provide immediate support for a limited period of time to keep food charities and front-line charities that provide food aid open and supporting those most vulnerable ....more The aim of this activity is to provide immediate support for a limited period of time to keep food charities and front-line charities that provide food aid open and supporting those most vulnerable due to the economic impacts of Covid-19.
CAF - Grant to Colchester Foodbank
£2,500	27/04/2020 3	Grant to Colchester Foodbank to support the organisation through COVID19
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Colchester Foodbank
£14,850	02/04/2020	to provide additional staff time, volunteer expenses and purchase food to enable a timely response to COVID19 pandemic
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Colchester Foodbank
£5,000	30/03/2020	CV emergency costs: salary costs
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Colchester Foodbank
£30,065	23/12/2018 36	Part-time food bank warehouse supervisor
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Colchester Foodbank
£30,065	12/12/2018	P/t warehouse supervisor
Essex Community Foundation - Contribute to Colchester Foodbank warehouse costs
£3,100	22/02/2018 12	Towards the warehouse costs of a Foodbank helping people in crisis in the Colchester district

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

JULIE RUSIECKI Appointed: 2016, Other trusteeship: COLCHESTER FOODBANK,

MARK NORRINGTON Appointed: 2019

PETER TIBBER (Chair) Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Advisor, Other trusteeships: FIRSTSITE LIMITED, COLCHESTER FOODBANK,

WIN POMROY Appointed: 2017

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 12/06/2013, number: 1152387

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

10 returns made; all on time

Main office

1 The Mews
35 Harwich Road
COLCHESTER
CO4 3BP

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (‘THE OBJECTS’) ARE:THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN COLCHESTER AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING EMERGENCY FOOD SUPPLIES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.

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