Finance Score: 7

Governance Score: 8

Support Score: 10

Strong growth: +2
Future income +5
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 25

BARROW FOOD BANK LIMITED

The relief of poverty in the Barrow in Furness area by providing food

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 and there are significant future grants due to be received
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 age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

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

http://barrow.foodbank.org.uk/

info@barrowfoodbank.co.uk

01229466886

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
31/03/23	£208	£112	£97	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	72
31/03/22	£155	£69	£86	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	74
31/03/21	£251	£61	£190	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	103
31/03/20	£85	£63	£22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	122
31/03/19	£78	£58	£20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	156
31/03/18	£74	£52	£22	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£53	£49	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£79	£46	£33	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£43	£26	£18	£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

Other charitable activities

Where it operates

Cumbria,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
72 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	£63,902
HM Revenue & Customs	£989
Masonic Trust	£450

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Barrow Foodbank
£58,902	20/09/2023	21 hpw CA adviser and support costs
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Barrow Foodbank
£5,000	26/10/2022	Emergency grant
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£450	20/01/2022	Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
HM Revenue & Customs - SME Brexit Support Fund
£377	14/07/2021	Training Grant provided for Customs training purposes
HM Revenue & Customs - SME Brexit Support Fund
£612	21/06/2021	Training Grant provided for Customs training purposes
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Barrow Foodbank
£27,664	26/03/2019 24	Citizens Advice service to food bank clients
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Barrow Foodbank
£10,374	26/03/2019	CAB advisor

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 40-82

FRANCIS JAMES PARK WEBSTER Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Farmer, Other trusteeships: ACTION WITH COMMUNITIES IN RURAL ENGLAND (ACRE), VOLUNTARY ACTION CUMBRIA,

KAREN LINDA EDMONDSON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Police Officer

MARTIN COOPER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Vicar

PETER GARDNER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

REV JONATHAN WARING KNILL-JONES Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Vicar, Other trusteeship: ST MATTHEWS COMMUNITY HALLS,

WILHELMINA JOHANNA ROBINSON Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Funding And New Start Management, Other trusteeships: THE ROTARY INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT 1190 TRUST FUND, THE ROTARY CLUB OF FURNESS PENINSULA TRUST FUND,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 05/07/2013, number: 1152753
Registered at Companies House on 30/01/2013, number: 08382130

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
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
Social media policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

9 returns made; all on time

Main office

C/O Abbey Road Baptist Church
Abbey Road
BARROW-IN-FURNESS
Cumbria
LA13 9BD

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ('OBJECTS') ARE SPECIFCALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING: TO RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, SICKNESS AND NEED FOR PERSONS IN SOUTH WEST CUMBRIA, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF FOOD AND ADVICE.

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