Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 8
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

YORK FOODBANK 

To relieve poverty, hardship or distress through the provision of food to people in need of emergency supplies in York and the surrounding area and by such other means as the trustees may determine.
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 material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male

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
31/03/23£375£272£103n/an/an/an/an/a140
31/03/22£212£218£-5n/an/an/an/an/a130
31/03/21£385£72£313n/an/an/an/an/a100
31/03/20£63£43£20n/an/an/an/an/a80
31/03/19£47£46£2n/an/an/an/an/a60
31/03/18£36£26£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£26£33£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£41£39£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£66£29£37£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£13£4£9£0£0£0n/a00

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

www.york.foodbank.org.uk

info@york.foodbank.org.uk

07871610894

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebookX
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Community food services
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • City Of York, North Yorkshire,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 140 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 York Foodbank
£5,000 12/10/2022
Emergency grant
The Trussell Trust - Grant to York Foodbank
£103,500 31/03/2022
CA worker (30 hpw), plus contribution (approx 50%) towards local community support worker to provide wraparound support (30 hpw)
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£200 19/01/2022
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 09/10/2013, number: 1154149
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • 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
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
10 returns made; all on time
Main office

York Foodbank
5 Sterling Park
Bleriot Way
YORK
YO30 4WU

Objectives

TO RELIEVE POVERTY, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FOOD TO PEOPLE IN NEED OF EMERGENCY SUPPLIES IN YORK AND THE SURROUNDING AREA AND BY SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DETERMINE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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