Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 8
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

COBHAM AREA FOODBANK 

THE OBJECTS ARE: TO RELIEVE PERSONS IN COBHAM, OXSHOTT, STOKE D'ABERNON AND DOWNSIDE WITHIN THE BOROUGH OF ELMBRIDGE, SURREY AND SURROUNDING AREAS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS, BY PROVIDING FREE FOOD.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

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.cobhamarea.foodbank.org.uk

manager@cobhamarea.foodbank.org.uk

01932450282

Charity Commission for England and WalesX
UN SDGs
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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*£80£27£52n/an/an/an/an/a80
31/03/22£37£22£15n/an/an/an/an/a92
31/03/21£110£38£72n/an/an/an/an/a60
31/03/20£35£20£15n/an/an/an/an/a89
31/03/19£20£18£3n/an/an/an/an/a70
31/03/18£12£16£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17*£15£19£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£26£18£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15*£22£16£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£22£16£7£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • Surrey,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 80 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
CAF - Grant to Cobham Area Foodbank
£3,600 01/05/2020
3
Grant to Cobham Area Foodbank to support the organisation through COVID19
Community Foundation for Surrey - Covid 19 Response - Food and Essentials
£5,000 08/04/2020
Funding toward the purchase of food stock for a food bank, based in Cobham, to be able to meet the increase in demand for their service, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Cobham Area Foodbank
£5,494 26/03/2019
Van purchase
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Cobham Area Foodbank
£5,494 28/02/2019
12
Van purchase

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 16/10/2013, number: 1154217
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • 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; AR23: 1 days late, AR17: 1 days late, AR16: 50 days late, AR15: 122 days late,
Main office

C/o Parish Office
Church Gate House
Downside Bridge Road
Cobham
Surrey
KT11 3EJ

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: TO RELIEVE PERSONS IN COBHAM, OXSHOTT, STOKE D'ABERNON AND DOWNSIDE WITHIN THE BOROUGH OF ELMBRIDGE, SURREY AND SURROUNDING AREAS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS, AS 'NEED' IS DEFINED IN CLAUSE 30, (INTERPRETATION), BY PROVIDING FREE FOOD AND IN SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT,- THE RELIEF OF POVERTY:- THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP.- THE BENEFIT PROVIDED BY THE CIO IS AVAILABLE TO ANYONE IRRESPECTIVE OF AGE, SEX, RACE OR NATIONALITY, PROVIDED THAT THEY HAVE NEED AND THAT THEY LIVE OR HAVE NEED IN THE VILLAGES OF COBHAM, OXSHOTT, STOKE D'ABERNON AND DOWNSIDE WITHIN THE BOROUGH OF ELMBRIDGE, SURREY AND SURROUNDING AREAS. NOTHING WHICH THE CIO DOES SHOULD CAUSE HARM OR OTHER DETRIMENT.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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