Overall GiG Score: 19 ?
Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 15
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Large volunteers +5
  • Grant maker support: +10

CHICHESTER DISTRICT FOODBANK 

Foodbank in the Chichester District
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, including a Community Foundation, 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
  • 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
Established: 10 years

www.chichesterdistrict.foodbank.org.uk

info@chichesterdistrict.foodbank.org.uk

01243773687

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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£326£167£159n/an/an/an/an/a250
31/03/22£129£119£10n/an/an/an/an/a211
31/03/21£291£102£189n/an/an/an/an/a211
31/03/20£100£83£17n/an/an/an/an/a150
31/03/19£99£61£38n/an/an/an/an/a150
31/03/18£61£59£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£29£42£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£37£27£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£84£29£55£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 250 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • West Sussex,

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£216,644
Sussex Community Foundation£10,000
Co-Operative Group£2,579
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Chichester District Foodbank
£2,579 21/10/2023
In the Christmas holidays, we aim to provide a kids' lunch pack to every child in the Chichester District who receives free school meals due to low income. This will provide each child with 10 meals.
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Chichester District Foodbank
£46,682 09/10/2023
Continuation of Local Mobilisation Manager 4 dpw, new funding for Comms assistant 24 hpw, plus additional towards CA Worker shortfall.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Chichester District Foodbank
£5,000 14/07/2023
Funding was provided for their Kids Holiday Lunch Pack scheme (KLP).
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Chichester District Foodbank
£66,841 12/12/2022
CA project worker FT, overheads, phone, dongle, travel and laptop
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Chichester District Foodbank
£5,000 12/10/2022
Emergency grant
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Chichester District Foodbank
£61,904 09/06/2022
Local Mobilisation Manager, 24 hpw, plus direct project costs
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Chichester District Foodbank
£18,109 26/05/2020
CV emergency costs: salary costs
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Chichester District Foodbank
£18,109 26/05/2020
New Ops Manager salary (2Y)
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Chichester District Foodbank
£5,000 18/11/2019
11
Funding was provided for staff costs.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Chichester District Foodbank
£5,000 16/11/2018
12
Funding was provided to meet staff costs to sustain and develop the project.
National Lottery Community Fund - Expanding the services offered by a Food Bank in rural and deprived ar
£9,900 02/08/2017
12
This project will upgrade facilities to improve the distribution of food alongside other support for people, including money management, job applications and emergency accommodation.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Chichester District Foodbank
£5,000 14/07/2017
12
Chichester District Foodbank provides 3 day emergency food parcels and support through signposting for local residents in crisis. Funding was provided towards The Kids Lunch Pack Scheme which ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 06/01/2014, number: 1155197
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • 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
9 returns made; all on time
Main office

The Transformation Centre
21 Orchard Street
CHICHESTER
West Sussex
PO19 1DD

Objectives

1. THE ALLEVIATION OF POVERTY IN THE CHICHESTER DISTRICT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING EMERGENCY FOOD SUPPLIES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AS A CHRISTIAN MINISTRY AS DEFINED IN THE APPENDIX TO THIS CONSTITUTION. 2. THE ALLEVIATION OF POVERTY OUTSIDE THE CHICHESTER DISTRICT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING EMERGENCY FOOD SUPPLIES TO CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS OUTSIDE THE CHICHESTER DISTRICT WORKING TO PREVENT THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AS A CHRISTIAN MINISTRY AS DEFINED IN THE APPENDIX TO THIS CONSTITUTION.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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