Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 11
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Large volunteers +5
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

CATERHAM FOODBANK 

Providing food for those in need and referral to support services as appropriate
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 several prominent grant makers recently
  • 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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • 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
31/12/22£85£58£27n/an/an/an/an/a60
31/12/21£52£29£23n/an/an/an/an/a56
31/12/20£82£34£48n/an/an/an/an/a60
31/12/19£15£10£5n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/12/18*£13£8£5£0£0£0n/a050
31/12/17£12£9£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£8£7£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£8£7£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£17£9£8£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 10 years

www.caterham.foodbank.org.uk

info@caterham.foodbank.org.uk

07523983122

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Community food services
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Surrey,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports 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£48,436
Community Foundation for Surrey£5,000
Co-Operative Group£2,050
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Caterham Foodbank
£1,023 21/10/2023
We would like to help those accessing our foodbank with a hot drink and snack to ensure immediate access to food. We would like to complement our food parcels with fresh fruit and vegetables.
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Caterham Foodbank
£5,000 28/10/2022
Emergency grant
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Caterham Foodbank
£43,436 28/04/2022
0.2 FTE CA advisor present across two food bank sessions in Y1, with potential to increase to 0.3 FTE in Y2 and 0.4 FTE in Y3
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Caterham Foodbank
£1,027 23/10/2021
We would like to provide more storage crates for our food, as well as tables, chairs, steps, trolleys and office equipment to run our service from our new warehouse facility.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Covid 19 Response - Food and Essentials
£5,000 17/04/2020
Funding toward the increase in demand for a foodbank service that is based in Caterham, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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 15/01/2014, number: 1155330
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
9 returns made; AR18: 2 days late,
Main office

4 Beechwood Road
CATERHAM
Surrey
CR3 6NA

Objectives

TO RELIEVE PERSONS PRIMARILY IN CATERHAM AND THE SURROUNDING AREA WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS (BENEFICIARIES) IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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