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Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 12
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
    • Large volunteer base +5
    • Overall weighted support: +7
    Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

    STOCKPORT FOODBANK

    Providing emergency food parcels to people in Stockport who are experiencing difficult times due to unemployment, benefit changes/delays, low income or financial/domestic hardship
    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

    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 £k    		 Fundraising
    Cost £k    		 Total
    Funds £k    		 Unrestricted
    Funds £k    		 Mths
    Rsrvs    		 Staff Volun-
    teers
    31/03/24£259£161£98n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/23£311£175£136n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/22£190£109£82n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/21£230£75£154n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/20?£74£50£24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/18£44£36£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/17£29£37£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/16£36£43£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/15£63£17£46n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Established: 11 years

    http://www.stockport.foodbank.org.uk

    foodbank@stockportfoodbank.org.uk

    01614873370

    Charity Commission for England and WalesX
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
    GiG Classification
    • Community food services
    How it operates
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Stockport,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • The General Public/Mankind

    Who supports them? ?

    Donations from Grant Makers ?

    We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

    Major supporters in last 5 years
    The Trussell Trust£114,500
    Forever Manchester£21,682
    Masonic Trust£500
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months    		 To be used for
    Forever Manchester - Food parcels
    £4,432 16/03/2023
    Foodbank located in Stockport
    The Trussell Trust - Grant to Stockport Foodbank
    £5,000 11/10/2022
    Emergency grant
    The Trussell Trust - Grant to Stockport Foodbank
    £103,500 31/03/2022
    1x FTE generalist adviser (CA), plus additional budget to 'buy in' specialist advice as required
    Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
    £500 02/12/2021
    Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
    Forever Manchester - Stockport Foodbanks Collaborative Working
    £7,250 28/04/2021
    Delivery costs for foodbank projects
    Forever Manchester - Stockport Foodbanks Collaborative Working
    £10,000 29/05/2020
    Provision of food and household essentials
    The Trussell Trust - Grant to Stockport Foodbank
    £6,000 22/04/2020
    Coronavirus Emergency Grant
    The Trussell Trust - Grant to Stockport Foodbank
    £4,970 30/10/2019
    12
    P/T Admin assistant
    The Trussell Trust - Grant to Stockport Foodbank
    £4,970 30/10/2019
    P/T Admin assistant
    The Trussell Trust - Grant to Stockport Foodbank
    £2,502 12/02/2019
    8x laptops
    The Trussell Trust - Grant to Stockport Foodbank
    £2,502 31/01/2019
    12
    Digital equipment
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (7)
    Current Trustees appointed
    Gender Split

    • CAPTAIN MAISIE ELIZABETH VEACOCK Appointed: 2022
    • DR JULIAN RUSSELL POYNER (Chair) Appointed: 2016
    • GARY PETER BLACKWELL Appointed: 2014
    • JOHN JOSEPH BULMAN Appointed: 2014
    • JOHN MICHAEL WATKINS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired
    • NIGEL BRUCE TEDFORD Appointed: 2015
    • NICOLA OWEN Appointed: 2020
    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 19/03/2014, number: 1156261
    Gift Aid
    • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
    • Complaints handling
    • Complaints policy and procedures
    • Financial reserves policy and procedures
    • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
    • 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
    Recent reorganisation events:
    • Asset transfer in from ROTARY ECLUB OF GREATER MANCHESTER AND CHESHIRE TRUST FUND on 23/08/2023
    Main office

    HAZEL GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH
    STATION STREET
    HAZEL GROVE
    STOCKPORT
    SK7 4EX

    Objectives

    TO RELIEVE THE POVERTY OF PEOPLE IN STOCKPORT WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS, IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving

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