Finance Score: 6
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 0
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

EALING FOODBANK 

Ealing Foodbank helps to relieve poverty through the provision of food parcels to those in crisis, in partnership with local care agencies who refer clients in crisis to us.
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Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
Established: 10 years

ealing.foodbank.org.uk

Info@ealing.foodbank.org.uk

02088409428

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change
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?£1,010£932£78£0£771£7719.94150
31/07/21£929£621£309£0£693£68813.33150
31/07/20£644£417£227£0£384£37710.82280
31/07/19*£293£279£14n/an/an/an/an/a280
31/07/18*£240£201£39£0£0£0n/a0180
31/07/17£78£56£22£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/16£88£41£47£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/15£43£28£14£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 1%
Liabilities/Income: 1%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 9.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 10 months
Quick Ratio: 85.8
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • Ealing,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 4 employees
  • 150 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
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£1,000 29/11/2021
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 36-71
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 26/03/2014, number: 1156369
  • Registered at Companies House on 16/07/2013, number: 08611832
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
8 returns made; AR19: 26 days late, AR18: 14 days late,
Main office

65 Tawny Close
West Ealing
LONDON
W13 9LX

Objectives

The prevention or relief of poverty in the London borough of Ealing and surrounding areas in particular but not exclusively by providing emergency food supplies to individuals in need and by such other means as the trustees may determine, and to deliver its services in accordance with Christian principles.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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