Overall GiG Score: 7 ?
Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 6
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Grant maker support: +6

HARROGATE DISTRICT FOODBANK 

TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY IN THE HARROGATE DISTRICT BY PROVIDING EMERGENCY FOOD SUPPLIES TO NEEDY INDIVIDUALS AND OTHER CHARITIES AND ORGANISATIONS IN THE AREA.
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Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

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.harrogatedistrict.foodbank.org.uk

info@harrogatedistrict.foodbank.org.uk

07885 529864

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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
30/06/22£53£36£18n/an/an/an/an/a3
30/06/21£78£34£43n/an/an/an/an/a3
30/06/20£66£19£46n/an/an/an/an/a10
30/06/19£17£19£-2n/an/an/an/an/a7
30/06/18£12£10£2£0£0£0n/a05
30/06/17£4£8£-3£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/16*£4£4£-1£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/15£15£4£11£0£0£0n/a00

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

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
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Harrogate District Foodbank
£5,000 11/10/2022
Emergency grant
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Harrogate District Foodbank
£139,294 31/03/2022
0.8 FTE CA advisers and associated project costs
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Harrogate District Foodbank
£3,000 25/07/2018
Funding to support the wages of 2 part-time staff at a foodbank that supports people living in poverty.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 25/06/2014, number: 1157599
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
8 returns made; AR16: 30 days late,
Main office

Life Destiny Church
High Street
HARROGATE
North Yorkshire
HG2 7LH

Objectives

THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN HARROGATE AND SURROUNDING AREAS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING EMERGENCY FOOD SUPPLIES TO INDIVIDUALS AND TO CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

HARROGATE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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