Finance Score: 7

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 11

Strong growth: +2
Future income +5
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 24

WREXHAM FOODBANK / BANC BWYD WRECSAM

Provision of emergency food parcels; signposting for clients in need of debt management or other forms of personal support. Advice on budgeting and Eat Well Spend Less courses to support this.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
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 well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

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: 9 years

www.wrexham.foodbank.org.uk

info@wrexham.foodbank.org.uk

07538547971

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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		£151	£108	£43	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	80
31/03/22		£96	£131	£-35	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	85
31/03/21		£175	£64	£112	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	80
31/03/20		£90	£67	£23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	85
31/03/19		£43	£15	£28	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	80
31/03/18		£32	£20	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£10	£15	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£19	£13	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Wrexham,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
80 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
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Wrexham Foodbank
£106,407	08/11/2023	Pathfinder Manager extra 1dpw; Community Hub costs
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Wrexham Foodbank
£5,000	11/10/2022	Emergency grant
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Wrexham Foodbank
£35,137	06/12/2021	Pathfinder Project Manager
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Wrexham Foodbank
£1,262	30/11/2021	Equipment to support volunteer signposting and accessing resources
National Lottery Community Fund - COVID-19 - Wrexham Foodbank Covid 19 Support
£10,000	27/05/2020 12	Wrexham Foodbank will use a £10000 grant to amend its operational practices and add new services to manage the situation brought by the COVID-19 pandemic. Bydd Banc Bwyd Wrecsam yn defnyddio grant o ....more Wrexham Foodbank will use a £10000 grant to amend its operational practices and add new services to manage the situation brought by the COVID-19 pandemic. Bydd Banc Bwyd Wrecsam yn defnyddio grant o £10000 i ddiwygio ei arferion gweithredol ac ychwanegu gwasanaethau newydd i reoli'r sefyllfa a ddaw yn sgil pandemig COVID-19.
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Wrexham Foodbank
£56,901	06/02/2019 36	p/t Foodbank Manager and p/t Warehouse Manager
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Wrexham Foodbank
£56,901	12/12/2018	P/t Project Manager & p/t Warehouse Manager
National Lottery Community Fund - Wrexham Foodbank Distribution Centre
£3,188	24/07/2017 12	Project Summary : Wrexham Food Bank - Banc Bwyd Wrecsam will use the grant to increase access to emergency food and related advice for people living in the local area. What Money is for : This ....more Project Summary : Wrexham Food Bank - Banc Bwyd Wrecsam will use the grant to increase access to emergency food and related advice for people living in the local area. What Money is for : This grant for £3,188 will fund tablecloths, toys, leaflet stands and dispensers, a scissor lift platform table, two laptops, two office chairs, a printer, and a fireproof safe.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANNA GRACE THORNCROFT Appointed: 2023

DEREK WILLIAM ADNITT Appointed: 2023

REV KATHERINE JOAN TILTMAN Appointed: 2023, Other trusteeships: RUABON AND DISTRICT RELIEF IN NEED CHARITY, RUABON ALMSHOUSE CHARITY, WE ARE PLAS MADOC,

SIMON DURNELL Appointed: 2023

SUZANNE NANTCURVIS (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Other trusteeship: THE VENTURE (WREXHAM) LIMITED,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 17/06/2015, number: 1162262

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
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
Volunteer management

Filing Record

8 returns made; AR16: 1 days late,

Main office

Wrexham Foodbank
3 Edwards Enterprise Park
Rhosddu Industrial Estate
WREXHAM
LL11 4ZA

Objectives

TO RELIEVE PERSONS IN WREXHAM COUNTY BOROUGH THAT ARE IN FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME-TO-TIME THINK FIT, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A) PROVIDING EMERGENCY FOOD, ESSENTIAL TOILETRIES, AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN NEED AND/OR FOR DISTRIBUTION BY CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.B) SUCH OTHER MEANS, INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT OR SIGNPOSTING TO RELEVANT INFORMATION AND OTHER ADVISORY SERVICES.

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