Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 8

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3

Large volunteer base +3
Overall weighted support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 13

THE HIVE FOOD BANK

A food bank: the relief of poverty, financial hardship or distress in London by providing emergency food relief to individuals and families experiencing crisis situations, whether long or short-term.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

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
31/12/23	£66	£54	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/22	£31	£45	£-14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/21	£44	£43	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/20	£56	£20	£36	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/19	£11	£8	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/18	£8	£4	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/17	£1	£3	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/16	£4	£1	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 9 years

www.thehivefoodbank.com

hivefoodbank@gmail.com

07753500624

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Community food services

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Islington,

Who it helps

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

Cripplegate Foundation	£22,167
National Lottery Community Fund	£9,460
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund	£5,000
Quartet Community Foundation	£500

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To Hive Food Bank
£2,000	04/04/2024	Islington Food Fund grants
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To Hive Food Bank
£2,500	05/03/2024	The Hive Food Bank
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to The Hive Food Bank
£5,000	11/12/2023 12	Small Grant Unrestricted Core Costs
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To Hive Food Bank
£5,000	07/03/2023	The Hive Food Bank
National Lottery Community Fund - The Hive Food Bank
£9,460	10/02/2023	The funding will be used to purchase food items for the foodbank service. The project aims to support the basic needs of disadvantaged people during the cost-of-living crisis.
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To Hive Food Bank
£2,667	25/01/2023	Islington Food Fund grants
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To Hive Food Bank
£5,000	08/03/2022	The Hive Food Bank
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Hive Food Bank
£500	01/02/2022	As requested by the fund holder towards the organisations work
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To The Hive Food Bank
£5,000	03/04/2020	Covid-19 Emergency Food
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To The Hive Food Bank
£4,800	06/03/2018	Towards food supplies
City Bridge Trust - Grant to The Hive Food Bank
£3,840	01/02/2018 24	£3,840 over two years (£1,920 x 2) to build up food supplies for weekly distribution to individuals and families in crisis.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

ANDREW HILL Appointed: 2021

BRYONY JANE HIRSCH Appointed: 2015

EPPIE LEESE Appointed: 2023

NATALIE AMY STEWART Appointed: 2015

REV TAMSIN MERCHANT Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Minister Of Religion

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/06/2015, number: 1162363

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting 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

Main office

13 Halstow Road
LONDON
NW10 5DB

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(A) THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN LONDON BY PROVIDING ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY;(B) THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS AMONG PEOPLE IN NEED LIVING OR WORKING IN LONDON BY PROVIDING SUCH PERSONS WITH FOOD WHICH THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD THROUGH LACK OF MEANS AND IN SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT FROM TIME TO TIME.

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