Overall GiG Score: 11 ?
Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 11
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +11

THE COUNTRY FOOD TRUST 

Feeding those in need
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be 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
  • Income has been volatile recently
Established: 9 years

www.thecountryfoodtrust.org

enquiries@thecountryfoodtrust.org

01453 845592

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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
31/08/23£429£416£13n/an/an/an/an/a43
31/08/22£463£602£-139n/an/an/an/an/a46
31/08/21£641£699£-58£18£251£2514.3343
31/08/20£1,107£1,023£83£6£309£3093.6250
31/08/19£565£438£127£29£226£2266.2250
31/08/18£244£311£-67£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/17?£382£254£129£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/16£212£175£37£0£0£0n/a00

Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 25%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
What it does
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 43 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
DCMS£100,000
CHK Foundation£60,000
Rothschild Foundation£30,000
The Shears Foundation£10,500
Essex Community Foundation£6,000
Devon Community Foundation£5,000
Sussex Community Foundation£5,000
Suffolk Community Foundation£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to The Country Food Trust
£30,000 26/09/2023
The requested grant would enable CFT to deliver approximately 19,350 meals to foodbanks and community kitchens across Buckinghamshire between 2024-26.
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to The Country Food Trust
£6,000 11/05/2023
to support the production of meals using surplus food for disadvantaged and vulnerable people in Essex
The Shears Foundation - The Country Food Trust
£5,500 23/01/2023
Feeding People in Need during the cost of living crisis
CHK Foundation - CHK Discretionary Grant
£60,000 19/10/2022
unrestricted, to further the Charitable Objects
The Shears Foundation - The Country Food Trust
£5,000 27/10/2021
Feeding People in Need in Northumberland
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£100,000 23/10/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
Devon Community Foundation - COVID-19 Response
£5,000 28/05/2020
2
Grant to The Country Food Trust
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Country Food Trust
£5,000 26/05/2020
The Country Food Trust is a charity that was formed to feed those in need with its free nutritious Country Casserole and Country Curry. Due to Covid-19 they are expanding distribution and this ....more
Suffolk Community Foundation - Covid-19 Response
£5,000 21/05/2020
2
To supply meals to vulnerable residents of Suffolk throughout the Covid 19 lock down.
The Grocers' Charity - 2020 The Country Food Trust
£2,500 07/05/2020
Empowering those who experience homelessness
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to The Country Food Trust
£31,000 27/03/2018
Employ an individual to help set up a replicable template to provide food to more people
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 16/07/2015, number: 1162699
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • 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
8 returns made; all on time
Main office

PO Box 114
Wotton under Edge
Gloucestershire
GL11 9BQ

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: 1. TO ALLEVIATE FOOD POVERTY BY PROVIDING FREE MEALS TO THOSE IN NEED2. TO UNDERTAKE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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