Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 11
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +5
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 15 ?

CHIPPING BARNET FOODBANK

To supply food parcels to individual and families in order to alleviate hunger in the Chipping Barnet area.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • 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
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

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

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
31/05/23£194£127£67n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/22£78£85£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/21£91£29£61n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/20£48£15£33n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/19£11£8£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/18*£11£6£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/17£6£5£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/16£4£3£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 9 years

www.chippingbarnet.foodbank.org.uk

info@chippingbarnet.foodbank.org.uk

07716890535

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Community food services
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Barnet,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Chipping Barnet Foodbank
£122,230 01/03/2023
Campaigning, Advocacy and Organising Lead, 30hpw, 3yrs
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Chipping Barnet Foodbank
£2,547 22/10/2022
As well as food parcels, we would like to provide toiletries and household products to those in need, as this will have a positive impact on client wellbeing.
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Chipping Barnet Foodbank
£5,000 11/10/2022
Emergency grant
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Chipping Barnet Foodbank
£46,000 15/12/2021
24
Employment costs of new Food Bank Manager (24 hpw) - funding sought for 10 hpw (strategic duties), for 2 years
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Chipping Barnet Foodbank
£48,421 25/05/2021
CA advisor 13 hpw for two years

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ARLETTE ROSE JENNINGS Appointed: 2023
  • FR DAVID TERNA PEMBER Appointed: 2022
  • JUDITH BURSTOW Appointed: 2016
  • MARGARET MARIA SPILLMAN Appointed: 2013
  • MARTINE WHITAKER (Chair) Appointed: 2024
  • RICHARD DAVID LAWSON Appointed: 2016
  • REV LAURA JANE HEWITT Appointed: 2019
  • SARAH GREENWOOD Appointed: 2022
  • SARAH KATHERINE EDWARDS Appointed: 2018
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 06/08/2015, number: 1163042
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
8 returns made; AR18: 111 days late,
Main office

63 Somerset Road
New Barnet
BARNET
EN5 1RF

Objectives

THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN CHIPPING BARNET AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING EMERGENCY FOOD SUPPLIES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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