Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 0
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

FELTHAM FOOD BANK 

The relief of financial hardship among people living or working in the London Borough of Hounslow or in local authority areas closely neighbouring the London Borough of Hounslow, by providing persons with food and household items which they could not otherwise afford through lack of means.
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 income shortfalls in recent 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

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
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
05/04/23£33£29£4n/an/an/an/an/a40
05/04/22£28£25£4n/an/an/an/an/a30
05/04/21£36£23£13n/an/an/an/an/a30
05/04/20£23£14£9n/an/an/an/an/a25
05/04/19£18£16£2n/an/an/an/an/a25
05/04/18£7£6£1£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/17£5£4£1£0£0£0n/a00

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

http://felthamfoodbank.org

felthamfoodbank@gmail.com

07448831297

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Other individual and family services
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • Hounslow,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 40 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
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to Feltham Food Bank
£1,000 09/03/2022
Food parcels for asylum seeker families who ask for help and are in accommodation where no food is provided.
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£1,000 29/11/2021
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to Feltham Food Bank
£500 18/06/2019
To purchase nappies, baby wipes, baby milk and age appropriate baby food allowing the service to meet the needs of families with babies and toddlers (250 parcels)
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to Feltham Food Bank
£500 19/11/2018
To provide between 50 to 60 Christmas hampers to local families who have been referred to the service.
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to Feltham Food Bank
£500 12/06/2017
To purchase sanitary products which there are very little donations of and additional food for dietary requirements (vegeterian, vegan, Halal etc) such as tinned fruit, vegetables, meat and fish and ....more
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to Feltham Food Bank
£380 17/03/2016
Contribution towards leaflets and purchasing more food
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to Feltham Food Bank
£500 19/11/2015
Publicity / promotion costs
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to Feltham Food Bank
£500 19/11/2015
Food parcels
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 11/12 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 12/10/2015, number: 1163930
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
7 returns made; all on time
Main office

102 Hounslow Road
Feltham
TW14 0AX

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONG PEOPLE LIVING OR WORKING IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HOUNSLOW OR IN LOCAL AUTHORITY AREAS CLOSELY NEIGHBOURING THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HOUNSLOW, BY PROVIDING PERSONS WITH FOOD AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS WHICH THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD THROUGH LACK OF MEANS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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