Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 8
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 15 ?

FEEDING BRITAIN 

The object of Feeding Britain, is the relief of people in need, and specifically for them to access and afford food, and thereby alleviate hunger caused by the lack of opportunities or resources to obtain sufficient food.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 9 years

www.feedingbritain.org

info@feedingbritain.org

02073406023

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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
31/03/23£1,593£1,716£-123£22£1,222£3872.7712
31/03/22£955£1,081£-127£0£1,345£4274.7612
31/03/21£2,623£1,733£889£0£1,472£8886.195
31/03/20£1,032£810£222£0£583£1782.6100
31/03/19£891£722£169£0£361£1362.391
31/03/18£174£125£49£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£183£40£143£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.3%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 16%
Liabilities/Income: 14%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 32%
Reserves/Spending: 2.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 5
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Where it operates
  • Scotland, Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 7 employees
  • 12 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Tudor Trust£100,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£85,000
Esmee Fairbairn£68,582
DCMS£42,440
Dulverton Trust£35,000
National Lottery Community Fund£19,250
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£45,000 22/10/2021
Threehills Social Supermarket
National Lottery Community Fund - Preventing food waste on Cornwall's farms
£9,250 15/10/2021
This group will use the funding to develop a countywide network of co-ordinators and volunteers in Cornwall with the aim of preventing food waste on Cornwall's farms and re-distributing it to ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Feeding Britain
£100,000 19/04/2021
36
over three years towards the salary of a community champion and the fitting out costs of a Citizens Supermarket, to help move people out of food crisis in the Greater Pollok area of Glasgow
The Greggs Foundation - Community Hub Programme
£15,000 26/02/2021
12
The Community Hubs programme aims to help build stronger, healthier communities by supporting local community organisations in the vicinity of a Greggs outlet to make a real difference in their ....more
Dulverton Trust - Glasgow's Citizens' Supermarket
£35,000 10/02/2021
Glasgow's Citizens' Supermarket
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£42,440 08/07/2020
"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
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£40,000 05/06/2020
Core Costs
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Feeding Britain
£8,582 05/05/2020
6
towards unrestricted costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
National Lottery Community Fund - Wirral Breakfast Clubs
£10,000 23/03/2020
12
The organisation will pilot a breakfast club initiative across seven schools in the local area, with the aim of improving nutrition, health, behaviour, punctuality, attendance, and educational ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Feeding Britain
£60,000 17/06/2019
36
Towards the revenue costs associated with a new Community Food Bus project, operating across Southwark and Wandsworth, until it becomes financially self supporting.
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington - Grant to Feeding Britain
£41,547 28/03/2019
36
A mobile community food bus to provide affordable nutritious food, advice services, and community spaces in the ward of Roehampton.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
£60,000 21/11/2018
Core Costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Pathways out of poverty: helping people access emergency advice throug
£499,902 12/10/2018
24
Feeding Britain will run pilot projects in Bristol, Bradford, Leicester and Derbyshire to support people at risk of food poverty and help them to get back on their feet so they no longer need food ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Community food hubs: piloting two innovative approaches to moving beyo
£499,907 05/12/2017
36
This project will pilot two approaches to reduce food poverty and bring about sustainable solutions. In Coventry, a group of local organisations will establish a citizen’s supermarket to provide ....more
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Recruitment of a Coordinator
£40,000 21/03/2017
24
To create additional capacity to enable Feeding Britain (FB) to work more strategically and to strengthen its national policy work.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees:
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 15/10/2015, number: 1163986
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
  • Paying staff
  • 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
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
7 returns made; all on time
Main office

Feeding Britain
Milburn House
Dean Street
New Castle upon Tyne
Suite E5
NE1 1LE

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO, IS THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE IN NEED, AND SPECIFICALLY FOR THEM TO ACCESS AND AFFORD FOOD, AND THEREBY ALLEVIATE HUNGER CAUSED BY THE LACK OF OPPORTUNITIES OR RESOURCES TO OBTAIN SUFFICIENT FOOD.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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