Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 7
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -3 times
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

WYTHENSHAWE FOOD BANK 

To provide Food and other essential items to people experiencing food crisis and extreme poverty in Wythenshawe through an organisation of food banks supported by trained volunteers.
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
  • There have been no material 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

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Accounts have been filed late on 3 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
Established: 8 years

wythenshawe.foodbank.org.uk

info@wythenshawe.foodbank.org.uk

07518198645

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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
03/04/23*£64£58£6n/an/an/an/an/a33
03/04/22*£36£39£-3n/an/an/an/an/a5
03/04/21*£75£16£59n/an/an/an/an/a5
03/04/20£25£26£-1n/an/an/an/an/a20
03/04/19£38£22£16n/an/an/an/an/a25
03/04/18*£9£30£-21£0£0£0n/a00
03/04/17*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Manchester City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 33 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
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Wythenshawe Foodbank
£5,000 20/10/2022
Emergency grant
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Wythenshawe Foodbank
£5,000 03/06/2020
staffing, food, PPE, hygiene products, petrol
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Wythenshawe Foodbank
£5,500 22/04/2020
Coronavirus Emergency Grant
Manchester City Council - Grant to Wythenshawe Food Banks
£7,227 29/03/2020
NIF grant to Wythenshawe Food Banks towards Covid-19 Response

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 05/01/2016, number: 1165044
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • 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; AR23: 47 days late, AR22: 28 days late, AR21: 68 days late, AR18: 219 days late, AR17: 13 days late,
Main office

BENCHILL COMMUNITY CENTRE
BENCHILL ROAD
MANCHESTER
M22 8EJ

Objectives

THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF FROM POVERTY IN WYTHENSHAWE, GREATER MANCHESTER, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, ADVICE, GUIDANCE AND FOOD AND BASIC ESSENTIAL ITEMS TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND OTHER CHARITIES AND ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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