Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 11
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 16 ?

WADEBRIDGE FOODBANK AND STOREHOUSE 

Practical, community-based action against poverty and marginalisation in North Cornwall. Developing innovative, sustainable projects such as a Foodbank, furniture project, supported volunteering, advice & training. Working in partnership with statutory and professional organisations to support our clients in the community & help them to be self-sufficient and to restore dignity & revive hope.
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
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

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
31/03/23£383£192£191n/an/an/an/an/a40
31/03/22£241£118£123n/an/an/an/an/a40
31/03/21£250£116£134n/an/an/an/an/a40
31/03/20£55£53£2n/an/an/an/an/a40
31/03/19£64£48£16n/an/an/an/an/a40
31/03/18£53£51£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£35£47£-13£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 8 years

www.wadebridgefoodbank.org

kate.birch@wadebridgefoodbank.org

01208815374

Charity Commission for England and WalesX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Community food services
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cornwall,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
The Trussell Trust£232,835
Garfield Weston Foundation£50,000
The Foyle Foundation£7,500
Cornwall Community Foundation£3,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Wadebridge Foodbank
£155,100 23/08/2022
Cornwall Local Organiser (37.5) to work across 10 Cornish food banks, plus direct project costs.
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Wadebridge Foodbank
£72,344 19/07/2021
Volunteer Coordinators
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£50,000 09/04/2021
A new home for Wadebridge Foodbank and StoreHouse
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£7,500 11/02/2021
towards core costs for the Storehouse over the next 12 months (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Wadebridge Foodbank
£2,699 21/08/2020
Volunteer training
CAF - Grant to Wadebridge Foodbank and StoreHouse
£2,500 24/06/2020
3
Grant to Wadebridge Foodbank and StoreHouse to support the organisation through COVID19
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Wadebridge Foodbank
£2,692 24/04/2020
CV emergency costs: delivery costs, utilities, salary costs
Cornwall Community Foundation - In response to Covid 19
£3,000 27/03/2020
3
Donor directed in response to Covid 19 - Emergency Fund.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 31/03/2016, number: 1166301
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
7 returns made; all on time
Main office

4 Eddystone Road
Wadebridge
PL27 7AL

Objectives

TO RELIEVE PERSONS IN NORTH CORNWALL WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS (BENEFICIARIES), IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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