Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 11

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 12

HELP IN THE COMMUNITY

Help in the Community is the charity responsible for Medway Foodbank, which operates as part of the Trussell Trust, a national network whose aim is to end UK food poverty. Clients access the foodbank via a voucher system. Vouchers are issued in over 100 partner agencies across the Medway towns. These are redeemed in one of 9 centres, open over 6 days of the week.

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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 4 trustees

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	£354	£267	£87	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	150
31/03/22	£252	£246	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	115
31/03/21	£316	£163	£154	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	150
31/03/20	£95	£63	£32	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	150
31/03/19	£47	£48	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	151
31/03/18	£57	£49	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£76	£37	£39	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 8 years

www.medway.foodbank.org.uk

info@medway.foodbank.org.uk

01634757057

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Community food services

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Kent, Medway,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
150 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	£387,380
DCMS	£9,600
Masonic Trust	£500

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Medway Foodbank
£80,014	22/09/2023	Local Organising Manager FT incl pension, NI, expenses and project costs
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Medway Foodbank
£2,810	11/05/2023	Emergency Support Grant
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Medway Foodbank
£5,000	12/10/2022	Emergency grant
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Medway Foodbank
£155,250	30/03/2022	1.6FTE CA advisors
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Medway Foodbank
£10,000	08/12/2021	Stock
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Medway Foodbank
£34,549	30/11/2021	Volunteer coordinator salary costs
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£500	30/11/2021	Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Medway Foodbank
£11,415	17/09/2021	Administrator (14 hpw) and Office Assistant (14 hpw) to work on e-referral and referral pathway review
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Medway Foodbank
£26,000	20/01/2021 36	Warehouse rent over three years
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,600	28/09/2020	"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 "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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Medway Foodbank
£3,500	02/07/2020	CV emergency costs: food purchase
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Medway Foodbank
£5,000	07/04/2020	CV emergency costs: salary costs
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Medway Foodbank
£26,921	10/12/2019 24	Hours increase for Project, Warehouse & Office Managers
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Medway Foodbank
£26,921	10/12/2019	Hours increase for Project, Warehouse & Office Managers

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:

LINDA MARGARET FIDDYMENT (Chair) Appointed: 2022

SUSAN LYNN FRANKS Appointed: 2020

ALISON CLARE WEST Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Office Manager, Other trusteeship: MIND THE GAP - AFRICA,

JAMES MCGLASHAN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Company Director, Other trusteeships: CHARIS COMMUNICATIONS, KICC NATIONAL FORUM - UK,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 13/04/2016, number: 1166505

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
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

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from MEDWAY NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH ASSOCIATION on 24/04/2024

Main office

Unit 26
Riverside 1
Sir Thomas Longley Road
Strood
Kent
ME2 4DP

Objectives

THE RELIEF AND PREVENTION OF POVERTY, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN MEDWAY AND NORTH KENT THROUGH: THE PROVISION OF FREE EMERGENCY FOOD, AND PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.

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