Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 10

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 15

BROMLEY BOROUGH FOODBANK

Bromley Borough Foodbank is a community-led charity, helping local people to get back on their feet and improve their financial independence. It meets the needs of people in food poverty with emergency supplies of food and importantly, assists people to locate the right support for any wider needs by referring them to specialist agencies relevant to their situation.

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
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

Established: 8 years

www.bromleyborough.foodbank.org.uk

info@bromleyborough.foodbank.org.uk

08009202324

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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	£427	£291	£136	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	150,000
31/03/22	£303	£201	£101	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	120
31/03/21	£480	£99	£381	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	110
31/03/20	£104	£71	£33	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	90
31/03/19	£70	£58	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	80
31/03/18	£62	£41	£21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£39	£35	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides human resources

Where it operates

Bromley,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
150,000 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 Bromley Borough Foodbank
£147,561	01/02/2023	F/T community campaigning and local influencing role and direct project costs
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Bromley Borough Foodbank
£5,000	11/10/2022	Emergency grant
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Bromley Borough Foodbank
£111,055	26/10/2021 24	Full-time CA advisor dedicated to food bank, for 2 or 3 years
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Bromley Borough Foodbank
£37,649	09/09/2021	Volunteer coordinator salary
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Bromley Borough Foodbank
£30,000	20/01/2021	Lease and fit out new warehouse
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Bromley Borough Foodbank
£29,206	23/07/2020	Income maximisation - advice worker
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Bromley Borough Foodbank
£16,690	10/12/2019 24	PM hours, community officer, warehouse contractor & van
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Bromley Borough Foodbank
£16,690	10/12/2019	PM hours, community officer, warehouse contractor & van
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Bromley Borough Foodbank
£3,045	15/08/2019 12	Laptop for new schools liaison officer
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Bromley Borough Foodbank
£12,374	18/12/2018 12	Additional hours for food bank manager, and]warehouse equipment
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Bromley Borough Foodbank
£12,374	12/12/2018	Manager extra hours
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Bromley Borough Foodbank
£5,637	04/08/2017	It will aid families facing starvation over the Summer holidays and Christmas due to their children no longer receiving free school meals.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

BASAK AZAZ Appointed: 2022

DUNCAN AITKINS Appointed: 2021

JASMIN SEN Appointed: 2022

SIMON LEES (Chair) Appointed: 2021

STEPHEN WALSH Appointed: 2021

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 30/06/2016, number: 1167961

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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
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
Volunteer management

Filing Record

7 returns made; all on time

Main office

c/o Orpington Baptist Church
Station Road
Orpington
BR6 0RZ

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS ‘THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST PEOPLE IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BROMLEY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA OR IN OTHER PARTS OF THE UK IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A)PROVIDING EMERGENCY FOOD, ESSENTIAL TOILETRIES, AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN NEED AND/OR FOR DISTRIBUTION BY CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY;B) SUCH OTHER MEANS, INCLUDING ( BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT OR SIGNPOSTING TO RELEVANT INFORMATION AND OTHER ADVISORY SERVICES, AND TO PROVIDE SUCH SERVICES WITH A CHRISTIAN ETHOS SUPPORTED BY THE CHURCHES IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BROMLEY.)

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