Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 8

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 13

RUNCORN AND DISTRICT FOODBANK

Runcorn and District Foodbank activities are the prevention or relief of poverty - by providing emergency food boxes containing a supply of balanced and nutritional foodstuffs to individuals in need and provides signposting to relevant information and other advisory services. Non-perishable food is donated by the community and is distributed to individuals via seven distribution centres.

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 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 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

Established: 8 years

www.runcorndistrict.foodbank.org.uk

info@runcorndistrict.foodbank.org.uk

07922072906

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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	£117	£105	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	123
31/03/22	£93	£92	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	130
31/03/21	£110	£39	£71	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	178
31/03/20	£27	£30	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	124
31/03/19	£42	£39	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	120
31/03/18	£28	£10	£18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Disability
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Cheshire West & Chester, Halton,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
123 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 RuncornDistrict Foodbank
£5,000	11/10/2022	Emergency grant
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£1,000	02/12/2021	Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Runcorn and District Foodbank
£15,734	19/11/2018	We wish to continue to feed families in crisis during the Universal Credit rollout which leaves people on benefits in crisis.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 5/6 persons

ANNE MCPOLAND (Chair) Appointed: 2020

CAROL VEREY Appointed: 2017

MATTHEW HANCOCK Appointed: 2020

MICHAEL HENNESSEY Appointed: 2023

REV GILLIAN YOUNGER Appointed: 2017

REV JOHN BEANEY Appointed: 2017

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 11/10/2016, number: 1169600

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
Investment
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
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

6 returns made; all on time

Main office

53a Russell Road
Runcorn
WA7 4BH

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN THAT PART OF THE BOROUGH OF HALTON IN THE COUNTY OF CHESHIRE, WHICH IS SOUTH OF THE RIVER MERSEY, AND THE SURROUNDING AREA OF NORTH CHESHIRE, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY:(A) PROVIDING EMERGENCY FOOD BOXES CONTAINING A SUPPLY OF BALANCED AND NUTRITIONAL FOODSTUFFS TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR FOR DISTRIBUTION BY CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY;(B) THE PROVISION OF OR SIGNPOSTING TO RELEVANT INFORMATION AND OTHER ADVISORY SERVICES;(C) SUPPORTING PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES THAT PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE

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