Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 4

Support Score: 7

Strong growth: +2
Volatile income
spending growth: -1
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
12+ Trustees: -1
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 12

BRIDGWATER FOODBANK

We are a Foodbank and hold the Trussell Trust franchise for Bridgwater. We issue our Red Vouchers to 39 agencies in and around Bridgwater the CAB, Housing Associations, Social Services, Primary Schools, Salvation Army etc etc.If the holders see a family in need they offer the person in crisis one of our Red Vouchers, they then bring the voucher to us and we give food in exchange.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
There are 15 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
Income has been volatile recently but spending has been maintained

Established: 7 years

www.bridgwater.foodbank.org.uk

info@bridgwater.foodbank.org.uk

01278 434636

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change

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
31/12/23		£78	£52	£25	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	35
31/12/22	*	£68	£15	£53	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	23
31/12/21?		£116	£26	£90	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	16
30/11/20		£90	£15	£74	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
30/11/19		£33	£28	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
30/11/18		£161	£12	£149	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/11/17		£17	£18	£-1	£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

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Somerset,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
35 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	£5,000
Co-Operative Group	£4,630
Somerset Community Foundation	£2,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Bridgwater Foodbank
£5,000	17/10/2022	Emergency grant
Somerset Community Foundation - COVID19 Emergency foodbank funding
£2,000	26/03/2020	Funding to help a foodbank with increased demand due to the coronavirus
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Bridgwater Foodbank
£4,630	15/11/2019	We want to buy a central, permanent, discreet property for the Bridgwater Foodbank to help disadvantaged people in crisis.
Somerset Community Foundation - The Bridgwater Foodbank Premises Purchase Fund
£5,000	20/12/2017 21	Contribution towards purchase of new premises.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (15)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ALAN CABLE Appointed: 2017, Other trusteeship: BRIDGWATER COMMUNITY CHURCH,

ANNE ROSEMARY CROCKFORD Appointed: 2024

ASHLEY LAWRENCE Appointed: 2024

BARBARA ANN BARNARD Appointed: 2016, Other trusteeship: ST GEORGE'S NEWTOWN HALL,

CHRISTOPHER WYGANOWSKI J M Appointed: 2023

CLARE ADAMS Appointed: 2020

DARREN HILLMAN Appointed: 2024

DAVID ANDREW YOUNG Appointed: 2023

JUDITH HELEN BALLARD (Chair) Appointed: 2024

LANCE JOHN DUDDRIDGE Appointed: 2019

MOLLIE FOOKS-BALE Appointed: 2017

MELANIE JANE MOYSE Appointed: 2023

NICHOLAS STUART BALLARD Appointed: 2024

PHILIP JARMAN Appointed: 2017

ROBIN DAVID KINAHAN Appointed: 2018

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 01/12/2016, number: 1170515

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints 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
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

7 returns made; AR22: 45 days late,

Main office

The Mount St Day Centre
Mount Street
Bridgwater
Somerset
TA6 3ER

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST PEOPLE IN BRIDGWATER, SOMERSET AND THE SURROUNDING AREA OR IN OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM 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.

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