Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 12
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 23 ?

MIDDLEWICH & DISTRICT FOODBANK 

Middlewich and District Foodbank seeks to relieve poverty and financial hardship in Middlewich and the surrounding area in such ways as the Trustees from time to time think fit, in particular, but not exclusively by:Providing emergency food, essential toiletries, and household items to individuals and families in need and/or for distribution by charities or other organisations.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • 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

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£44£29£16n/an/an/an/an/a30
31/03/22£31£55£-24n/an/an/an/an/a26
31/03/21£55£25£31n/an/an/an/an/a27
31/03/20*£23£9£13n/an/an/an/an/a40
31/03/19£20£8£13n/an/an/an/an/a40
31/03/18*£8£2£5£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 7 years

https://middlewichdistrict.foodbank.org.uk/

info@middlewichdistrict.foodbank.org.uk

07712279949

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Community food services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cheshire East,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 30 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£79,120
Co-Operative Group£2,662
Cheshire Community Foundation£2,500
Masonic Trust£675
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Middlewich & District Foodbank
£30,000 23/10/2023
New warehouse rent
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Middlewich & District Foodbank
£1,198 21/10/2023
Requests for emergency food parcels are increasing, yet donations of food are decreasing during these tough times. We would like funding to purchase additional food.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Middlewich and District Foodbank
£1,464 22/10/2022
We would like to pay professionals to give debt management advice and also cooking lessons at our drop in cafe.
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Middlewich & District Foodbank
£5,000 11/10/2022
Emergency grant
Cheshire Community Foundation - Christmas 2022 Food Parcels
£2,500 06/10/2022
Christmas 2022 Food Parcels
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Middlewich & District Foodbank
£1,579 09/03/2022
Printing for volunteer recruitment and induction packs; volunteer training; branded workwear
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£675 01/12/2021
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Middlewich & District Foodbank
£3,440 20/04/2020
CV emergency costs: warehouse costs
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Middlewich & District Foodbank
£19,550 25/06/2019
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New premises
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Middlewich & District Foodbank
£19,550 25/06/2019
New premises
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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 12/12/2016, number: 1170679
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
6 returns made; AR20: 5 days late, AR18: 113 days late,
Main office

Middlewich and District Foodbank
Unit 7 Holly House Estate,
Middlewich Road,Cranage
MIDDLEWICH
Cheshire
CW10 9LT

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IN MIDDLEWICH AND THE SURROUNDING AREA 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 RELIEVE OR PREVENT POVERTY.B) SUCH OTHER MEANS, INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT OR SIGNPOSTING TO RELEVANT INFORMATION AND OTHER ADVISORY SERVICES.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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