Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 1

Support Score: 8

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Dynamic board: +3
Mainly female board: -1

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 11

UTTLESFORD FOODBANK

Foodbank for those in need in District of Uttlesford

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 since inception
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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
The Board is predominantly female
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

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/03/23	£244,131	£137,046	£107,085	130
31/03/22	£119,766	£77,881	£41,885	91
05/04/21	£192,170	£67,990	£124,180	75
05/04/20	£23,427	£13,100	£10,327	45
05/04/19	£20,772	£8,534	£12,238	41

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 6 years

https://uttlesford.foodbank.org.uk/

info@uttlesford.foodbank.org.uk

07531436335

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Community food services

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Essex,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
130 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 Uttlesford Foodbank
£127,543	28/02/2023	Full-time CA adviser
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£500	09/01/2023	Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Uttlesford Foodbank
£5,000	17/10/2022	Emergency grant
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Uttlesford Foodbank
£84,964	04/01/2022	OLM role and project costs
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Uttlesford Foodbank
£27,681	10/12/2019 24	Coordinator salary plus training, recruitment and laptop
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Uttlesford Foodbank
£27,681	10/12/2019	Coordinator salary plus training, recruitment and laptop

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

CAROL ANNE JOHNS Appointed: 2021

GEMMA COPPING Appointed: 2022

HANNAH JOY HENLEY Appointed: 2020

JANE NICOLA JONES Appointed: 2023

RHIAN CERI CAPENER Appointed: 2022

SOPHIE ROSE CERDIWEN STOREY Appointed: 2023

RICHARD JOHN PORCH (Chair) Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeship: SAFFRON WALDEN CRICKET CLUB,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 12/12/2017, number: 1176230

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
Internal risk management 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
Volunteer management

Filing Record

5 returns made; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from STANSTED FAMILY CHURCH on 02/08/2023

Main office

Stansted House
SHIRE HILL
SAFFRON WALDEN
CB11 3AQ

Objectives

TO RELIEVE PERSONS IN UTTLESFORD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THAT ARE IN FINANCIAL HARDSHIP 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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