Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 7

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 12

MORECAMBE BAY FOODBANK

Morecambe Bay Foodbank has been set up for the relief of need and hardship among people in Morecambe and the surrounding area by providing emergency food, essential toiletries and household items to individuals and families in need and for the provision of support or signposting to relevant information and other advisory services in the area.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received 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

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 £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/08/23		£391	£266	£125	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/22		£258	£281	£-23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/21		£407	£212	£196	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/20		£328	£118	£210	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/19		£103	£49	£54	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/18	*	£42	£30	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 7 years

www.morecambebay.foodbank.org.uk

info@morecambebay.foodbank.org.uk

01524932001

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
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

Lancashire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following 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 Morecambe Bay Foodbank
£80,000	25/10/2023	Referral Agency Support Worker
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Morecambe Bay Foodbank
£35,000	20/03/2023	Engagement Lead (1.5dpw, 2yrs)
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Morecambe Bay Foodbank
£84,871	18/01/2023	F/T CA schools worker
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Morecambe Bay Foodbank
£30,000	07/05/2021	Dedicated premises
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Morecambe Bay Foodbank
£2,318	24/02/2021	Boxes for delivery service
Westminster Foundation - Covid 19 response Fund
£7,592	01/04/2020 6	Staffing for Covid 19 emergency response
Westminster Foundation - Covid 19 response Fund
£7,592	01/04/2020 3	Staffing for Covid 19 emergency response
Westminster Foundation - Covid 19 response Fund
£13,000	24/03/2020 3	Staffing for Covid 19 emergency response
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Morecambe Bay Foodbank
£31,200	10/12/2019 24	2 PT employees, increased manager hours and IT equipment
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Morecambe Bay Foodbank
£31,200	10/12/2019	2 PT employees, increased manager hours and IT equipment
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Morecambe Bay Foodbank
£5,000	12/02/2019	Racking, scales, crates
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Morecambe Bay Foodbank
£5,000	31/01/2019 12	Food bank warehouse equipment

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:

CAROLINE JACKSON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired Headteacher

HELEN GREATOREX Appointed: 2017

IAN JOHN JAMES DEWAR Appointed: 2020

JOHN ENTWISTLE Appointed: 2017, Occupation: College Lecturer

JOANNA YOUNG Appointed: 2017

MARK THORNTON THOMAS Appointed: 2021

PATRICK LOUIS FRANCIS HUNT Appointed: 2020

ROGER LESLIE GITTINS (Chair) Appointed: 2017

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 09/01/2018, number: 1176579

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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

6 returns made; AR18: 82 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from PEOPLE TO PEOPLE - WE CARE on 04/02/2022

Main office

Anchor Building
Westgate
MORECAMBE
Lancashire
LA3 3DD

Objectives

MORECAMBE BAY FOODBANK HAS BEEN SET UP FOR THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONG PEOPLE IN MORECAMBE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA 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 WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTYBY OTHER MEANS INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT OR SIGNPOSTING TO RELEVANT INFORMATION AND OTHER ADVISORY SERVICES

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