Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 4

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +1

Overall GiG Score: 15

SWINDON'S FOOD COLLECTIVE LTD

Swindon's Food Collective works towards the prevention or relief of poverty and to preserve and protect good health by providing food and non-alcoholic beverages to those in financial need or poor health in the Swindon and District area of Wiltshire.

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 since inception
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and 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	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/03/23	£274,621	£127,845	£146,776	90
31/03/22	£251,604	£94,691	£156,913	70
31/03/21	£320,510	£82,398	£238,112	50
31/03/20	£69,388	£50,273	£19,115	12

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 5 years

www.swindonfoodcollective.org

admin@swindonfoodcollective.org

07932108732

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Disability
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Other individual and family services

How it operates

Other charitable activities

Where it operates

Swindon, Wiltshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
90 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
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - Grant to Swindon Food Collective
£500	24/03/2021	Matched fund from personal donation by MB.
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Swindon Food Collective
£5,000	06/05/2020	Swindon Food Collective runs a food bank in Swindon. Funding will help meet staff costs.
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Swindon Food Collective
£5,000	05/05/2020	To meet increased costs associated with meeting increased need for food since the start of the crisis
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Swindon Food Collective
£5,000	25/10/2018	Swindon Food Collective is a newly established organisation setup to run a food bank in Swindon. Funding will help meet staff and warehouse costs.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 41-65

MICHAEL RICHARD DAVIES Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Director

SALLY AUSTEN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

SANDRA BRADLEY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired

VINAY MANRO Appointed: 2023, Occupation: It Consultant

DEBORAH JANE EDWARDS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Director, Other trusteeship: FRIENDS OF RED OAKS,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 07/11/2018, number: 1180603
Registered at Companies House on 07/08/2018, number: 11503403

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
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

4 returns made; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from KINGSHILL TRUST on 10/01/2022

Main office

SWINDON FOOD COLLECTIVE
BENTHAM CLOSE
STONEHILL GREEN
WESTLEA
SWINDON
SN5 7DG

Objectives

The charity’s objects (‘Objects’) are specifically restricted to the following:the prevention or relief of poverty and to preserve and protect good health by providing food, non-food and non-alcoholic beverages to those in financial need or poor health in the Swindon and District area of Wiltshire.[Nothing in the articles shall authorise an application of the property of the charity for purposes which are not charitable in accordance with section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and/or section 2 of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008.]

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