Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 8

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteer base +3
Overall weighted support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 16

NORTH COTSWOLD FOODBANK

1) The prevention or relief of poverty in Cotswold District and Tewkesbury Borough areas by providing: grants, items and services to individuals in need and/or charities, or other organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty.2) The prevention or relief of poverty in other areas of the UK by working cooperatively with other Foodbank charities to donate or receive surplus food

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 material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

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
31/12/23		£210	£220	£-10	n/a
31/12/22	*	£256	£144	£112	n/a
31/12/21		£134	£69	£64	n/a
31/12/20		£122	£54	£68	n/a
31/12/19		£38	£27	£10	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 6 years

www.northcotswold.foodbank.org.uk

info@northcotswold.foodbank.org.uk

07879375562

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Disability
General Charitable Purposes
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Community food services

How it operates

Makes grants to individuals
Makes grants to organisations
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

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 North Cotswold Foodbank
£15,600	05/07/2023	New Referral Agency Liaison salary (20hrs/week, 1 year)
The Trussell Trust - Grant to North Cotswold Foodbank
£5,000	11/10/2022	Emergency grant
The Trussell Trust - Grant to North Cotswold Foodbank
£138,344	08/08/2022	1 FTE CA advisor
The Trussell Trust - Grant to North Cotswold Foodbank
£16,069	26/10/2021	1 3dpw post with CA, available to 3 new centres, for 1 year
The Trussell Trust - Grant to North Cotswold Foodbank
£6,751	04/08/2021	Volunteer development staff hours
The Trussell Trust - Grant to North Cotswold Foodbank
£1,430	17/02/2021	Employment of a p/t Warehouse Manager
The Trussell Trust - Grant to North Cotswold Foodbank
£11,987	23/07/2020	Income maximisation - advice worker

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ALEXIA FRANCA MONROE Appointed: 2016

GARRY DICK (Chair) Appointed: 2023

GILLIAN PATRICIA DONOVAN Appointed: 2024

JENNY RACHEL JONES Appointed: 2024

JONATHAN JOSEPH BROWN Appointed: 2021

LOUISE ELIZABETH GOLL Appointed: 2024

LUCY ELIZABETH DEACON Appointed: 2023

MICHAEL ALAN SIBTHORPE Appointed: 2024

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/12/2018, number: 1181310

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
Investing charity funds 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

5 returns made; AR22: 60 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from NORTH COTSWOLD FOODBANK on 27/01/2020

Main office

UNIT 2 GLEBE FARM BUILDINGS
STOW ROAD
GUITING POWER
GL54 5TZ

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:1) THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN COTSWOLD DISTRICT AND TEWKESBURY BOROUGHAREAS BY PROVIDING: GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OROTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.2) THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN OTHER AREAS OF THE UK BY WORKING COOPERATIVELYWITH OTHER FOODBANK CHARITIES TO DONATE OR RECEIVE SURPLUS FOOD STOCK WHERE THERE ARESHORTAGES, OR IN CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE SURPLUS STOCK WOULD OTHERWISE BECOME OUT OF DATEAND UNUSABLE. OBJECT 2 IS RESTRICTED TO STOCK ONLY AND NO FISCAL ASSISTANCE WILL BE OFFEREDOUTSIDE THE AREA DESCRIBED IN OBJECT 1 ABOVE.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FORTHE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH [SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES ANDTRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005] AND [SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERNIRELAND) 2008]

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN COTSWOLD DISTRICT AND TEWKESBURY BOROUGH AREAS

Data Sources

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