Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: -4

Support Score: 6

No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
All female board: -3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 2

PONTEFRACT COMMUNITY KITCHEN

The relief and prevention of poverty and Pontefract and the surrounding areas by means of food provision, information, advice,guidance and any other means deemed appropriate by the trustees.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

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

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
31/12/22		£26,276	£28,627	£-2,351	10
31/12/21		£22,157	£15,751	£6,406	10
31/12/20	*	£31,752	£10,951	£20,801	6
31/12/19	*	£6,936	£602	£6,334	10

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 5 years

pontefractcommunitykitchen@gmail.com

0780542537

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Other individual and family services

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

City Of Wakefield,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
10 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

DCMS	£9,999
Nova Wakefield	£8,160
Virgin Money Foundation	£500

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Virgin Money Foundation - Grant to PONTEFRACT COMMUNITY KITCHEN
£500	27/04/2023	Grant through the Colleagues in the Community Fund.
Nova Wakefield - Grant to Pontefract Community Kitchen
£8,160	19/10/2022	Grant for support to provide free,warm and welcoming spaces for residents across communities in the Wakefield District
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,999	11/09/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANN LANCASTER Appointed: 2019

ERNA STEELE Appointed: 2019

JENNIFER HARRIS Appointed: 2021

LOUISE PUGH Appointed: 2019

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 18/03/2019, number: 1182510

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

4 returns made; AR20: 3 days late, AR19: 13 days late,

Main office

Unit 8
Horsefair House
Horsefair Precinct
Pontefract
West Yokshire
WF8 1PE

Objectives

THE RELIEF AND PREVENTION OF POVERTY IN PONTEFRACT AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS BY MEANS OF FOOD PROVISION, INFORMATION, ADVICE, GUIDANCE AND EDUCATION AND ANY OTHER MEANS DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY THE TRUSTEES.

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