Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 4
Support Score: 12
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +12
Overall GiG Score: 18 ?

FOOD FOUNDATION

To advance the education of the public through research in all aspects ofthe food system including health, sustainability, business practice,distribution, consumption, food policy and economics, and to disseminatethe useful results of such research; and to promote and protect health by promoting healthy eating and improveddiet and to decrease diet related disease among the public.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending since inception
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy

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£1,844£1,710£135£0£817£5323.71930
31/08/22£1,776£1,666£110£0£682£3222.317171
31/08/21£1,550£1,648£-98£0£572£2872.116156
31/08/20£1,307£962£345£0£670£2222.8103
Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 15%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 13%
Liabilities/Income: 7%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 65%
Reserves/Spending: 3.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 6.7
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 5 years

https://foodfoundation.org.uk

office@foodfoundation.org.uk

02030869953

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Medical research
  • Practical support, advice & companionship
  • Social advocacy & research
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Guy's and St Thomas' Charity£602,888
Nuffield Foundation£499,381
Rothschild Foundation£310,000
Esmee Fairbairn£306,667
Trust for London£214,000
Tudor Trust£122,000
Joseph Rowntree Foundation£103,416
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Trust for London - The Food Foundation
£90,000 22/06/2023
The funding is for running costs of their Children's Right2Food campaign to ensure every young person in London and across the UK can access a healthy diet. It will contribute to the salary of their children's food team staff and the coordination ....more
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to The Food Foundation
£10,000 01/03/2023
Cost of living supplementary grant
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Food Foundation
£6,667 30/01/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
Trust for London - Food Foundation
£4,000 29/09/2022
This is a cost of living uplift for grant reference 360G-trustforlondon-MAIN-S2-04.02.2020-8452
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to The Food Foundation
£300,000 08/07/2022
Core, unrestricted, funding to support our work to tackle food insecurity in the UK
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Food Foundation
£70,000 19/03/2022
Increasing investor engagement with the government on food policy
Guy's and St Thomas' Charity - Leveraging investor support for healthier food and business policy
£185,000 02/03/2022
To leverage the voice of investors to contribute to the weight of evidence and stakeholder support for strengthening policy relating to food businesses and healthy, affordable and sustainable diets
Guy's and St Thomas' Charity - Leveraging investor support for mandatory business reporting
£42,888 06/12/2021
This proposal aims to leverage the voice of investors to contribute to the weight of evidence and stakeholder support for the mandatory reporting recommendations made by the National Food Strategy (NFS
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Food Foundation
£33,416 20/03/2021
12
Plating up Progress programme
Tudor Trust - Grant to Food Foundation
£2,000 05/01/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
Nuffield Foundation - Welfare grant
£499,381 04/12/2020
Changing the story of dietary inequality
Trust for London - Food Foundation
£120,000 10/06/2020
36
The funding is to continue and expand its young food ambassadors' programme to promote the Children's Right to Food Charter and ensure it is implemented in London and across the rest of the UK, starting with the establishment of a Children's Food ....more
Guy's and St Thomas' Charity - COVID YouGov Surveys
£90,000 09/04/2020
COVID YouGov polling - lived experience around impact on food
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Food Foundation
£300,000 09/04/2020
36
Towards core costs for the Foundation, plus a £100,000 contribution to project work associated with young peoples involvement with the National Food Strategy for England.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Food Foundation
£120,000 19/02/2020
36
over three years as continuation funding towards the salary and associated costs of a project manager to support the Food Foundation's Children's Right to Food work
Guy's and St Thomas' Charity - Young Food Ambassadors
£285,000 05/02/2020
Young Food Ambassadors Panel
Guy's and St Thomas' Charity - Vegetable Advertising Eval.
£58,124 04/12/2018
Vegetable Advertising Evaluation
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Food Foundation
£149,969 01/03/2017
36
Towards core salary and project costs for work to improve diets in the UK.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/10 persons

Age Range of Trustees:
  • ANDREW HOBBS Appointed: 2021
  • COURTNAY TRAICE THOMAS LINDSAY Appointed: 2015
  • LAURA JANE SANDYS Appointed: 2014
  • NEIL LEITCH Appointed: 2024
  • PROFESSOR HUGH CHARLES JONATHAN GODFRAY Appointed: 2015, Occupation: University Professor
  • PARVEEN BIRD Appointed: 2024
  • PATRICIA KAY BIGGERS Appointed: 2018
  • ROSEL MARIE BOYCOTT Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Journalist And Broadcaster
  • SIR MICHAEL GIDEON MARMOT Appointed: 2017
  • VANESSA NORTH Appointed: 2021
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 28/01/2020, number: 1187611
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • 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
Filing Record
4 returns made; all on time
Main office

Food Foundation
7th Floor
International House
6 Canterbury Crescent
Brixton

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH RESEARCH IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE FOOD SYSTEM INCLUDING HEALTH, SUSTAINABILITY, BUSINESS PRACTICE, DISTRIBUTION, CONSUMPTION, FOOD POLICY AND ECONOMICS, AND TO DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH; AND TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT HEALTH BY PROMOTING HEALTHY EATING AND IMPROVED DIET AND TO DECREASE DIET RELATED DISEASE AMONG THE PUBLIC.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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