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Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 2
  • Qualified accounts: -3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

EGGCUP

Intercept surplus food; organise buying cooperative of staple foods; provide training to volunteers; support neighbourhood groups in setting up and running food clubs; provide infrastructure, guidance and support to local food organisations; provide food club services for the benefit of people on low incomes in a manner that support community wellbeing and integration.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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

Financial issues to consider:

  • The latest accounts were qualified
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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
?31/03/23£822£606£216£0£427£2484.9890
31/03/22£524£365£159£0£212£1384.5550
31/03/21£20£0£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 2%
Liabilities/Income: 1%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 58%
Reserves/Spending: 4.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 8 months
Quick Ratio: 55.2
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 4 years

eggcup.org

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Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Community food services
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Lancashire,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups

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
National Lottery Community Fund£10,000
Westminster Foundation£5,000
Co-Operative Group£2,113
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Eggcup
£2,113 22/10/2022
We aim to create cook boxes for our food club members, with all the ingredients and instructions to make a great meal, using surplus foods (with some supplementary ingredients).
National Lottery Community Fund - The Eggcup Big Food Freezer
£10,000 05/11/2021
The funding will be used to purchase a freezer to help redistribute affordable food items to disadvantaged people. The project aims to increase the organisation’s capacity to reduce food waste and support those most in need on low incomes.
Westminster Foundation - Covid 19 response Fund
£5,000 14/05/2020
6
COVID-19 Response - Meal Delivery Service

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

  • DEBORAH FINN (Chair) Appointed: 2020
  • DR GREGORY MYERS Appointed: 2020
  • DR RACHEL MARSHALL Appointed: 2000
  • ELAINE GIRVAN Appointed: 2021
  • MARK THORNTON THOMAS Appointed: 2021
  • MICHAEL WEBSTER Appointed: 2021
  • YVON APPLEBY Appointed: 2022
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 25/06/2020, number: 1190121
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
3 returns made; all on time
Main office

13-15 Chapel Street
Lancaster
LA1 1NZ

Objectives

TO RELIEVE POVERTY AMONGST THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF FOOD POVERTY IN NORTHWEST ENGLAND THROUGH:A) REDISTRIBUTING SURPLUS AND OTHER FOOD; ANDB) ASSISTING IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNITY-RUN FOOD ORGANISATIONS ESTABLISHED TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF THOSE IN FOOD POVERTY.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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