Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 6

No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 8

KNOWSLEY FOODBANK

Knowsley Foodbank works to prevent and relieve poverty in Knowsley by providing emergency food provision, toiletries, homewares, clothing, debt/welfare advice and other training to those in financial need with no distinction of age, race, sex, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, political belief or other opinions/distinction.

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Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 4 trustees

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
30/04/23		£452,060	£432,922	£19,138	60
30/04/22		£103,106	£89,318	£13,788	10

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 3 years

https://www.knowsleyfoodbank.org/

joe.goulding@knowsleyfoodbank.org

0808 275 9930

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Knowsley,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
60 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

Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside	£10,260
National Lottery Community Fund	£9,700
The Trussell Trust	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Caring Connections
£5,960	23/08/2023	To support care leavers in developing their digital knowledge through weekly sessions. They will learn how to use a variety of devices and and Microsoft 365.
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Roby AirRevive
£4,300	01/08/2023	To develop a garden to combat air pollution and foster community engagement. They will also develop an education programme for children including air pollution tests, visits to the garden, and learn ....more To develop a garden to combat air pollution and foster community engagement. They will also develop an education programme for children including air pollution tests, visits to the garden, and learn how to store fresh produce and reduce waste. Finally they would like to launch a large scale environmental awareness campaign including online and physical marketing.
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Knowsley Foodbank
£5,000	11/10/2022	Emergency grant
National Lottery Community Fund - Knowsley Food Drive
£9,700	01/04/2022	The funding will be used to re-stock the shelves at the food bank warehouse and provide a industrial-sized fridge freezer and cooker ensuring the charity is able to continue to keep up with the ....more The funding will be used to re-stock the shelves at the food bank warehouse and provide a industrial-sized fridge freezer and cooker ensuring the charity is able to continue to keep up with the excessive demand placed upon its services through both its food bank and food club. The project aims to continue providing essential products and in addition enables the group to expand its service to accommodate healthy choices teaching classes tea and chat activities and allow them to adapt space for service users to interact socially with each other.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANTONIA BELL Appointed: 2021

JOSEPH JOHN WILLIAM GOULDING Appointed: 2021

LYDIA ELIZABETH DAVIES Appointed: 2021

MIKE KEARNS Appointed: 2024

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 06/10/2021, number: 1196064

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
Complaints policy and procedures
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
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

2 returns made; all on time

Main office

Unit E
Beckett Close
Knowsley Industrial Estate

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS:THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF POVERTY IN KNOWSLEY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THROUGH THE OPERATION OF A FOODBANK AND COMMUNITY STORE OFFERING FOOD, ESSENTIAL ITEMS AND LINKED SUPPORT, SERVICES AND ADVICE TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN FINANCIAL NEED.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL

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