Finance Score: -12

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 5

Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
Dormant: -10
No PartB

Gov Income
Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: -7

THE FRIENDLY FOOD CLUB

Throughout England to promote good health and wellbeing, particularly but not exclusively among those who are economically and socially disadvantaged. Various types of sessions designed to increase understanding and skills in nutrition, healthy eating, cooking, meal planning, growing food and budgeting and raise awareness of the relationship between diet and health.

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The charity has received Government grants and contracts

Financial issues to consider:

This Charity has changed registration and some of the financial and donation history pertains to the previous entity
A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
This charity appears to be dormant

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Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/22	*	£22	£26	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/21		£30	£30	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	18
31/03/20	*	£34	£40	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/03/19		£23	£46	£-22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
31/03/18		£31	£20	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	25
31/03/17		£15	£18	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£45	£37	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£43	£53	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£66	£55	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£30	£29	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£37	£56	£-19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£75	£54	£21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£56	£56	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£21	£23	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£23	£30	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£27	£10	£17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£8	£2	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 1 years

thefriendlyfoodclub.org

thefriendlyfoodclub@gmail.com

01202552419

Charity Commission for England and Wales

This Charity appears to be dormant

Listed activities

Disability
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

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 significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Aspire2 Partnership Project
£9,957	28/03/2023	The funding will be used to deliver a health and wellbeing programme for disadvantaged residents including those with additional needs and people who are unemployed. The project will provide weekly ....more The funding will be used to deliver a health and wellbeing programme for disadvantaged residents including those with additional needs and people who are unemployed. The project will provide weekly activities including growing food on a community allotment healthy cooking sessions physical exercises art and drama workshops and a community choir. The project aims to support participants to reduce isolation improve their life skills mental and physical health.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Training & Learning Company
£4,001	23/10/2021	We would like to get low income vulnerable families cooking together, learning new skills and sharing their experiences with other families, with Cookboxes.
National Lottery Community Fund - Meet, Cook & Eat
£53,780	28/02/2019 36	The funding will be used to expand the scale of the Meet, Cook and Eat programme to reach a significantly larger and more diverse group of people. The project uses cookery workshops to engage a wide ....more The funding will be used to expand the scale of the Meet, Cook and Eat programme to reach a significantly larger and more diverse group of people. The project uses cookery workshops to engage a wide range of vulnerable and disadvantaged individuals across the region.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Training & Learning Company
£3,570	29/11/2017	We need to pay for iInformal social occasions based around preparing and eating a healthy meal for older, independent isolated residents.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards a cohesive multi-ethnic lunch club, with social activities
£2,000	23/03/2017	Towards a cohesive multi-ethnic lunch club, with social activities and support for disadvantaged BME population in Dorset.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

CHRIS BALFE (Chair) Appointed: 2023

IAIN STEVENSON Appointed: 2024

MARK HEATH Appointed: 2014

SUSAN READ Appointed: 2023

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 18/01/2023, number: 1201623

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

17 returns made; AR22: 7 days late, AR20: 445 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from THE TRAINING AND LEARNING COMPANY on 24/08/2023

Main office

Townsend Community Centre
Jewell Road
Bournemouth
BH8 0LT

Objectives

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (“OBJECTS”), TO BE CARRIED OUT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN SUCH PARTS OF ENGLAND AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:1) THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH AND WELLBEING, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY AMONG THOSE WHO ARE ECONOMICALLY AND SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES DESIGNED TO INCREASE UNDERSTANDING AND SKILLS IN NUTRITION, HEALTHY EATING, COOKING, MEAL PLANNING, GROWING FOOD AND BUDGETING AND RAISE AWARENESS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DIET AND HEALTH.2) THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED, BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE.

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