Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 6
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Grant maker support: +6
    Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

    CUPAR FOODBANK  

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
    • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
    • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

    Financial issues to consider:

    • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Data adjusted to reflect year end change
    Period ending 31/10/17 31/10/18 31/10/19 31/10/20 31/10/21 31/10/22 31/03/24
    Total income £25,721 £25,887 £28,712 £55,810 £62,931 £36,874 £118,353
    Total spending £18,524 £16,988 £22,630 £17,021 £27,038 £20,482 £78,676
    Surplus/deficit £7,197 £8,899 £6,082 £38,789 £35,893 £16,392 £39,677
    Established: 8 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    Listed activities
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    GiG Classification
    • Community food services
    Purposes
    • The prevention or relief of poverty
    • The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
    Where it operates
    • Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: Fife
    Who it helps
    • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

    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
    The Trussell Trust - Grant to Cupar Foodbank
    £63,999 27/02/2023
    10.5 hpw CA adviser
    The Trussell Trust - Grant to Cupar Foodbank
    £5,000 02/11/2022
    Emergency grant
    The Trussell Trust - Grant to Cupar Foodbank
    £2,968 01/07/2020
    CV emergency costs: warehouse costs
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to CUPAR FOODBANK
    £4,288 15/11/2019
    We want to service and maintain our van to ensure that no one in our community goes to bed hungry.

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees

    Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in Scotland on 11/10/2016, number: SC046892
    Filing Record
    5 returns made; AR17: 1 days late,
    Main office

    21 St Catherine Street, Cupar, Fife, KY15 4TA

    Objectives

    3. OBJECTS The foodbank will operate as a non-profit distributing charity whose principal objects are the prevention or relief of poverty and the relief of those in need through the provision of food distribution and access to welfare support in the community, with the intention of improving quality of life.

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving
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