BUCKINGHAM EMERGENCY FOOD APPEAL
Registered charity 1066578 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BEFA
Provision of food and other help to the homeless and needy, particularly at Christmas time.
Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £8,855 for the year ended 31 March 2025, increasing its unrestricted funds to £141,562. The trustees consider the financial position satisfactory and confirm adequate resources for future operations. The charity maintains a reserves policy targeting approximately two years of actual costs incurred.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: two years worth of actual costs incurred (held: £142k)
“In broad terms it is agreed that approximately two years worth of actual costs incurred are to be held as reserves.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
- ANNABEL Lawrence
- Alison Elizabeth Smith
- Isabella Buckingham
- Mark Buckingham
- Polly Bowles
- Rebecca Lucy Smith
- William Buckingham
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is BUCKINGHAM EMERGENCY FOOD APPEAL financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £8,855 for the year ended 31 March 2025, increasing its unrestricted funds to £141,562. The trustees consider the financial position satisfactory and confirm adequate resources for future operations. The charity maintains a reserves policy targeting approximately two years of actual costs incurred. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds BUCKINGHAM EMERGENCY FOOD APPEAL?
Funders whose own accounts filings name BUCKINGHAM EMERGENCY FOOD APPEAL as a grant recipient include THE MRS L D ROPE THIRD CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT, THE LIMBOURNE TRUST, THE RED SOCKS CHARITABLE TRUST, THE BARRATT FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ANNIE TRANMER CHARITABLE TRUST.
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