INTO THE COMMUNITY

Registered charity 1084287 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Food Bank - provides people with the essentials at a time when they need them most, covering the time it takes before other parts of our social care infrastructure can come into play. Parent and Toddler group - operates solely for the benefit of parents and families within the local community.

Objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF MILTON KEYNES IN THE COUNTY OF BUCKINGHAM AND ITS SURROUNDING AREA THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND TO ADVANCE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION CHILDREN OF SCHOOL AND PRE-SCHOOL AGE) AND RELIEVE POVERTY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION ADVICE AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING..

Area of benefit: MILTON KEYNES AND ITS SURROUNDING AREA

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Milton Keynes, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £39,495 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total unrestricted funds held at £814,836. The trustees consider the charity to be in a strong financial position and believe the reserves provide sufficient resilience to support ongoing activities. The charity is prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~16.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (97% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alpheo Mlothachair
• IFEOLU JEGUNMA
• MARK ANDREW SHERRATT · trustee of 2 other charities
• MARY ANN AVOTRI
• RACHEL EDWARDS · trustee of 1 other charity

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Buckinghamshire · Milton Keynes

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ROB CLARKE COMMUNITY TRUST.

• THE ROB CLARKE COMMUNITY TRUST income £386k
• FOOD AND COMMUNITY TRUST income £2.4m
• HASLEMERE FOOD BANK TRUST income £118k
• GIVE. HELP. SHARE. income £243k
• Food Bank Aid income £775k
• TOOTING COMMUNITY KITCHEN income £123k

Side by side with its peers

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