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FOOD AND SHELTER FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1096411 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

to relieve poverty, advance education, preserve and protect health worldwide

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£647k
Latest spending
£640k
Registered
2003
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £721,521, with the trustees considering reserves adequate to support ongoing charitable causes. The charity reported a net income of £6,447 for the year, having distributed the majority of its incoming donations to charitable activities in Africa and India.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: adequate to continue to support its charitable causes as well as meeting its ongoing support and governance costs (held: £722k)
“The director and trustees endeavour to distribute all income received in the year to charitable causes. The level of reserves held at the year end is considered to be adequate to continue to support its charitable causes as well as meeting its ongoing support and governance costs.” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations received from companies where trustees are directors.
“During the year the charity received the following donations: QS Supplies Limited - £89,266 (2024: £241,176) Leicester Doors and Timber Limited - £80,000 (2024: £460,029) Buildyard Wigston Limited - £470,000 (2024: £70,000) The trustees are also directors of the above named companies.” — page 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/11/2025)

Total income
£647k
Total spending
£640k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Egypt · India · Malawi · The Gambia · Throughout England · Zimbabwe

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/11/2025£647k£640k
30/11/2024£771k£529k
30/11/2023£333k£403k
30/11/2022£370k£433k
30/11/2021£400k£250k

Common questions

Is FOOD AND SHELTER FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £721,521, with the trustees considering reserves adequate to support ongoing charitable causes. The charity reported a net income of £6,447 for the year, having distributed the majority of its incoming donations to charitable activities in Africa and India. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED2£2.1m
THE WIGODER FAMILY FOUNDATION1£530k
THE NUFFIELD FOUNDATION1£400k
THE ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION1£220k
GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' FOUNDATION1£185k
THE NUTRITIONAL WELLBEING FOUNDATION1£120k
THE CAROLE AND GEOFFREY LAWSON FOUNDATION1£108k
THE JOSEPH ROWNTREE CHARITABLE TRUST1£103k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CHICKEN SOUP SHELTER.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FOOD AND SHELTER FOUNDATION£647k—0above—no doubt
THE CHICKEN SOUP SHELTER FY2025£793k—0unclear—no doubt
SHELTER FROM THE STORM FY2025£484k—0unclear—no doubt
COMMUNITY CONCERN LONDON FY2024£934—0above—no doubt
FOOD FOUNDATION FY2025£2.0m——unclear—no doubt
THE FOCUS FOUNDATION FY2025£1.6m—0unclear4.0%no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.