Felix Charity

Registered charity 1100051 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q5434898 · Wikipedia · also known as FARESHARE · also registered in Scotland as SC052672 (OSCR)

Felix brings people together to rescue, repurpose, and share surplus food that would otherwise go to waste, turning an environmental problem into a social opportunity.Together with 16 other independent charities, 18,000 volunteers, and thousands of partners, we are the UK's food rescue network, supporting 1.5 million people across the country.Fuller plates, fuller communities, and fuller lives

Objects

1.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (THE OBJECTS) ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:1.1.1 TO RELIEVE THE EFFECTS OF POVERTY;1.1.2 TO ADVANCE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND RESILIENCE;1.1.3 TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT; AND1.1.4 TO ADVANCE PUBLIC HEALTH OF THOSE WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM SOCIAL, ECONOMIC OR EMOTIONAL DISTRESS.THIS IS ACHIEVED PRIMARILY (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) BY COLLECTING AND REDISTRIBUTING SURPLUS FOOD AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS, THAT WOULD OTHERWISE GO TO WASTE, TO THOSE IN NEED (OFTEN THOSE FACING SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE).

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Islington, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £6.8 million for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total reserves falling to £14.9 million from £21.7 million the previous year. The trustees note that they strategically drew on reserves to invest in growth and meet rising demand, and that free reserves held were £8.9 million, representing 109% of the estimated required level of £8.2 million. The charity confirms it has sufficient resources to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by PKF Littlejohn LLP. Discloses 4 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04837373

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• WAKEHAM, Julian Murray — director, appointed 01/01/2026on trustee list
• BYAM SHAW, Justin David Elliott — director, appointed 01/01/2026not on trustee list
• DARBY, Gavin John — director, appointed 01/01/2026on trustee list
• DRECHSLER, Paul Joseph — director, appointed 01/01/2026not on trustee list
• SALAMA, Benoit — director, appointed 01/01/2026not on trustee list
• THORPE, Catherine Helen — director, appointed 01/01/2026on trustee list
• WOODLEY, Karin Lee — director, appointed 01/01/2026on trustee list
• BIRCH, John Matthew — director, appointed 01/01/2026on trustee list
• BYAM SHAW, Jane Elizabeth — director, appointed 01/01/2026not on trustee list
• TANGAS, Angela — director, appointed 09/05/2024on trustee list
• BETTS, Karen Elizabeth — director, appointed 06/11/2023on trustee list
• O'MALLEY, Timothy — director, appointed 06/11/2023on trustee list
• BLAKEMORE, Dominic William — director, appointed 06/11/2023on trustee list
• GELBARD, Aron Grisha — director, appointed 06/11/2023on trustee list
• CONNOLLY, Simone — director, appointed 13/08/2021on trustee list
• YOTOV, Angela Michelle — director, appointed 14/02/2019on trustee list
• RICH-DARLEY, Celine Fanny — secretary, appointed 28/04/2026

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (9,988 followers) · instagram (41K followers)

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (78% 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: 16.3% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 3.7%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (22/04/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dominic Blakemorechair
• Angela Michelle Yotov
• Angela Tangas
• Aron Gelbard
• Ben Salama · trustee of 1 other charity
• Catherine Helen Thorpe · trustee of 1 other charity
• Gavin John Darby · trustee of 1 other charity
• JUSTIN DAVID ELLIOTT BYAM SHAW · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jane Elizabeth Byam Shaw · trustee of 1 other charity
• John Matthew Birch · trustee of 1 other charity
• Julian Murray Wakeham
• Karen Betts
• Karin Woodley
• Paul Joseph Drechsler CBE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Simone Connolly · trustee of 1 other charity
• Timothy O'Malley

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Felix London.

• Felix London income £15.9m
• FELIX FUND - THE BOMB DISPOSAL CHARITY income £338k
• FFCC LIMITED income £695k
• FEEDING LIVERPOOL income £329k
• FELIX FOUNDATION income £32k
• RACHEL'S TABLE income £32k

Side by side with its peers

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