SODEXO STOP HUNGER FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1110266 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SODEXHO FOUNDATION, SODEXO FOUNDATION, STOP HUNGER

In the UK and Ireland:1. to advance education of the general public in relation to health, nutrition and wellbeing;2. to provide relief from financial hardship and the improvement of the quality of life in socially and/or economically disadvantaged communities through the provision of grants, goods and/or services in relation to health, nutrition and wellbeing;

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · 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 achieved a net income of £224,288 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income of £1,225,657 and total expenditure of £1,001,599. The trustees report that free reserves stood at £675,645, noting that there is no formal reserves policy but funds are held to ensure long-term objectives can be met. The auditor confirmed that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05410855

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.

• RENTON, Jean Mary — director, appointed 01/04/2025on trustee list
• O'BRIEN, Sharon Elizabeth — director, appointed 17/10/2023on trustee list
• SCOTT, Samantha Louise — director, appointed 14/09/2017on trustee list
• FORBES, Patrick — director, appointed 14/03/2016on trustee list
• CLIFTON, Helen Sarah — secretary, appointed 01/07/2026

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~8.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (73% 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: 23.4% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jean Mary Renton
• Patrick Forbes
• Samanthan Louise Scott
• Sharon Elizabeth OBrien

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

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

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FOOD AND SHELTER FOUNDATION.

• FOOD AND SHELTER FOUNDATION income £647k
• SQUARE FOOD FOUNDATION income £283k
• Prept. Foundation income £284k
• CITY CATERING SOUTHAMPTON income £5.6m
• THE FEED FOUNDATION income £1.5m
• NORTHERN DEVON FOODBANK income £236k

Side by side with its peers

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