GOOD FOOD MATTERS

Registered charity 1111235 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Support disadvantaged young people to build healthier lifestyles, focusing on those facing lack of achievement at school, exclusion, in care, caring for relatives, ex-offenders or those at risk from antisocial behaviour, those going through transition, & those involved in teaching or providing nutrition to youth in the UK. Our key message is that good food does matter!

Objects

3. THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE:-(A) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF COOKING AND GROWING HEALTHY FOOD. (B) TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE SO THAT THEY CAN DEVELOP HEALTHIER LIFESTYLES IN PARTICULAR THOSE FACING LACK OF ACHIEVEMENT AT SCHOOL, EXCLUSION, IN CARE, CARING FOR RELATIVES, EX-OFFENDERS OR THOSE AT RISK FROM ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR AS WELL AS DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN GOING THROUGH TRANSITION AND THOSE INVOLVED IN TEACHING OR PROVIDING NUTRITION TO SAID PEOPLE, IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. (C) TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH BY ENCOURAGING THE DEVELOPMENT OF HEALTHIER LIFESTYLES THROUGH THE PROVISION OF PRACTICAL TRAINING, EDUCATION, INFORMATION AND SUPPORT ON NUTRITION, HEALTH AND WELL-BEING TO ENSURE SAID PEOPLE DEVELOP MORE POSITIVE ATTITUDES TO HEALTH AND EQUIPPING THEM TO MAKE MORE INFORMED HEALTH AND DIETARY CHOICES LEADING TO AN IMPROVEMENT IN THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE.

Area of benefit: GREATER LONDON IN PARTICULAR CROYDON

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing of resources of £10,957 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total net liabilities of £25,884. The trustees acknowledge future funding as the most significant risk to financial sustainability. The charity's reserves policy is to maintain three months of running costs in unrestricted reserves, but the current unrestricted fund balance is negative.

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
• 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
• Paying staff
• 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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Polly Tyler — “Special thanks to Polly Tyler, Croydon Rotary Jubilee and Croydon Rotary Clubs for their continued support particularly through lockdown.” (source page)
• Croydon Rotary Jubilee — “Special thanks to Polly Tyler, Croydon Rotary Jubilee and Croydon Rotary Clubs for their continued support particularly through lockdown.” (source page)
• Croydon Rotary Clubs — “Special thanks to Polly Tyler, Croydon Rotary Jubilee and Croydon Rotary Clubs for their continued support particularly through lockdown.” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• CAROLE SHORTchair
• Alexandra Kent
• Chris Mills

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

Operates in: Croydon

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

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

• FOOD MATTERS FOUNDATION income £303k
• SCHOOL FOOD MATTERS income £1.5m
• GIVE. HELP. SHARE. income £243k
• EAT CLUB income £156k
• SUSTAINABLE FOOD TRUST income £1.7m
• FOOD FOUNDATION income £2.0m

Side by side with its peers

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