COMMUNITY FOOD ENTERPRISE LIMITED

Registered charity 1116006 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CFE, COMMUNITY FOOD ENTERPRISE

Our mission is to partner with the diverse people of Newham, the East London region, and nationally with those with similar needs, to safeguard and sustain their right to the right food as a fundamental condition for individual and community health and well-being. We will realise this mission by enhancing food access, by promoting best practices in diet and nutrition, and by appropriate education.

Objects

1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE BENEFITS OF SOUND NUTRITION, COOKING AND OTHER FOOD SKILLS.2) THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC.3) TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NUTRITIONAL NEEDS, AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE NATIONAL

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 · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £2,670 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in unrestricted funds decreasing from £46,861 to £44,191. The trustees acknowledge that funding is unpredictable and are working towards maintaining reserves to cover at least three months of operating costs. The charity relies on donations, sponsorship, and earned income to cover shortfalls and sustain its operations.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting 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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2024 (received 04/02/2025, 4 days after the 31/01/2025 due date); year ending 31/03/2023 (received 12/03/2024, 41 days after the 31/01/2024 due date); year ending 31/03/2022 (received 22/02/2023, 22 days after the 31/01/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Community Food Enterprise (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• ERIC RAWLE SAMUEL

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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 COMMUNITY INITIATIVES SOUTH WEST LIMITED.

• COMMUNITY INITIATIVES SOUTH WEST LIMITED income £1.7m
• NEWHAM COMMUNITY PROJECT income £449k
• NEWHAM FOUNDATION income £305k
• FOOD AND COMMUNITY TRUST income £2.4m
• COMMUNITIES FOOD & WELLBEING HUB income £156k
• COMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION income £125k

Side by side with its peers

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