EXETER FOOD BANK

Registered charity 1128795 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Exeter Food Bank provides short term food supplies to local people in crisis referred to us by a number of agencies and charities.

Objects

TO RELIEVE PERSONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLDWHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS (BENEFICIARIES) IN SUCHWAYS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Exeter, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £65,454 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £576,630 to £511,176. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £504,506, though no specific reserves policy target is stated in the document.

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 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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management 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
• 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.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Gary Flint
• Gerry Hunt
• Ian Robertson
• RICHARD JOHN JUDD
• Richard Judd
• Sarah Hornblower

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

Operates in: Devon

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 EXETER FOOD ACTION.

• EXETER FOOD ACTION income £136k
• WYTHENSHAWE FOOD BANK income £82k
• TEWKESBURY FOODBANK income £152k
• BISHOP'S STORTFORD FOOD BANK income £98k
• CHESTERFIELD FOODBANK income £118k
• EASTBOURNE FOODBANK income £865k

Side by side with its peers

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