BEYOND FOOD FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1136234 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are a charity providing training and support to people who have been impacted by homelessness, mental health, addiction, those with a criminal record or who are at risk of homelessness. Our programmes focus on getting people into fulfilling and meaningful employment, thus breaking the cycle of homelessness, unemployment and poverty.

Objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND PARTICULARLY OF HOMELESS OR UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE AND THOSE AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS OR UNEMPLOYMENT1 THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY2 THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF HOMELESSNESS OR UNEMPLOYMENT; AND3 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AMONGST THOSE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS OR UNEMPLOYMENTBY ANY CHARITABLE MEANS INCLUDING BY TRAINING APPRENTICES AND INCREASING UNDERSTANDING OF HEALTHY EATING.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. 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: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · 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 concluded the financial year with a net surplus of £16,940 and unrestricted reserves of £184,775. While the trustees acknowledge the reserves are below their stated target of three to six months of costs, they report no material uncertainty regarding the charity's ability 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 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
• 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
• 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)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Beyond Food Foundation UK (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• PWC — “We sincerely thank PWC, De Vere Venues, BaxterStorey and Searcys for 15 years of great support at the Brigade site.” (source page)
• De Vere Venues — “We sincerely thank PWC, De Vere Venues, BaxterStorey and Searcys for 15 years of great support at the Brigade site.” (source page)
• BaxterStorey — “We sincerely thank PWC, De Vere Venues, BaxterStorey and Searcys for 15 years of great support at the Brigade site.” (source page)
• Searcys — “We sincerely thank PWC, De Vere Venues, BaxterStorey and Searcys for 15 years of great support at the Brigade site.” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (68% 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: 16.0% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Marcus Nigel Hinechair
• Alessandro Mazza
• Barry Murphy
• David James Catling
• FRANCESCA JOY FINDLATER · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ian Christopher Oakley Smith
• Ian MacEachern
• Isadora Isadora
• Oliver Felix Vincent Hatch

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

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

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 BEYOND POVERTY FOUNDATION.

• BEYOND POVERTY FOUNDATION income £95k
• FOOD FOUNDATION income £2.0m
• FEEDING FAMILIES income £913k
• FEED THE POOR income £938k
• BEYOND THE HORIZON CHARITY income £417k
• The Foundation for Feeding, Education and Development income £275k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.