ISLE OF WIGHT FOODBANK

Registered charity 1144644 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We provide emergency food and support to local people in crisis. This is achieved through the public donating food either at Collection Points or Supermarket Collections. Food is then sorted and distributed to the Distribution Centres. Frontline care professionals give foodbank vouchers to people in crisis and these can be exchanged for three days worth of food at a foodbank Distribution Centre.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The charity reports unrestricted reserves of £361,916, which the trustees describe as a 'healthy position' allowing for long-term planning. This represents an increase from the previous year's £331,732, driven by a surplus of £25,106. The accounts state that the charity is operating on a going concern basis with adequate resources.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Isle of Wight Foodbank (matched by registered charity number).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (12/01/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ROBERT CHRISTOPHER HOLGATEchair
• Caroline Osborn
• Rev STEPHEN BELL · trustee of 1 other charity
• STEPHEN PORTER · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Isle Of Wight

Income and spending

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