FareShare Midlands

Registered charity 1146847 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FARESHARE LEICESTER

FareShare Midlands (formerly FareShare Leicester) was formed on 1st July, 2008, as a project of the Diocese of Leicester and a franchise of the national charity FareShare. FareShare takes good quality surplus food from the food industry that is supplied to community organisations for those in need, rather than being disposed of.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£4.4m
Latest spending
£3.6m
Registered
2012
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that FareShare Midlands achieved an underlying operational profit for the first time since 2020/21, resulting in a total surplus of £763,479. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £553,760, which is below its stated policy target of three months of operating costs. The organization remains financially stable with adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: more than £60,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)
“1 (2024: Nil) employee received emoluments in excess of £60,000.” — page 69
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“1 (2024: Nil) employee received emoluments in excess of £60,000.” — page 69
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months of our operating costs (held: £554k)
“It is the organisation’s aim to hold reserves at year end of three months of our operating costs.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Payment from Stafford Community Food Distribution Hub
“M. Court, a director of FareShare Midlands, is also a director of Stafford Community Food Distribution Hub. During the year, payments of £13,774 (2024: £ 11,201) were received from Stafford Community Food Distribution Hub.” — page 80
“Total donations of £10 (2024: £Nil) were received from trustees during the year.” — page 80
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations from trustees
“M. Court, a director of FareShare Midlands, is also a director of Stafford Community Food Distribution Hub. During the year, payments of £13,774 (2024: £ 11,201) were received from Stafford Community Food Distribution Hub.” — page 80
“Total donations of £10 (2024: £Nil) were received from trustees during the year.” — page 80
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by The Rowleys Partnership Ltd. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — FareShare Midlands (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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

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

Total income
£4.4m
Total spending
£3.6m
Cost of raising funds
£469k
Reserves (reported)
£554k
Employees
65

Reported reserves equal ~1.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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: 10.7% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£4.4m£3.6m
30/06/2024£3.3m£3.5m
30/06/2023£3.6m£4.0m
30/06/2022£3.1m£3.2m
30/06/2021£3.0m£2.6m

Common questions

Is FareShare Midlands financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that FareShare Midlands achieved an underlying operational profit for the first time since 2020/21, resulting in a total surplus of £763,479. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £553,760, which is below its stated policy target of three months of operating costs. The organization remains financially stable with adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by The Rowleys Partnership Ltd.

What does the highest-paid employee of FareShare Midlands earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the more than £60,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds FareShare Midlands?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FareShare Midlands as a grant recipient include FUSION21 FOUNDATION, THE 29TH MAY 1961 CHARITY, THE JONES 1986 CHARITABLE TRUST, THE EVAN CORNISH FOUNDATION, THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
FUSION21 FOUNDATIONFY2024£33kMainstream grants programme
FUSION21 FOUNDATIONFY2025£28kMainstream grants programme
THE 29TH MAY 1961 CHARITYFY2022£15kcost of providing foodbanks across the West Midlands
THE JONES 1986 CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£10kRelief of Poverty
THE EVAN CORNISH FOUNDATIONFY2025£8kUK Round July 2024
THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUSTFY2024£5kCommunity Inclusion and Engagement
THE MONTAL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5k
THE RATCLIFF FOUNDATIONFY2024£5k
THE EVAN CORNISH FOUNDATIONFY2022£5k
THE MICHAEL MARSH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£5kRelief of Poverty
THE ROGER & DOUGLAS TURNER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£5k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITEDFY2025£5kPoverty
J N DERBYSHIRE TRUSTFY2022£3k
THE RATCLIFF FOUNDATIONFY2023£3k
J N DERBYSHIRE TRUSTFY2023£3k
THE THOMAS FARR CHARITYFY2022£3k
THE CARMELA & RONNIE PIGNATELLI FOUNDATIONFY2024£3k
THE CARMELA & RONNIE PIGNATELLI FOUNDATIONFY2025£3k
LILIAN FRANCES HIND BEQUEST (TRUSTEES OF LADY HIND)FY2022£2kWelfare
THE JESSIE SPENCER TRUSTFY2022£2kWelfare
THE CHARLES LITTLEWOOD HILL TRUSTFY2025£1k
LILIAN FRANCES HIND BEQUEST (TRUSTEES OF LADY HIND)FY2024£1k
LILIAN FRANCES HIND BEQUEST (TRUSTEES OF LADY HIND)FY2025£1k
THE JESSIE SPENCER TRUSTFY2023£1k
THE GRAY TRUSTFY2024£1kGeneral category header
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1k
R. DAPHNE PLUNKET CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£500
THE HISCOX FOUNDATIONFY2025£0
THE HISCOX FOUNDATIONFY2024£0

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund28/03/2024£240kSupporting our Communities: Fighting Food Poverty across the Midlands
The National Lottery Community Fund13/05/2022£10kAddressing food insecurity in Lincolnshire
The National Lottery Community Fund23/05/2019£10kMobile Pantry - supporting food security
The National Lottery Community Fund25/05/2016£10kFareShare Skills and Development Programme

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FARESHARE YORKSHIRE LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FareShare Midlands£4.4mmore than £60,0001unclear—no doubt
FARESHARE YORKSHIRE LIMITED FY2025£1.3m—0below—no doubt
LEOMINSTER FOOD BANK FY2025£148k—0unclear—no doubt
SHREWSBURY FOOD HUB FY2025£308kUnder £60,0000below15.4%no doubt
FARESHARE NORTH EAST FY2025£723k—0unclear—no doubt
FOOD REDISTRIBUTION WALES LTD FY2026£938k—0unclear—noted

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