HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM FOODBANK
Registered charity 1148358 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HFFB
elimination of hunger and poverty in Hammersmith & Fulham
Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £584,089, which the Trustees consider adequate based on six months of operational expenses. Although total income fell slightly to £1,001,741 and operational expenditure rose to £1,009,457, resulting in a small net deficit, the charity maintains a strong cash position of £802,921. The Trustees and auditors confirm the going concern basis is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: six months of operational expenses (held: £584k)
“The Trustees believe this level of reserves is adequate for the continuing operation of the charity, based on six months of operational expenses.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations from Trustees
“In the current year, donations from Trustees totalling £5,000 (2024: £5,560) were received by the charity.” — page 33
“In the current year, funds totalling £11,516 (2024: £18,800) were received from H&F Giving. Vivienne Lukey, a Trustee, is also a Trustee of this charity.” — page 33
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Funds from H&F Giving (Trustee connected)
“In the current year, donations from Trustees totalling £5,000 (2024: £5,560) were received by the charity.” — page 33
“In the current year, funds totalling £11,516 (2024: £18,800) were received from H&F Giving. Vivienne Lukey, a Trustee, is also a Trustee of this charity.” — page 33
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by MA Partners Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Year-over-year changes
- Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "below" (FY2024) to "above" (FY2025).
Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — H&F Foodbank (matched by registered charity number).
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- WALLACE, Antony Richard — director, appointed 04/06/2025on trustee list
- LEE, Jacqueline Diana — director, appointed 04/06/2025on trustee list
- SHEPHERD, Sarah Elizabeth — director, appointed 04/06/2025on trustee list
- BECHELY-CRUNDALL, James Edward — director, appointed 07/03/2023on trustee list
- LE GRYS, Frances — director, appointed 07/03/2023not on trustee list
- HANJARAS, Marianne — director, appointed 07/03/2023on trustee list
- KREMIN-PACEY, Aiden — director, appointed 07/03/2023on trustee list
- MACDONALD, Anthony — director, appointed 07/03/2023on trustee list
- LUKEY, Vivienne Janet — director, appointed 24/09/2018on trustee list
- STOREY, Philip Mark — secretary, appointed 11/08/2022
Official officers record.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~6.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (22/11/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Frances Le Gryschair · trustee of 1 other charity
- Aiden Kremin-Pacey
- Anthony Macdonald
- Antony Wallace
- Jacqueline Diana Lee
- James Bechely-Crundall
- Marianne Hanjaras
- Sarah Shepherd
- Vivienne Lukey · trustee of 2 other charities
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Hammersmith And Fulham
Income and spending
Common questions
Is HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM FOODBANK financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £584,089, which the Trustees consider adequate based on six months of operational expenses. Although total income fell slightly to £1,001,741 and operational expenditure rose to £1,009,457, resulting in a small net deficit, the charity maintains a strong cash position of £802,921. The Trustees and auditors confirm the going concern basis is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by MA Partners Audit LLP.
Who funds HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM FOODBANK?
Funders whose own accounts filings name HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM FOODBANK as a grant recipient include Bird Song Trust, HAMMERSMITH UNITED CHARITIES.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
Government & lottery funding
Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).
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