North Norfolk Foodbank

Registered charity 1149156 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CROMER & DISTRICT FOODBANK

North Norfolk Foodbank is a franchise of the Trussell Trust. It collects, sorts and warehouses non-perishable food donated by churches, schools, community groups and the general public. Any person in crisis can access our food vouchers via our numerous partner agencies, who will assess the need and where appropriate give a voucher which can be exchanged for food at our distribution centres.

Objects

TO RELIEVE PERSONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS (BENEFICIARIES) IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

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 · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: North Norfolk, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income decreased to £338,706 from £370,408 in the prior year, while charitable expenditure also fell to £284,882 from £344,192. The charity holds free unrestricted reserves of £291,398, which exceeds its stated policy target of approximately three months of normal recurring unrestricted expenditure. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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 5 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• 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)

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

• PETER WENHAMchair
• CHRISTOPHER CAMPBELL COOKE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Emma Jane Carrington
• James Andrew Athill
• Lesley Julia Cooley
• Michele Bishop

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

Operates in: Norfolk

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 NORWICH FOOD BANK.

• NORWICH FOOD BANK income £577k
• NUNEATON FOODBANK income £111k
• SOUTH COTSWOLDS FOODBANK income £368k
• Newcastle Foodbank income £1.4m
• PONTYPRIDD FOODBANK income £301k
• ROCHDALE FOODBANK income £303k

Side by side with its peers

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