THE CAMBRIDGE CITY FOODBANK

Registered charity 1149883 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our Vision is to end the need for foodbanks in the UK. While we work toward this goal, our local Mission remains to meet the need for emergency and affordable food, and tackle the causes of poverty, by harnessing the power of the community. Our Foodbank Welcome Centres provide 3 days' worth of emergency food, and our network of affordable food clubs support people in persistent food insecurity.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £392,511 for the year ended 30 September 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds to £781,983. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £536,100 (excluding tangible fixed assets) remain within the charity's stated policy range of £500,000 to twelve months of expenditure. The trustees confirm adequate resources for going concern, noting that the deficit was partly offset by the utilization of designated reserves for strategic expansion projects.

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Cambridge City Foodbank (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~8.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% 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: 1.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (24/04/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Stephen Thornton CBEchair
• Alfred Sunil Muthunathan
• Bridget Mary Havard
• Heather Ruth Kilpatrick
• Joanne Rachel Funk
• Martin Russell Evans
• Nicola Cameron Pearson
• Peter Reginald Graham Childs
• RICHARD KEITH JOHNSON

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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