WEST BERKS FOODBANK

Registered charity 1151996 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as (FORMERLY NEWBURY AND THATCHAM FOOD BANK)

To relieve persons in West Berkshire and local surrounding areas who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress by providing free food, and in such other ways as the trustees from time to time think fit, and also in other parts of the United Kingdom and in such ways as the trustees from time to time think fit, thereby demonstrating the love of Jesus Christ for all.

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Latest income
£263k
Latest spending
£258k
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds £362,198 in unrestricted funds and £34,895 in restricted funds, resulting in a healthy overall balance. However, the trustees note that there is no room for complacency due to planned substantial expenditure for a warehouse move and the need to replace ending income streams.

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 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — West Berks Foodbank (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: West Berkshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£263k£258k
31/03/2024£274k£201k
31/03/2023£273k£130k
31/03/2022£133k£97k
31/03/2021£205k£103k

Common questions

Is WEST BERKS FOODBANK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds £362,198 in unrestricted funds and £34,895 in restricted funds, resulting in a healthy overall balance. However, the trustees note that there is no room for complacency due to planned substantial expenditure for a warehouse move and the need to replace ending income streams. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds WEST BERKS FOODBANK?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WEST BERKS FOODBANK as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BURGHFIELD ST MARY THE VIRGIN, TOWN AND MANOR OF HUNGERFORD CHARITY.

Known funders

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