WARRINGTON FOODBANK

Registered charity 1152525 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To relieve persons in Warrington and surrounding areas who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress by the provision of food, in such ways as the trustees see fit.

Objects

The relief of financial hardship amongst people in Warrington and the surrounding area or in other parts of the United Kingdom in such ways as the trustees from time-to-time think fit, in particular, but not exclusively by:• providing emergency food, essential toiletries, and household items to individuals and families in need and/or for distribution by charities or other organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty• such other means, including (but not limited to) the provision of support or signposting to relevant information and other advisory services

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 · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Warrington, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net expenditure of £113,082 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £416,580 to £303,498. Unrestricted free reserves stood at £282,660, which is above the trustees' stated target of £177,000, although the accounts note this margin is considerably reduced from the previous year. The trustees consider there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• 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.

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Michael Ruckchair
• Benjamin William Pennell
• Carmena Wood
• Jane Christine McVey
• Lesley Anne Sweeney
• Philip Raymond Rawlinson

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

Operates in: Warrington

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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