BARNSLEY FOOD BANK PARTNERSHIP

Registered charity 1153906 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The food bank partnership operates across Barnsley . In year one 7 spokes were established opening 8 sessions a week . We have recruited and trained 56 referral agencies . We have collected 35,437kg of food and distributed 31,205kg of food . this is equivalent to approximately ?52,424 . We received 2,364 referrals and fed 4,344 people.

Objects

TO RELIEVE PERSONS IN BARNSLEY, UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS (BENEFICIARIES) IN SUCH A WAY AS THE TRUSTEES 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: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income surplus of £95,145 for the year ended 30 September 2025, with total funds increasing to £317,277. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves stand at £169,148, which is above the stated policy target of covering six months' running costs estimated at £57,000. Per the trustees' report, the charity has adequate resources to continue in operation for the next 12 months.

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.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Michael Anthony Nealchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Christopher Joseph Denton · trustee of 1 other charity
• Father Darren James Percival · trustee of 1 other charity
• IAN GUEST
• Janet Mccormac
• MICHAEL CORNEY
• Phil Atkinson
• Rev Phillip John Maries · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Barnsley

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Government & lottery funding

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