BASFORD, BESTWOOD & BULWELL FOODBANK

Registered charity 1153963 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BESTWOOD & BULWELL FOODBANK

The charity distributes food and essential items for the relief of poverty to people in crisis within the City and County of Nottingham

Objects

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF NOTTINGHAM THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FOOD AND ESSENTIAL ITEMS TO PEOPLE IN CRISIS.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an excess of expenditure over income of £1,087 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £120,012 to £100,209. The trustees note that fundraising and donations allowed them to shore up staples without significantly reducing working funds. The charity holds general reserves of £87,209, which is in excess of its stated policy target of £36,212.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• GREG COWLEYchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Christine Little

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

Operates in: Nottingham City · Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

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