YORK FOODBANK

Registered charity 1154149 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To relieve poverty, hardship or distress through the provision of food to people in need of emergency supplies in York and the surrounding area and by such other means as the trustees may determine.

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Latest income

£310k

Latest spending

£314k

Registered

2013

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £433,037 exceeded the trustees' desired reserve target of £270,940. The charity reported a small net deficit of £3,632 for the year, which was offset by the receipt of gift aid claims from previous years. The trustees confirmed there were no 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 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

CALEB SAMUEL ELLWOODchair · trustee of 1 other charity
ANGELA DAWNE MOORE
Adrian Fuller · trustee of 1 other charity
David John Lampitt
David Keith Brown
Elizabeth Anne Fryer
James David Topliss

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

Operates in: City Of York · North Yorkshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£310k	£314k
31/03/2024	£317k	£354k
31/03/2023	£375k	£272k
31/03/2022	£212k	£218k
31/03/2021	£385k	£72k

Common questions

Is YORK FOODBANK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £433,037 exceeded the trustees' desired reserve target of £270,940. The charity reported a small net deficit of £3,632 for the year, which was offset by the receipt of gift aid claims from previous years. The trustees confirmed there were no uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds YORK FOODBANK?

Funders whose own accounts filings name YORK FOODBANK as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST THOMAS WITH ST MAURICE, YORK., NETHER WITH UPPER POPPLETON PCC (ALL SAINTS' AND ST EVERILDA'S), THE HISCOX FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST THOMAS WITH ST MAURICE, YORK.	FY2024	£5k	Funding for KEYS Recovery Project Centre
NETHER WITH UPPER POPPLETON PCC (ALL SAINTS' AND ST EVERILDA'S)	FY2024	£288	Harvest Lunch
THE HISCOX FOUNDATION	FY2025	£0
THE HISCOX FOUNDATION	FY2024	£0

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
City of York Council	—	£2k	To fund the provision of `Community Service Advice`
City of York Council	—	£2k	Provision of `Community Service Advice` in accordance with the Financial Inclusion Steering Group grant award of 26/09/17 for the period 01/10/17 to 30/09/18. Payments by instalment.
City of York Council	—	£2k	Provision of `Community Service Advice` in accordance with the Financial Inclusion Steering Group