EAT OR HEAT

Registered charity 1154192 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide emergency free food aid to those identified by public services/agencies as being in need because of financial hardship.

Objects

TO PROVIDE FREE FOOD AID TO THOSE IDENTIFIED BY FRONT LINE PUBLIC SERVICE AGENCIES (SOCIAL SERVICES, COMMUNITY WELFARE ORGANISATIONS, HOUSING ASSOCIATIONS ETC.) AS BEING IN NEED BECAUSE OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP.

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: Waltham Forest, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £446,238, which the trustees describe as a 'high reserve' maintained to cover increasing food stock costs. The charity's main income derives from public donations, with total receipts of £118,525 for the year. The trustees report that demand for services continues to rise, leading to increased expenditure on food distribution.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• 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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• GARY CHRISTOPHER NASHchair
• Amy Cronin
• Carol Gooch
• Chris Rennie
• Donna East
• Margaret Wick
• Nuria Maria Goethals

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

Operates in: Waltham Forest

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EATING BETTER.

• EATING BETTER income £450k
• ALIVE FOODBANK income £14k
• POOR'S ALLOTMENT OR LING HEATH CHARITY income £30k
• EXETER FOOD ACTION income £136k
• FEEDING FAMILIES income £913k
• AID THE NEEDY income £104k

Side by side with its peers

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