COBHAM AREA FOODBANK

Registered charity 1154217 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE OBJECTS ARE: TO RELIEVE PERSONS IN COBHAM, OXSHOTT, STOKE D'ABERNON AND DOWNSIDE WITHIN THE BOROUGH OF ELMBRIDGE, SURREY AND SURROUNDING AREAS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS, BY PROVIDING FREE FOOD.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: TO RELIEVE PERSONS IN COBHAM, OXSHOTT, STOKE D'ABERNON AND DOWNSIDE WITHIN THE BOROUGH OF ELMBRIDGE, SURREY AND SURROUNDING AREAS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS, AS 'NEED' IS DEFINED IN CLAUSE 30, (INTERPRETATION), BY PROVIDING FREE FOOD AND IN SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT,- THE RELIEF OF POVERTY:- THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP.- THE BENEFIT PROVIDED BY THE CIO IS AVAILABLE TO ANYONE IRRESPECTIVE OF AGE, SEX, RACE OR NATIONALITY, PROVIDED THAT THEY HAVE NEED AND THAT THEY LIVE OR HAVE NEED IN THE VILLAGES OF COBHAM, OXSHOTT, STOKE D'ABERNON AND DOWNSIDE WITHIN THE BOROUGH OF ELMBRIDGE, SURREY AND SURROUNDING AREAS. NOTHING WHICH THE CIO DOES SHOULD CAUSE HARM OR OTHER DETRIMENT.

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: Elmbridge, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted cash funds of £181,396 at the end of the period, representing a decrease from the previous year's £181,943. Total receipts for the year were £31,681, while total payments amounted to £32,228, resulting in a net decrease in funds of £547. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters were identified that would cause concern regarding the accounts.

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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting 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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 01/02/2024, 1 day after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVENE STIRLING
• ELISABETH CHRISTINA VAN ROEST MA
• TIMOTHY JAMES CLARKE BA,ACA

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

Operates in: Surrey

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Side by side with its peers

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