TAMESIDE SOUTH AND LONGDENDALE FOODBANK LTD

Registered charity 1154277 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Practical, community based action against poverty and marginalisation. Developing innovative, sustainable projects such as foodbanks.

Objects

TO RELIEVE PERSONS IN ENGLAND AND WALES AND PRIMARILY IN TAMESIDE AND LONGDENDALE AND THEIR SURROUNDING AREAS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED OR DISTRESS IN SUCH WAYS 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: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement of funds of £4,890 for the year, with total funds increasing to £66,311. Unrestricted reserves stood at £16,208, which the trustees noted were still high despite the need for services rising. The charity is supported by grants and donations, with significant reliance on supermarket food donations and volunteer labor.

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 5 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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 08688131

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• FERGUSON, Gary Peter — director, appointed 24/01/2024on trustee list
• SHINGLER, Elizabeth Ann — director, appointed 28/05/2021on trustee list
• RODERICK, Hugh William, Councillor — director, appointed 28/05/2020on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Hugh William Roderick
• Elizabeth Shingler
• Gary Peter Ferguson
• Jim Fitzpatrick

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

Operates in: Derbyshire · Tameside

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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