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GLEADLESS VALLEY FOODBANK

Registered charity 1154619 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Operating as a Food bank in the Gleadless Valley area of Sheffield

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · Get email alerts

Latest income
£45k
Latest spending
£66k
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £16,585 for the year ended 30 September 2025, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves to £14,779. The Independent Examiner noted concerns that accounting records were not fully kept and that some receipts and invoices could not be provided. Despite these control issues, the trustees maintain that the charity remains stable and open.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months or 25 per cent of operational cost expenditure plus potential statutory redundancy liabilities (held: £15k)
“The trustees aim to maintain free reserves in unrestricted funds at a level which equate to approximately three months or 25 per cent of operational cost expenditure plus potential statutory redundancy liabilities.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Audit opinion: qualified
“I have identified matters of concern that give me reasonable cause to believe that: 1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee employed by SCC; charity received grants from SCC.
“One trustee was employed by Sheffield City Council, the charity received grants in this and previous financial years.” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Sheffield City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£45k£66k
30/09/2024£48k£106k
30/09/2023£95k£101k
30/09/2022£80k£58k
30/09/2021£73k£53k

Common questions

Is GLEADLESS VALLEY FOODBANK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £16,585 for the year ended 30 September 2025, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves to £14,779. The Independent Examiner noted concerns that accounting records were not fully kept and that some receipts and invoices could not be provided. Despite these control issues, the trustees maintain that the charity remains stable and open. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund21/10/2019£8kGleadless Valley Foodbank