NOURISH COMMUNITY FOODBANK LIMITED

Registered charity 1154716 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Nourish is an independent community Foodbank that provides short term emergency food and support to those in crisis in Tunbridge Wells and the surrounding areas.Our aim is "No one need be hungry in Tunbridge Wells".

Objects

THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN TUNBRIDGE WELLS AND THE SURROUNDING AREA IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING EMERGENCY FOOD SUPPLIES TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN NEED.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Tunbridge Wells, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £158,139 for the year, resulting in a significant drawdown of unrestricted reserves from £445,079 to £286,940. The trustees report that financial sustainability is under pressure due to falling donations and grants, forcing the charity to use reserves to purchase food and previously fund fuel vouchers. The charity explicitly states that without an increase in donations or financial support, its ability to continue providing emergency aid is under serious pressure.

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 handling
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2021)

Reported reserves equal ~14.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 4.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Adrian Tofts
• Bryony Roy
• Matthew Lowe
• Simon Paul Vincent
• Suneeta Puranik
• Vivienne Barbara Ruth Packer

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

Operates in: East Sussex · Kent

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HORNSEY FOODBANK.

• HORNSEY FOODBANK income £167k
• WYTHENSHAWE FOOD BANK income £82k
• NANTWICH FOOD BANK income £58k
• WEST NORTHUMBERLAND FOOD BANK income £318k
• WADEBRIDGE FOODBANK AND STOREHOUSE income £189k
• Foodrise income £1.4m

Side by side with its peers

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