SOUTH LIVERPOOL FOODBANK

Registered charity 1156466 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SLFB

South Liverpool Foodbank gives food to people in food crisis. Each client visiting one of our five Foodbank food distribution centres with a food ?voucher? is given a food parcel comprising sufficient food for 3 full days. Food parcel size is determined by the number of adults and children listed on the food voucher. The food provided is tinned or packeted and within the Best Before Date.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £35,597 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £317,887 to £282,290. The trustees monitor financial health with a policy aim of maintaining reserves sufficient for six months of normal expenditure. Per the balance sheet, unrestricted funds stood at £148,518, while restricted funds were £133,772.

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.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~3.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (92% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• DEREK ARTHUR HOWARD
• Gill Dempsey
• John Penketh
• John Sumner
• Roger Ibbotson
• Stephen Highfield
• Tricia O'Brien

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

Operates in: Liverpool City

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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