MANCHESTER CENTRAL FOODBANK

Registered charity 1157605 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MCFB

Manchester Central Foodbank, part of the Trussell Trust Network, provides an emergency service to those in need in Central Manchester. We give out emergency food parcels (3 days nutritionally balanced food) and signposting services to those referred to us by front line agencies (social workers, GPs, chaplains, schools, etc.) as well as support in other forms to relieve the impact of poverty.

Objects

1 - The relief of poverty in Greater Manchester and surrounding areas by the provision of food parcels containing non-perishable, balanced and nutritious foodstuffs and other consumables to individuals in need. 2 - The relief of poverty in Greater Manchester by the provision of a signposting service, ensuring individuals in need have access to information about the services available to them.3 – The relief of poverty in Greater Manchester by means of any items, materials, projects, advice, and support that the trustees deem appropriate.

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: Manchester, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved an operating surplus of £80,591 for the year ended 30 June 2025, resulting in total net assets of £631,382. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £354,958, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover approximately six months of unrestricted charitable expenditure. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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.

• 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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 30/06/2023 (received 17/08/2024, 109 days after the 30/04/2024 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Manchester Central Foodbank (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~4.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (85% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Matthew Robert Stallardchair
• Charlotte Fenney
• Claire Harnett
• Farhana Anisah Khan
• Oonagh Collins
• Shilpa Patel

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

Operates in: Manchester City

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

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

• WARWICK DISTRICT FOODBANK income £336k
• NUNEATON FOODBANK income £111k
• MALMESBURY AND DISTRICT FOODBANK income £129k
• THE TRUSSELL TRUST income £62.8m
• HUNSTANTON AND DISTRICT FOOD BANK income £98k
• FYLDE FOOD BANK income £166k

Side by side with its peers

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