WETHERBY AND DISTRICT FOODBANK

Registered charity 1157629 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objects of the CIO are to relieve persons in Wetherby, the immediate surrounding district, and the wider community, who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress in such ways as the Trustees from time to time think fit.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO RELIEVE PERSONS IN WETHERBY AND THE SURROUNDING DISTRICT WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP 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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an in-year deficit of £4,790 for the year ending 30 September 2025, resulting in total funds decreasing from £115,710 to £110,920. Despite a 50% fall in grants from the Trussell Trust and other organisations, the trustees report that the foodbank remains financially strong through prudent cost management and public support.

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.

• 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

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Rebecca Lucy Lythechair
• Claire Louise Burn
• David William Bowen
• Debbie Lynne Marriott
• James William Tinsley
• Simon Mawhinney

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

Operates in: Leeds City · North Yorkshire

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 GLOSSOPDALE FOODBANK.

• GLOSSOPDALE FOODBANK income £153k
• HESSLE AND ANLABY FOOD BANK income £53k
• HERTFORD AND DISTRICT FOODBANK income £148k
• WARWICK DISTRICT FOODBANK income £336k
• STROUD DISTRICT FOODBANK CIO income £436k
• CLEVEDON AND DISTRICT FOODBANK CIO income £133k

Side by side with its peers

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