SOUL FOOD SPACES

Registered charity 1157868 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Soul Food Spaces promotes physical, mental and spiritual well-being through the creation of spaces and settings where people can come together and share food and talk honestly about aspects of their lives as a means of finding acceptance, connection, meaning and community.

Objects

1. TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN.2. THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:(I) THE PROVISION OF EMERGENCY FOOD TO INDIVIDUALS IN FINANCIAL NEED.(II) SUPPORTING AND COOPERATING WITH CHARITIES AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.3. TO PROMOTE GOOD MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING SESSIONS IN MEDITATION AND DELIVERING THE FIVE WAYS TO WELLBEING PROGRAMME.4. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING TRAINING AND MENTORING IN MEDITATION.5. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY 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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Gateshead, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a net asset position of £29,790, an increase from the previous year's £22,286, supported by an operating surplus of £7,504. The trustees consider these reserves prudent and sufficient to run the Food Co-op for the next three years without requiring external grants. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis, with the trustees viewing the immediate future as secure.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr John Carpenterchair
• Beldevie Hurazene Moubiri
• Denisa Kuka
• Kath Hayward
• OLLIE BATCHELOR
• Una Mcnicholl · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Durham · Gateshead · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside · Northumberland · South Tyneside · Sunderland

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SOUL KITCHEN.

• SOUL KITCHEN income £61k
• PROJECT FOOD income £164k
• SOUL FOUNDATION income £264k
• SUSTAINABLE FOOD TRUST income £1.7m
• Faith Space London income £32k
• Salford Foodbank income £442k

Side by side with its peers

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