ACTS OF KINDNESS

Registered charity 1157916 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AOK

The relief of financial hardship among people living or working in Redditch and surrounding districts by providing food, through the medium of Redditch Foodbank, and other goods.The prevention or relief of poverty in Redditch and surrounding districts by providing grants, items and services to individuals in need and/or charities, or other organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:1. THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONG PEOPLE LIVING OR WORKING IN REDDITCH AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS BY PROVIDING SUCH PEOPLE WITH FOOD, THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF REDDITCH FOODBANK, AND OTHER GOODS.2. THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN REDDITCH AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS BY PROVIDING GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.

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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Redditch, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £34,261.63 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £268,329.14 to £234,067.51. The trustees consider that finances are sufficient to continue activities as a going concern for the foreseeable future. The charity is unincorporated and subject to independent examination rather than audit.

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 3 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
• 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
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ian Donnanchair
• Caroline Baker
• Clare Mary Carmen
• Elaine Gina Grant
• NEIL RODERICK BISHOP
• REVEREND ROBIN DEREK BAKER · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Worcestershire

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 ACTS TRUST.

• ACTS TRUST income £946k
• SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES income £176k
• ACTS MINISTRIES income £73k
• DORCHESTER FOODBANK income £42k
• DEVIZES AND DISTRICT FOODBANK income £93k
• MIDDLEWICH & DISTRICT FOODBANK income £58k

Side by side with its peers

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