WEST NORTHUMBERLAND FOOD BANK

Registered charity 1158289 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WNFB

Our vision is a community where no one faces food insecurity. Through our Helpline staffed by volunteers who provide much needed information, support and Hardship Awards, our Food Bank volunteer team making year round doorstep deliveries of food parcels, and our One to One Outreach support in the community, we provide a lifeline of practical help to households experiencing poverty.

Objects

THE PREVENTATION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN WEST NORTHUMBERLAND IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY PROVIDING EMERGENCY FOOD SUPPLIES AND RELATED PROVISIONS TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND TO 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: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £20,862 for the year, with total income of £318,032 against total expenditure of £338,895. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves of £170,318 are within the stated policy of holding 3-6 months of operating expenditure, supporting the going concern basis.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Thomas Oliver Russellchair
• Alison Margaret Clark
• Amber Lauren Proctor
• Antigoni Anastasiou
• Christopher Baty
• Dr Kate Haddow
• Timothy James Hakim

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

Operates in: Northumberland

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• BRADFORD NORTH FOODBANK income £186k
• NORTH PADDINGTON FOODBANK income £619k
• NORTHERN DEVON FOODBANK income £236k
• LEEDS NORTH AND WEST FOODBANK income £749k
• WANSBECK VALLEY FOOD BANK income £166k
• NUNEATON FOODBANK income £111k

Side by side with its peers

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