FAVERSHAM FOODBANK

Registered charity 1158413 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objects of the charity are to relieve persons in faversham and surrounding areas who are in a condition of need, hardship or distress in such ways as the trustees from time to time see fit.

Objects

TO RELIEVE PERSONS IN FAVERSHAM AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THAT ARE IN FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A)PROVIDING EMERGENCY FOOD, ESSENTIAL TOILETRIES, AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN NEED AND/OR FOR DISTRIBUTION BY CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTYB)SUCH OTHER MEANS, INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT OR SIGNPOSTING TO RELEVANT INFORMATION AND OTHER ADVISORY SERVICES.

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: Swale, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds totalled £95,993, which is above the trustees' stated reserve policy target of £40,000. However, the charity reported an operational deficit of £38,577 for the year, noting that such a deficit is not sustainable long-term despite current funds being robust enough to absorb it.

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
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• Investing charity funds 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

• Dominic Deesonchair
• Bethany Munn
• Hannah Perkin
• Laura Coniam
• Susan Margaret Lamberton
• Timothy Robin Bishop

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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