Deal Area Foodbank & Pantry

Registered charity 1158590 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DAEF, DEAL AREA EMERGENCY FOODBANK

Deal Area Foodbank & Pantry provides emergency food aid to individuals and families located in Deal and the surrounding villages including Sandwich & Aylsham. Donated food is taken to a warehouse for storage and stock control measures. Clients attend local distribution points to exchange a voucher issued by one of over 30 agencies and partner organisations for a 3 day emergency supply of food.

Objects

THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN THE DEAL AREA IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING EMERGENCY FOOD SUPPLIES 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: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £129,601 for the year, resulting in total net assets decreasing from £410,770 to £281,169. The trustees confirmed that unrestricted reserves were maintained at the policy target of six months' unrestricted expenditure, although £115,000 of these reserves have been designated for future premises and van costs.

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
• 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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The Trussell Trust — “Seeded by The Trussell Trust” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• CHRISTOPHER STRINGERchair
• Paul Green
• Theti Angelika Doggett

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EXETER FOOD BANK.

• EXETER FOOD BANK income £173k
• GRANTHAM FOODBANK income £279k
• NUNEATON FOODBANK income £111k
• DOVER FOODBANK income £302k
• EMMELINE'S PANTRY income £247k
• WEYMOUTH FOODBANK income £104k

Side by side with its peers

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