FULL CIRCLE FOOD PROJECT

Registered charity 1158829 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FCFP

Full Circle Food Project delivers programmes around cooking and growing fruit and vegetables.

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Latest income
£314k
Latest spending
£245k
Registered
2014
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating surplus of £68,553 for the year ended 31 July 2025, with total income of £313,685 and net assets of £281,026. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £145,089, which the trustees consider prudent and appropriate against their policy target of three months' running costs. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention requiring further disclosure.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months' running costs (held: £145k)
“In line with the Charity’s Reserves Policy, the Trustees have agreed to maintain reserves equivalent to three months’ running costs” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northumberland

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£314k£245k
31/07/2024£217k£199k
31/07/2023£372k£191k
31/07/2022£172k£164k
31/07/2021£123k£125k

Common questions

Is FULL CIRCLE FOOD PROJECT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an operating surplus of £68,553 for the year ended 31 July 2025, with total income of £313,685 and net assets of £281,026. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £145,089, which the trustees consider prudent and appropriate against their policy target of three months' running costs. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention requiring further disclosure. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds FULL CIRCLE FOOD PROJECT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FULL CIRCLE FOOD PROJECT as a grant recipient include THE NISBET TRUST, THE BARBOUR FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE NISBET TRUSTFY2022£10k
THE NISBET TRUSTFY2021£10k
THE BARBOUR FOUNDATIONFY2022£5k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund20/03/2026£20kBringing Nature into Communities
Community Foundation North East05/03/2026£3kGrant to Full Circle Food Project
Sport England07/08/2025£1kPedal and Blend
Community Foundation North East05/03/2025£9kGrant to Full Circle Food Project
Postcode Lottery10/02/2025£40kMillionaire Street 2025 02w4
Community Foundation North East10/11/2022£3kGrant to Full Circle Food Project
Community Foundation North East21/07/2022£5kGrant to Full Circle Food Project
The National Lottery Community Fund16/03/2022£449kReviving Ashington
Community Foundation North East03/02/2022£1kA grant to Full Circle Food Project
Community Foundation North East02/12/2021£4kA grant to Full Circle Food Project
The National Lottery Community Fund16/07/2021£10kCooking for Health
UK government21/05/2020£3kVSCE CMC Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund07/05/2020£3kPost Covid-19 Social Media Campaign
The National Lottery Community Fund12/09/2019£9kGrow for All
Community Foundation North East03/08/2018£5kThe *Outbye Project- * Mining term re the surface
Community Foundation North East08/06/2018£2kGreen Feet

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FULL CIRCLE FOOD PROJECT£314k—0unclear—no doubt
FOODCYCLE FY2025£2.3m—0above—no doubt
PROJECT FOOD FY2025£164k——above—no doubt
FULL FACT FY2024£2.9m——within—no doubt
GROUNDED COMMUNITY FY2025£158k—0above—no doubt
CIRCLES NETWORK FY2025£3.0m——above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.