WREXHAM FOODBANK / BANC BWYD WRECSAM

Registered charity 1162262 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of emergency food parcels; signposting for clients in need of debt management or other forms of personal support. Advice on budgeting and Eat Well Spend Less courses to support this.

Objects

TO RELIEVE PERSONS IN WREXHAM COUNTY BOROUGH 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 POVERTY.B) 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: Wrexham, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£172k

Latest spending

£179k

Registered

2015

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £250,954, which the trustees calculated would cover approximately 16 months of operating costs, exceeding their policy target of 12 months. However, the filing notes a significant decline in food donations, leading to increased expenditure on purchasing food, and identifies the potential loss of external grant funding as the principal financial risk.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Corporate donations (31% of income)

“Corporate donations 54,311” — page 9

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: 12 months of operational costs (reserves figure: £251k)

“The Charity's reserves policy is to maintain sufficient unrestricted funds to cover 12 months of operational costs” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls 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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

Volunteers: 105
Government income: £52,988 — grants £52,988 (2); 31% of the £172,406 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Volunteers: 105
Government income: £51,158 — grants £51,158 (1); 23% of the £221,334 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

Volunteers: 80
Government income: £22,000 — grants £22,000 (1); 15% of the £150,541 total gross income on the same return

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Wrexham Foodbank (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Suzanne Nantcurvischair · trustee of 1 other charity
Alan George Jacobs
Anna Grace Thorncroft
Derek William Adnitt
Rev Katherine Joan Tiltman · trustee of 3 other charities
Simon Durnell

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

Operates in: Wrexham

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£172k	£179k
31/03/2024	£221k	£114k
31/03/2023	£151k	£108k
31/03/2022	£96k	£131k
31/03/2021	£175k	£64k

Common questions

Is WREXHAM FOODBANK / BANC BWYD WRECSAM financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £250,954, which the trustees calculated would cover approximately 16 months of operating costs, exceeding their policy target of 12 months. However, the filing notes a significant decline in food donations, leading to increased expenditure on purchasing food, and identifies the potential loss of external grant funding as the principal financial risk. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	27/05/2020	£10k	COVID-19 - Wrexham Foodbank Covid 19 Support

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
BOLTON COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES	1	£73k
UTILITA GIVING	1	£17k
Royal Warrant Holders' Charity	1	£6k
MANCHESTER CITY F.C. CITY IN THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£5k
PARKVIEW CHAPEL, BOTESDALE	1	£4k

Charities like this

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

WYTHENSHAWE FOOD BANK income £82k
WAVENEY FOODBANK income £272k
WD6 FOOD SUPPORT income £42k
ARNOLD FOODBANK income £128k
BOREHAMWOOD FOODBANK income £234k
CRESCENT FOOD BANK income £59k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WREXHAM FOODBANK / BANC BWYD WRECSAM	£172k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
WYTHENSHAWE FOOD BANK FY2025	£82k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WAVENEY FOODBANK FY2025	£272k	—	0	unclear	333885.0%	no doubt
WD6 FOOD SUPPORT FY2025	£42k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ARNOLD FOODBANK FY2025	£128k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BOREHAMWOOD FOODBANK FY2026	£234k	—	—	above	—	no doubt

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