LICHFIELD FOODBANK

Registered charity 1162359 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Foodbank operating in Lichfield and the surrounding areas.

Objects

TO RELIEVE PERSONS IN LICHFIELD AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS 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: Lichfield, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£178k

Latest spending

£186k

Registered

2015

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a trading deficit of £8,795.94, reducing its net assets to £133,983.39. Per the Treasurer's report, the charity maintains a reserves policy to hold £65,217, representing six months of unrestricted expenditure, and asserts it remains on a sound financial footing. The document notes that the current cash balance is significantly above the stated policy target.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of unrestricted expenditure (reserves figure: £134k)

“We have a six-month reserves policy in place to hold £65,217 in the account.” — page 11

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 handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media 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 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 204

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 238
Government income: £1,200 — grants £1,200 (1); under 1% of the £202,102 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 250
Government income: £1,000 — grants £1,000 (1); under 1% of the £151,787 total gross income on the same return

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

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Jack Steven Woodbridge
Jane Lesley Middleton
Kate Coplestone
Mary Patricia Evelyn Thompson
Nicholas Francis Arthur
Rev Danielle Leigh · trustee of 1 other charity
Verity Jane Ashley

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

Operates in: Staffordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£178k	£186k
31/12/2024	£202k	£144k
31/12/2023	£152k	£163k
31/12/2022	£152k	£112k
31/12/2021	£67k	£65k

Common questions

Is LICHFIELD FOODBANK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a trading deficit of £8,795.94, reducing its net assets to £133,983.39. Per the Treasurer's report, the charity maintains a reserves policy to hold £65,217, representing six months of unrestricted expenditure, and asserts it remains on a sound financial footing. The document notes that the current cash balance is significantly above the stated policy target. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds LICHFIELD FOODBANK?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LICHFIELD FOODBANK as a grant recipient include MICHAEL LOWE'S AND ASSOCIATED CHARITIES.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
MICHAEL LOWE'S AND ASSOCIATED CHARITIES	FY2022	£1k	Grant to organisation
MICHAEL LOWE'S AND ASSOCIATED CHARITIES	FY2021	£1k	Grants to Organisations

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
DERBYSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£35k
TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£25k
THE SUSSEX COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£10k
THE DULVERTON TRUST	1	£5k
THE SALISBURY POOL CHARITY COMPRISING THE FIRST MOIETY ESTABLISHED BY CLAUSE 2 OF THE DEED OF DECLARATION DATED 23RD MARCH 1976	1	£5k
THE TULA TRUST LIMITED	1	£1k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY CROSS, UCKFIELD	1	£657
THE BASSIL SHIPPAM AND ALSFORD TRUST	1	£500

Charities like this

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

HATFIELD FOODBANK income £121k
CHICHESTER DISTRICT FOODBANK income £345k
BRIDPORT FOOD BANK income £77k
LONG EATON AND SAWLEY FOODBANK income £73k
CHESTERFIELD FOODBANK income £118k
GILLINGHAM FOODBANK income £74k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
LICHFIELD FOODBANK	£178k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HATFIELD FOODBANK FY2025	£121k	—	above	—	no doubt
CHICHESTER DISTRICT FOODBANK FY2026	£345k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BRIDPORT FOOD BANK FY2025	£77k	—	above	—	no doubt
LONG EATON AND SAWLEY FOODBANK FY2026	£73k	—	above	—	no doubt
CHESTERFIELD FOODBANK FY2025	£118k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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