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LICHFIELD FOODBANK

Registered charity 1162359 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Foodbank operating in Lichfield and the surrounding areas.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

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 (held: £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.

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

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

Operates in: Staffordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
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.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
MICHAEL LOWE'S AND ASSOCIATED CHARITIESFY2022£1kGrant to organisation

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE HEADLEY TRUST1£65k
THE BUZZACOTT STUART DEFRIES MEMORIAL FUND1£60k
DRAPERS CHARITABLE FUND1£25k
EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATION1£21k
KUSUMA TRUST UK1£20k
BELVEDERE TRUST1£19k
THE PETER STEBBINGS MEMORIAL CHARITY1£10k
TOWER HILL TRUST1£6k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MUNICIPAL CHARITIES.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LICHFIELD FOODBANK£178k—0unclear—no doubt
MUNICIPAL CHARITIES FY2025£133k—0unclear—no doubt
GLOSSOPDALE FOODBANK FY2025£153k—0unclear—no doubt
ST ALBANS AND DISTRICT FOODBANK FY2025£495k—0unclear—no doubt
FOOD AND COMMUNITY TRUST FY2024£2.4m—0unclear—no doubt
THE BOW FOODBANK LIMITED FY2025£782k£60,000 - £69,9991unclear—no doubt

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