NORTHERN DEVON FOODBANK

Registered charity 1162651 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of services to people in financial hardship, mainly but not exclusively, by offering food or vouchers. Running educational courses to help clients improve their ability to remain in good health. Signposting clients to additional services that may improve their ability to survive. Encouraging clients in the Christian faith

Objects

1. TO RELIEVE PERSONS IN NORTHERN DEVON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THAT ARE IN FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IN SUCH WAYS AS FROM TIME-TO-TIME THE TRUSTEES 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.2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION MAINLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY MEANS OFOFFERING PRAYER, SPRITUAL GUIDANCE AND LITERATURE OF AN EVANGELISTIC OR TEACHING NATURE.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted receipts for the year were £149,929, which is very similar to the previous year's total income of £149,290. The charity holds total reserves of £341,820, comprising both restricted and unrestricted funds, with unrestricted reserves standing at £298,076. The trustees confirm that projected income is adequate to meet contractual liabilities and other commitments.

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 4 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management 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
• Trustee expenses 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.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2025 (received 27/03/2026, 55 days after the 31/01/2026 due date); year ending 31/03/2024 (received 07/02/2025, 7 days after the 31/01/2025 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Northern Devon Foodbank (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alun Dobsonchair
• JAMES ANDREW CRAIGIE
• Rev Ann Lewis
• Rev Stephen Skinner

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

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

• MID NORFOLK FOODBANK income £44k
• NORTH COTSWOLD FOODBANK income £277k
• NORTH DEVON MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE USERS FORUM income £134k
• BRADFORD NORTH FOODBANK income £186k
• TEWKESBURY FOODBANK income £152k
• FEEDING FAMILIES income £913k

Side by side with its peers

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