STAMFORD FOODBANK

Registered charity 1162761 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

A Trussell trust Foodbank serving the community in the Stamford area.

Objects

TO RELIEVE PERSONS IN STAMFORD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA 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 PARTICULAR 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 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.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated at a loss of £40,953.51 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £-11,269.90 against total expenditure of £29,683.61. Despite this deficit, the trustees report that the charity remains in a very positive financial position with unrestricted reserves of £87,218.45 carried forward. The charity does not carry out any fundraising activities and relies on donations, interest, and restricted grants.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (01/03/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Sara Gloverchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr John Featherstone Hewitson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Eula Michelle Hoo-Fatt Nebel
• JEAN MARGARET ASHER
• Joseph David Scott
• Judith Lesley Foulkes
• Paul Sellin
• Rev Neil James Shaw · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire · Lincolnshire · Northamptonshire · Rutland

Income and spending

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