KNOTTINGLEY FOODBANK

Registered charity 1163711 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY IN KNOTTINGLEY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING FREE EMERGENCY FOOD AND SUPPLIES TO INDIVIDUALS/FAMILIES IN NEED AND ALSO BY SIGNPOSTING PEOPLE TO APPROPRIATE SUPPORT AGENCIES. THE TRUSTEES OF KNOTTINGLEY FOODBANK ARE FRANCHISEES OF THE TRUSSELL TRUST FOODBANK NETWORK AND SUBSCRIBE TO ITS AIMS, VISION AND WORK PROCESSES.

Objects

THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY IN KNOTTINGLEY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING EMERGENCY FOOD AND SUPPLIES TO INDIVIDUALS/FAMILIES IN NEED AND ALSO BY SIGNPOSTING PEOPLE TO APPROPRIATE SUPPORT AGENCIES.

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

Latest income
£94k
Latest spending
£105k
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held free reserves of £48,302 at the year end, which is below its stated policy target of retaining approximately six months of future budgeted annual expenditure. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention regarding the accounting records or the accuracy of the accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: approximately 6 months of future budgeted annual expenditure (held: £48k)
“The policy is to retain approximately 6 months of future budgeted annual expenditure.”
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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: City Of Wakefield · Leeds City · North Yorkshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
04/04/2025£94k£105k
04/04/2024£91k£98k
04/04/2023£119k£68k
04/04/2022£38k£22k
04/04/2021£44k£30k

Common questions

Is KNOTTINGLEY FOODBANK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held free reserves of £48,302 at the year end, which is below its stated policy target of retaining approximately six months of future budgeted annual expenditure. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention regarding the accounting records or the accuracy of the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.