THE WOKINGHAM FOODBANK

Registered charity 1168522 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We provide food, toiletries, nappies etc to the needy in the borough of Wokingham from the Foodbank premises in the centre of the town. We can also help with gas/ electricity if needed.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST PEOPLE IN WOKINGHAM AND THE SURROUNDING AREA OR IN OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM 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.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £398,390, which the trustees consider a healthy level that actively mitigates risks such as high rental costs and upcoming salary pressures. The charity reported a net income increase to £7,668, driven by a rise in donations and legacies, while total funds carried forward increased to £398,390 from £390,722 in the prior year.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Volunteer management

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Samuel James Sudlowchair
• Adrian McNeile
• Simon John O'Kane
• Sophie Louise Hobbs
• Thushan Anjula Dewasurendra

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

Operates in: Wokingham

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Wokingham United Charities.

• Wokingham United Charities income £1.3m
• WOKINGHAM LIONS CLUB (CIO) income £162k
• THE WOKINGHAM VOLUNTEER CENTRE income £196k
• WEYMOUTH FOODBANK income £104k
• Littlehampton & District Foodbank income £48k
• WOKINGHAM METHODIST CHURCH income £306k

Side by side with its peers

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