EMMELINE'S PANTRY

Registered charity 1169796 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

A food bank and food pantry supporting vulnerable women and their families in Manchester.

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

Latest income
£247k
Latest spending
£271k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £85,574, with £41,420 in free reserves, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of approximately three months of unrestricted charitable expenditure. The charity reported a net decrease in funds of £17, with total incoming resources of £247,061 and total expenditure of £270,916 for the year ended 31 December 2025.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £41k; policy: approximately 3 months of unrestricted charitable expenditure)
“The balance held in unrestricted reserves at 31st December 2025 was £41,420 of which £40,394 are free reserves after allowing for funds tied up in fixed assets.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Manchester City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£247k£271k
31/12/2024£150k£180k
31/12/2023£171k£154k
31/12/2022£143k£139k
31/12/2021£99k£118k

Common questions

Is EMMELINE'S PANTRY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £85,574, with £41,420 in free reserves, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of approximately three months of unrestricted charitable expenditure. The charity reported a net decrease in funds of £17, with total incoming resources of £247,061 and total expenditure of £270,916 for the year ended 31 December 2025. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds EMMELINE'S PANTRY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name EMMELINE'S PANTRY as a grant recipient include THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST, THE GEOFFREY AND PAULINE MARTIN TRUST, THE EQUILIBRIUM FOUNDATION, MANCHESTER CITY F.C. CITY IN THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, The Squire Patton Boggs Charitable Trust.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUSTFY2022£28kTHEME OF THE YEAR
THE GEOFFREY AND PAULINE MARTIN TRUSTFY2024£15k
THE GEOFFREY AND PAULINE MARTIN TRUSTFY2025£15k
THE EQUILIBRIUM FOUNDATIONFY2022£5kshare of £65,000 donation
MANCHESTER CITY F.C. CITY IN THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2025£2kfood bank donations
The Squire Patton Boggs Charitable TrustFY2022£750The Prevention or Relief of Poverty

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery01/05/2023£25kUnrestricted Funding
Southway Housing Trust01/12/2020£250Emmeline's Pantry
The National Lottery Community Fund14/02/2020£10kExpansion of services
UK government10/12/2018£5kTampon Tax Community Fund
UK government—£25kRosa Fund, Tampon Tax

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COMMUNITY KITCHEN (MANCHESTER) LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
EMMELINE'S PANTRY£247k—0below—no doubt
COMMUNITY KITCHEN (MANCHESTER) LTD FY2025£114k—0unclear—no doubt
MANCHESTER CENTRAL FOODBANK FY2025£506k—0unclear—no doubt
EXETER FOOD BANK FY2025£173k—0unclear—no doubt
THE BOW FOODBANK LIMITED FY2025£782k£60,000 - £69,9991unclear—no doubt
NORTHERN DEVON FOODBANK FY2025£236k—0unclear—no doubt

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