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.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY IN MANCHESTER BY PROVIDING ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND OTHER ORGANISATION WORKING TO RELIEVE POVERTY.

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

Registered contact address: Manchester, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

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.

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
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls 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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 9
Government income: £40,850 — grants £40,850 (2); 17% of the £247,061 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 12
Government income: £40,500 — grants £40,500 (2); 27% of the £149,934 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 6
Government income: £40,000 — grants £40,000 (1); 23% of the £171,418 total gross income on the same return

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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

Aneesha Trivedichair
Constance Gallagher
Georgie Shears
Laura Howes

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

Operates in: Manchester City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
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.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST	FY2022	£28k	THEME OF THE YEAR
THE GEOFFREY AND PAULINE MARTIN TRUST	FY2024	£15k
THE GEOFFREY AND PAULINE MARTIN TRUST	FY2025	£15k
THE EQUILIBRIUM FOUNDATION	FY2022	£5k	share of £65,000 donation
MANCHESTER CITY F.C. CITY IN THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	FY2025	£2k	food bank donations
The Squire Patton Boggs Charitable Trust	FY2022	£750	The Prevention or Relief of Poverty

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Postcode Lottery	01/05/2023	£25k	Unrestricted Funding
Southway Housing Trust	01/12/2020	£250	Emmeline's Pantry
The National Lottery Community Fund	14/02/2020	£10k	Expansion of services
UK government	10/12/2018	£5k	Tampon Tax Community Fund
UK government	—	£25k	Rosa Fund, Tampon Tax

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
BOLTON COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES	1	£73k
UTILITA GIVING	1	£17k
Royal Warrant Holders' Charity	1	£6k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PERRY'S PANTRY FOODBANK.

PERRY'S PANTRY FOODBANK income £41k
WARRINGTON FOODBANK income £418k
MAKING EVERY ADULT MATTER income £717k
WYTHENSHAWE FOOD BANK income £82k
AXMINSTER HEALTH & WELLBEING CENTRE income £32k
HILLINGDON FOODBANK income £167k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
EMMELINE'S PANTRY	£247k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
PERRY'S PANTRY FOODBANK FY2025	£41k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WARRINGTON FOODBANK FY2025	£418k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
MAKING EVERY ADULT MATTER FY2026	£717k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
WYTHENSHAWE FOOD BANK FY2025	£82k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
AXMINSTER HEALTH & WELLBEING CENTRE FY2025	£32k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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