SHREWSBURY FOOD HUB

Registered charity 1171092 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

A volunteer-powered charity that stops good food from being wasted and promotes food waste reduction for environmental and social good. We collect surplus food from shops, manufacturers and farms and share it with community groups. In 2025-26, we rescued 272 tonnes of food, mitigating more than 718 tonnes of greenhouse gases, and saving our community partners 40% of their food budget.

Objects

(A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY IN THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE UK IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH:(I) THE COLLECTION AND REDISTRIBUTION OF SURPLUS FOOD IN SHROPSHIRE; (II) THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO UNDERTAKE VOLUNTARY WORK IN SHROPSHIRE; (III) THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY CAPACITY BUILDING TO CREATE A STRONG NETWORK OF GROUPS LINKED BY FOOD IN SHROPSHIRE; (IV) THE SUPPORT OF OTHER GROUPS ACROSS THE UK TO DO SIMILAR WORK. (B) THE FURTHERANCE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION ON THE REDUCTION OF WASTE (IN PARTICULAR FOOD WASTE) AND ITS ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS

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 · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Shropshire, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with unrestricted funds of £140,115 and free reserves of £37,309, which are above the trustees' policy target of £86,500 for a three-month liquidity reserve. The trustees confirm that budgeted income and expenditure are sufficient to continue operations for the foreseeable future, indicating stable financial health.

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What the accounts disclose

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Policies the charity declares

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• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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In the news

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• Donations doubled up for Shrewsbury Food Hub Charity shropshirelive.com · 22/04/2022

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Shrewsbury Food Hub (matched by registered charity number).

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Catriona Dennie Graham
• Edward Moody
• Joanna Claire Powell
• Katharine Susan Hudson
• Mark Nicholas Owen
• Michael Anthony Keyes Paul · trustee of 1 other charity
• Patrick Michael Kevin Nolan
• Sarah Louise Jackaman

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SHERBORNE FOOD BANK.

• SHERBORNE FOOD BANK income £53k
• GIVE. HELP. SHARE. income £243k
• HARROW FOODBANK income £92k
• EXETER FOOD ACTION income £136k
• SUSTAINABLE FOOD TRUST income £1.7m
• WE ARE QUEENSBURY FOODBANK COMMUNITY HUB income £182k

Side by side with its peers

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