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HANGLETON AND WEST BLATCHINGTON FOOD BANK

Registered charity 1171532 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We provide emergency food and other urgently needed domestic and personal supplies to people and families in need living in the Hangleton and surrounding areas. We receive donations of food and and financial support from many local businesses/schools/churches and individuals. We hand out food parcels every Wednesday from St George's R C Church Hall in Court Farm Road Hove.

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Latest income
£37k
Latest spending
£38k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £59,656 at the end of the period, which were held to cover the Food Bank Coordinator's salary and maintain stock levels. Per the trustees' report, income remained fairly constant at £37,335 while expenditure fell to £37,584, resulting in a favourable financial position despite a noted risk of a significant drop in donations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: cover the salary, NI, tax and pension of the Food Bank Coordinator and plan for the continued delivery of the services and maintenance of the Food Bank (held: £60k)
“Reserves are held to (a) cover the salary, NI, tax and pension of the Food Bank Coordinator and (b) to plan for the continued delivery of the services and maintenance of the Food Bank.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Operates in: Brighton And Hove · East Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£37k£38k
31/03/2024£39k£46k
31/03/2023£59k£66k
31/03/2022£49k£48k
31/03/2021£78k£24k

Common questions

Is HANGLETON AND WEST BLATCHINGTON FOOD BANK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £59,656 at the end of the period, which were held to cover the Food Bank Coordinator's salary and maintain stock levels. Per the trustees' report, income remained fairly constant at £37,335 while expenditure fell to £37,584, resulting in a favourable financial position despite a noted risk of a significant drop in donations.