DONCASTER FOODBANK (TRUSSELL TRUST) LTD

Registered charity 1171639 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The distribution of a balanced food parcel which will last three days.

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Latest income

£151k

Latest spending

£202k

Registered

2017

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £51,451 for the year ended 31 October 2025, a reversal from the previous year's surplus. Despite the deficit, the trustees report a strong financial position with unrestricted reserves of £166,710, which exceeds their stated policy target of six months' operating costs (approximately £80,000).

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Trussell Trust (63% of income)

“Trussell Trust 83,046”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: six month’s operating costs (held: £167k)

“The charity determines that the minimum level of reserves is the equivalent of six month’s operating costs. This is currently around £80,000”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The charity is part of the wider Trussell Network, from which it receives guidance, resources and organisational support and without it the food bank would not be viable

“The Charity is part of the wider Trussell Network, from which it receives guidance, resources and organisational support and without it the food bank would not be viable”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 10443311

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

HARRISON, Helen Mary — director, appointed 26/02/2026on trustee list
SHAW, Geoffery — director, appointed 26/02/2026not on trustee list
LAMB, Martin — director, appointed 26/01/2026on trustee list
DICKSON, Anna — director, appointed 28/09/2024on trustee list
JORDAN, Patricia — director, appointed 13/12/2022on trustee list
SNELSON, William Mark — director, appointed 06/09/2018on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (28/02/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Anna Dickson
Geoff Shaw
Helen Harrison · trustee of 1 other charity
Martin Lamb · trustee of 1 other charity
Patricia Jordan
William Mark Snelson

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

Operates in: Doncaster

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/10/2025	£151k	£202k
31/10/2024	£188k	£152k
31/10/2023	£152k	£139k
31/10/2022	£139k	£79k
31/10/2021	£82k	£48k

Common questions

Is DONCASTER FOODBANK (TRUSSELL TRUST) LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £51,451 for the year ended 31 October 2025, a reversal from the previous year's surplus. Despite the deficit, the trustees report a strong financial position with unrestricted reserves of £166,710, which exceeds their stated policy target of six months' operating costs (approximately £80,000). Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.