PROJECT FOOD

Registered charity 1173120 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HALFF, HEALTH AND LOCAL FOOD FOR FAMILIES

Project Food aims to support people living in poverty to eat a nutritious diet irrespective of their income, so that they can enjoy better physical and mental health. We help people to develop the skills and confidence they need to prepare nutritious food for the future. We focus on resilience, supporting people to develop ways to eat that fit in to their lives and support their health.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£164k
Latest spending
£150k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £13,472 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £163,888 against costs of £150,416. The trustees report that unrestricted cash funds of £52,896 are held, which they consider adequate to cover short-term costs and meet their reserves policy target of maintaining at least six months of operating costs. The financial position is described as relatively strong, enabling additional project work in the next financial year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Devon · Dorset · Somerset

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£164k£150k
31/03/2024£134k£116k
31/03/2023£96k£103k
31/03/2022£106k£115k
31/03/2021£154k£144k

Common questions

Is PROJECT FOOD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £13,472 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £163,888 against costs of £150,416. The trustees report that unrestricted cash funds of £52,896 are held, which they consider adequate to cover short-term costs and meet their reserves policy target of maintaining at least six months of operating costs. The financial position is described as relatively strong, enabling additional project work in the next financial year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds PROJECT FOOD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name PROJECT FOOD as a grant recipient include COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF DEVON, NEWBY TRUST LIMITED, NORTHBROOK COMMUNITY TRUST, THE ASHWORTH CHARITABLE TRUST, THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF DEVONFY2023£12kContain Outbreak Management Fund (COMF)
NEWBY TRUST LIMITEDFY2022£5kHealth
NORTHBROOK COMMUNITY TRUSTFY2025£5kCooking courses at Axminster Hospital
THE ASHWORTH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2026£5k
THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3k
THE DAVID GIBBONS FOUNDATIONFY2025£2k
THE AUSTIN AND HOPE PILKINGTON TRUSTFY2024£1kRound Three - Food Poverty

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Somerset Community Foundation28/05/2026£5kProject Food
Somerset Community Foundation10/11/2025£10kProject Food - Cooking with Confidence
Somerset Community Foundation10/12/2024£900Grant to Project Food - Cooking with Confidence
The National Lottery Community Fund22/08/2024£20kCooking with Kids
Somerset Community Foundation24/07/2023£2kRunning 'Cooking with Confidence' Groups in Chard for people with health / mental health conditions or those who live alone
The National Lottery Community Fund05/11/2021£10kFood resilience for people with mental health problems
UK government24/09/2020£4kVSCE CMC Fund
UK government23/07/2020£18kCoronavirus Community Support Fund

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TRURO FOODBANK.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PROJECT FOOD£164k——above—no doubt
TRURO FOODBANK FY2024£200k—0unclear—no doubt
NORTHERN DEVON FOODBANK FY2025£236k—0unclear—no doubt
FEEDING FAMILIES FY2025£913k—0unclear—no doubt
COMMUNITY INITIATIVES SOUTH WEST LIMITED FY2025£1.7m—0unclear13.3%no doubt
TOOTING COMMUNITY KITCHEN FY2025£123k—0unclear—no doubt

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