HATFIELD FOODBANK

Registered charity 1174288 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Foodbank, principally - covering Hatfield and the surrounding area

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Latest income

£121k

Latest spending

£126k

Registered

2017

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is in a sound financial position, although if giving/grants reduced, it would struggle within a year. Unrestricted reserves were £47,600 against total bank balances of £115,457, with the remainder being restricted funds. The trustees note that reserves are a little less than Trussell recommend but appear on a reasonably sound financial footing thanks to generous donations and unpaid volunteers.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none

“58% of our income was from grants”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: carry sufficient to ensure the ability to buy what is needed to continue to tide us for as long as reasonably possible if grants slowed down/dried up, pay our part time managers, purchase food for clients, pay a modest rent etc. (held: £48k)

“Charity’s policy on reserves has been simply to carry sufficient to ensure the ability to buy what is needed to continue to tide us for as long as reasonably possible if grants slowed down/dried up, pay our part time managers, purchase food for clients, pay a modest rent etc.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Hatfield Foodbank (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

Colin Geoffrey Hillchair
Alexander Stephen Masters
Rev HEATHER JANE DYCE
Rev Michael Laurence St John Dyce
Thulani Itayi Mupemhi
Timothy John Dunnington

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/09/2025	£121k	£126k
30/09/2024	£141k	£122k
30/09/2023	£139k	£104k
30/09/2022	£79k	£44k
30/09/2021	£32k	£23k

Common questions

Is HATFIELD FOODBANK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is in a sound financial position, although if giving/grants reduced, it would struggle within a year. Unrestricted reserves were £47,600 against total bank balances of £115,457, with the remainder being restricted funds. The trustees note that reserves are a little less than Trussell recommend but appear on a reasonably sound financial footing thanks to generous donations and unpaid volunteers. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds HATFIELD FOODBANK?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HATFIELD FOODBANK as a grant recipient include THE SALISBURY POOL CHARITY COMPRISING THE FIRST MOIETY ESTABLISHED BY CLAUSE 2 OF THE DEED OF DECLARATION DATED 23RD MARCH 1976.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE SALISBURY POOL CHARITY COMPRISING THE FIRST MOIETY ESTABLISHED BY CLAUSE 2 OF THE DEED OF DECLARATION DATED 23RD MARCH 1976	FY2023	£3k	Social welfare
THE SALISBURY POOL CHARITY COMPRISING THE FIRST MOIETY ESTABLISHED BY CLAUSE 2 OF THE DEED OF DECLARATION DATED 23RD MARCH 1976	FY2025	£1k	Social welfare
THE SALISBURY POOL CHARITY COMPRISING THE FIRST MOIETY ESTABLISHED BY CLAUSE 2 OF THE DEED OF DECLARATION DATED 23RD MARCH 1976	FY2024	£1k	Social welfare

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	17/04/2020	£10k	Tackling Hunger