UTTLESFORD FOODBANK

Registered charity 1176230 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Foodbank for those in need in District of Uttlesford

Objects

TO RELIEVE PERSONS IN UTTLESFORD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THAT ARE IN FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: A) PROVIDING EMERGENCY FOOD, ESSENTIAL TOILETRIES, AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN NEED AND/OR FOR DISTRIBUTION BY CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY. B) SUCH OTHER MEANS, INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT OR SIGNPOSTING TO RELEVANT INFORMATION AND OTHER ADVISORY SERVICES.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £31k for the 2024/25 financial year, with unrestricted cash reserves totaling £257k. However, the trustees note a probable deficit for the current year due to forecast reductions in income and the upcoming conclusion of restricted funding for financial inclusion services.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (02/08/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Edward Middleton
• Gemma Copping
• James Shepherd
• Katherine Elizabeth Douch
• Robyn Rankin
• Sophie rose cerdiwen storey
• Victoria Lockie
• William Pike

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Newcastle Foodbank.

• Newcastle Foodbank income £1.4m
• THE BOW FOODBANK LIMITED income £782k
• FINCHLEY FOODBANK income £278k
• CARLISLE FOODBANK income £344k
• BURNGREAVE FOODBANK income £191k
• ST ALBANS AND DISTRICT FOODBANK income £495k

Side by side with its peers

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