STROUD DISTRICT FOODBANK CIO

Registered charity 1176306 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE OPERATION OF A FOODBANK IN THE STROUD DISTRICT INVOLVING THE PROVISION OF FOOD AND OCCASIONALLY OTHER ITEMS FOR THOSE IN SHORT-TERM CRISIS, AND THE SIGNPOSTING TO AGENCIES WHO WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE LONGER TERM SUPPORT WHERE APPROPRIATE.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST PEOPLE IN STROUD DISTRICT AND THE SURROUNDING AREA OR IN OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM 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 POVERTYB) 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.

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Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £370k at year-end, which the Trustees consider above the minimum level set out in the Charity’s reserves policy of maintaining five months of expenditure. The charity reported a net decrease in funds of £46,956, with cash balances reducing from £453k to £434k, while total annual expenditure was £448k.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (07/11/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (01/06/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Pippa Dickinsonchair
• Alastair Geoffrey Kendall
• Ashley Craig Tocknell
• Brian Roy Chapman
• Dr Pippa Medcalf FRCP MBE
• Hannah Bettison
• Julian Sowerbutts
• Lawrence James Miller
• Stacey Leanne Morgan

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

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