SWANLEY AND DISTRICT FOODBANK

Registered charity 1176505 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To demonstrate the Christian faith by means of preventing or relieving poverty primarily but not exclusively in the Swanley and surrounding district of Sevenoaks. In particular providing emergency food supplies to individuals or families in need and/or charities or other organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty.

Objects

TO DEMONSTRATE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH BY MEANS OF PREVENTING OR RELIEVING POVERTY PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE SWANLEY AND SURROUNDING DISTRICT OF SEVENOAKS. IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING EMERGENCY FOOD SUPPLIES TO INDIVIDUALS OR FAMILIES IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.

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 · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Dartford, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that total funds at 31 March 2026 amounted to £89,810.38, comprising £60,504.23 in unrestricted funds and £29,306.15 in designated funds. The charity reported a surplus for the year, with total receipts of £60,777.11 against payments of £51,219.33. The trustees confirmed that accounting records were kept in accordance with the Act and that the financial statements accorded with those records.

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 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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• JOHN KAHANchair
• Beverley Swansborough
• Elizabeth Davies
• Jean McQuillan
• Jennifer Withers
• Peter Matthews

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• DEVIZES AND DISTRICT FOODBANK income £93k
• SOUTHEND FOODBANK income £265k
• WEYMOUTH FOODBANK income £104k
• IVYBRIDGE & DISTRICT FOODBANK income £55k
• WAVENEY FOODBANK income £272k
• MIDDLEWICH & DISTRICT FOODBANK income £58k

Side by side with its peers

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