MORECAMBE BAY FOODBANK

Registered charity 1176579 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Morecambe Bay Foodbank has been set up for the relief of need and hardship among people in Morecambe and the surrounding area by providing emergency food, essential toiletries and household items to individuals and families in need and for the provision of support or signposting to relevant information and other advisory services in the area.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves fell from £626,084.45 to £449,016.28, resulting in a net expenditure exceeding income by £197,983.55. The charity reported total funds of £492,503.38 at the end of the year, with no disclosed reserves policy target to compare against.

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.

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

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (04/02/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ROGER LESLIE GITTINSchair
• Alison Fisher
• Hayley Pritchard
• Helen Greatorex
• Ian John James Dewar · trustee of 1 other charity
• JOHN ENTWISTLE · trustee of 2 other charities
• Jeremy Edward Bebbington
• Mark Thornton Thomas · trustee of 3 other charities
• Patrick Louis Francis Hunt

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

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