WANSBECK VALLEY FOOD BANK

Registered charity 1177303 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Wansbeck Valley Food Bank is a registered charity set up to "prevent or relieve poverty or financial hardship in particular, but not exclusively by the provision of emergency food parcels to individuals in need"

Objects

THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IN NORTHUMBERLAND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: 1.THE PROVISION OF EMERGENCY FOOD PARCELS, ITEMS, SERVICES AND FACILITIES TO INDIVIDUALS IN FINANCIAL NEED 2.CONTRIBUTING TO AND CO-OPERATING WITH CHARITIES AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY FROM WITHIN NORTHUMBERLAND.

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 · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £310,696 to £260,884, resulting in a net deficit of £49,812 for the year. The trustees note that the charity's operation depends on the landlord's continued goodwill for its premises and the ongoing generosity of the community for funding.

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 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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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 — Wansbeck Valley Food Bank (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Banks Group Community Fund — “And a massive thanks to our benefactors …. Banks Group Community Fund” (source page)
• Handelsbanken — “And a massive thanks to our benefactors …. Banks Group Community Fund Handelsbanken” (source page)
• Newcastle Building Society — “And a massive thanks to our benefactors …. Banks Group Community Fund Handelsbanken Newcastle Building Society” (source page)
• TESCO Ashington Express — “And a massive thanks to our benefactors …. Banks Group Community Fund Handelsbanken Newcastle Building Society TESCO Ashington Express” (source page)
• COSTA Morpeth — “And a massive thanks to our benefactors …. Banks Group Community Fund Handelsbanken Newcastle Building Society TESCO Ashington Express C…” (source page)
• NISSAN Sunderland — “And a massive thanks to our benefactors …. Banks Group Community Fund Handelsbanken Newcastle Building Society TESCO Ashington Express C…” (source page)
• Marks & Spencers – Morpeth — “And a massive thanks to our benefactors …. Banks Group Community Fund Handelsbanken Newcastle Building Society TESCO Ashington Express C…” (source page)
• I mpact Workware — “And a massive thanks to our benefactors …. Banks Group Community Fund Handelsbanken Newcastle Building Society TESCO Ashington Express C…” (source page)
• Elsie Davis Trust — “And a massive thanks to our benefactors …. Banks Group Community Fund Handelsbanken Newcastle Building Society TESCO Ashington Express C…” (source page)
• Sainbury’s — “And a massive thanks to our benefactors …. Banks Group Community Fund Handelsbanken Newcastle Building Society TESCO Ashington Express C…” (source page)
• Northumberland Communities Together — “And a massive thanks to our benefactors …. Banks Group Community Fund Handelsbanken Newcastle Building Society TESCO Ashington Express C…” (source page)
• Cumbria Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust — “And a massive thanks to our benefactors …. Banks Group Community Fund Handelsbanken Newcastle Building Society TESCO Ashington Express C…” (source page)
• Joicey Trust — “And a massive thanks to our benefactors …. Banks Group Community Fund Handelsbanken Newcastle Building Society TESCO Ashington Express C…” (source page)
• ALDI — “And a massive thanks to our benefactors …. Banks Group Community Fund Handelsbanken Newcastle Building Society TESCO Ashington Express C…” (source page)
• Rotary International — “And a massive thanks to our benefactors …. Banks Group Community Fund Handelsbanken Newcastle Building Society TESCO Ashington Express C…” (source page)

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (08/11/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev John Rowleychair
• David Roy Lea
• Sophie Ward

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

Operates in: Northumberland

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WEST NORTHUMBERLAND FOOD BANK.

• WEST NORTHUMBERLAND FOOD BANK income £318k
• GATESHEAD FOODBANK income £475k
• EASTERN VALLEY FOODBANK income £182k
• NORTHERN DEVON FOODBANK income £236k
• LETCHWORTH FOODBANK income £228k
• ALNWICK DISTRICT FOOD BANK income £63k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.