Sprouts Community Food Charity

Registered charity 1178162 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LITTLE SPROUTS HEALTH AND WELLBEING

The objects of the Company are to carry on activities which benefit the community and in particular (without limitation) to improve the health and well being of the people of Stockton, Thornaby and surrounding areas, through the provision of education, training and workshops in nutrition and healthy cookery.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF THE COMMUNITIES OF THE TEES VALLEY AND SURROUNDING AREAS BY THEPROVISION OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN NUTRITION, HEALTHY COOKERY AND WELLBEING.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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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Registered contact address: Stockton-on-Tees, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£150k

Latest spending

£172k

Registered

2018

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £21,902 for the year, reducing total funds from £117,340 to £95,438. Unrestricted reserves stood at £70,525, which the trustees note are held to cover four months of operational costs. The charity relies on a diverse range of restricted grants and donations to fund its activities.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Charitable activities (48% of income)

“Income received during the year was £150,340 (2024: £132,594) and of this, £58,820 (2024: £57,060) was in respect of restricted funding.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: 4 months operational costs (reserves figure: £71k)

“Funds are held to cover 4 months operational costs in the event of a loss of income and to meet any unforeseen expenditure that may occur.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management 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

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2025

Volunteers: 25
Government income: £10,000 — grants £10,000 (1); 7% of the £150,340 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2024

Volunteers: 15
Government income: £10,500 — grants £10,500 (2); 9% of the £123,214 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2023

Volunteers: 15
Government income: £2,000 — grants £2,000 (1); 2% of the £123,214 total gross income on the same return

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

MRS C LOWEchair
Courtney Jones
Joan Naylor
MRS K SHELLEY
Oluwafemi Abolade · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Darlington · Durham · Hartlepool · Middlesbrough · North Yorkshire · Redcar And Cleveland · Stockton-on-tees

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/09/2025	£150k	£172k
30/09/2024	£123k	£138k
30/09/2023	£123k	£138k
30/09/2022	£127k	£117k
30/09/2021	£173k	£165k

Common questions

Is Sprouts Community Food Charity financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £21,902 for the year, reducing total funds from £117,340 to £95,438. Unrestricted reserves stood at £70,525, which the trustees note are held to cover four months of operational costs. The charity relies on a diverse range of restricted grants and donations to fund its activities. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds Sprouts Community Food Charity?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Sprouts Community Food Charity as a grant recipient include The Teesside Charity.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
The Teesside Charity	FY2025	£4k	Direct costs
The Teesside Charity	FY2022	£3k	Direct costs

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	12/01/2026	£20k	Youth Cafe
The National Lottery Community Fund	16/04/2021	£10k	Community Shops
UK government	05/08/2020	£36k	Coronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund	21/03/2019	£10k	Good Mood Food Cafe
The National Lottery Community Fund	21/03/2019	£168k	Cooking In Communities

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
CHARITY OF RICHARD CLOUDESLEY	1	£178k
CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATION	1	£120k
THE PETER STEBBINGS MEMORIAL CHARITY	1	£35k
SAMWORTH BROTHERS COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITY FUND	1	£35k
CHILTERN CHURCH	1	£22k
THE FORTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£20k
EVERYDAY CHURCH	1	£15k
THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION	1	£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Stockport County Community Trust.

Stockport County Community Trust income £976k
COMMUNITIES FOOD & WELLBEING HUB income £156k
SUTTON COMMUNITY WORKS income £423k
SSP FOUNDATION income £355k
STOCKPORT CARE SCHEMES income £310k
Cramlington in the community income £85k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
Sprouts Community Food Charity	£150k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
Stockport County Community Trust FY2025	£976k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
COMMUNITIES FOOD & WELLBEING HUB FY2025	£156k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SUTTON COMMUNITY WORKS FY2025	£423k	£61,124	—	unclear	1.0%	no doubt
SSP FOUNDATION FY2025	£355k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
STOCKPORT CARE SCHEMES FY2025	£310k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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