MEALS & MORE

Registered charity 1179092 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Meals & More missionTo help alleviate holiday hunger and create happier, healthier children through community clubs that provide tasty, nutritious food and enriching educational activities in a supportive environment, boosting health, self-belief and raising life aspirationsWhat Meals & More was set up to achieveTo create a movement to end Holiday Hunger by collaborative partnerships t

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£628k
Latest spending
£694k
Registered
2018
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £66,222 for the year, reducing its unrestricted reserves to £346,911. The trustees confirm that these reserve levels remain appropriate given the significant donated services received and the predictable nature of grant payments, with no solvency risk identified.

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 — Meals & More (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Total income
£628k
Total spending
£694k
Cost of raising funds
£9k
Reserves (reported)
£347k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~6.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£628k£694k
30/06/2024£325k£601k
30/06/2023£711k£480k
30/06/2022£324k£408k
30/06/2021£124k£271k

Common questions

Is MEALS & MORE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £66,222 for the year, reducing its unrestricted reserves to £346,911. The trustees confirm that these reserve levels remain appropriate given the significant donated services received and the predictable nature of grant payments, with no solvency risk identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds MEALS & MORE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MEALS & MORE as a grant recipient include THE QUILTER FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE QUILTER FOUNDATIONFY2024£152kHealth & Wellbeing

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 CITY CATERING SOUTHAMPTON.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MEALS & MORE£628k—0unclear—no doubt
CITY CATERING SOUTHAMPTON FY2025£5.6m——unclear—no doubt
CHRISTADELPHIAN MEAL A DAY FUND FY2023£795k—0unclear6.8%no doubt
FEAST WITH US FY2024£434k—0below9.4%no doubt
MAGIC BREAKFAST FY2025£10.4m——unclear—no doubt
CHARITY RIGHT FY2024£3.0m—0unclear—no doubt

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