EAT CLUB
Good food, prepared from scratch and eaten together communally can help young people lead happier, healthier lives.We offer bespoke cooking courses that are designed to improve the relationship young people have with food and address the underlying barriers to healthy eating and physical and mental wellbeing. Courses are delivered in partnership with various organisations in and around London.
Objects
TO IMPROVE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND THOSE PEOPLE WITH POORER LIFE CHANCES, PARTICULARLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY PROMOTING HEALTHY EATING AND AN IMPROVED UNDERSTANDING OF GOOD NUTRITIONTHE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN COOKING SKILLS, FOOD PREPARATION AND HEALTHY EATING
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £19,005, which is below the charity's stated policy target of holding between 3 and 6 months of operating costs. The charity reported a net income of £175 for the year, with total incoming resources of £156,277 and total expenditure of £156,102.
What the accounts disclose
“The Charity aims to hold between 3 and 6 months operating costs in unrestricted reserves, this is reviewed regularly.” — page 4
Policies the charity declares
- 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
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- 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
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025
- Volunteers: 2
- Government income: £13,826 — contracts £9,826 (1), grants £4,000 (1); 9% of the £156,277 total gross income on the same return
- Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024
- Volunteers: 2
- Government income: £14,860 — contracts £14,860 (1); 9% of the £172,018 total gross income on the same return
- Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023
- Volunteers: 2
- Government income: £12,200 — grants £12,200 (2); 8% of the £146,153 total gross income on the same return
- Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit
Trustees
- Peter Brownchair
- Carmen Leung
- Caroline Chandler
- Deborah Mary Webb
- Mira Magecha
- Sam Dang
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/08/2025 | £156k | £156k |
| 31/08/2024 | £172k | £153k |
| 31/08/2023 | £146k | £160k |
| 30/06/2022 | £82k | £70k |
| 30/06/2021 | £50k | £35k |
Common questions
Is EAT CLUB financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £19,005, which is below the charity's stated policy target of holding between 3 and 6 months of operating costs. The charity reported a net income of £175 for the year, with total incoming resources of £156,277 and total expenditure of £156,102. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds EAT CLUB?
Funders whose own accounts filings name EAT CLUB as a grant recipient include THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUST, YOUNG CAMDEN FOUNDATION, THE SHAFTESBURY HOMES AND ARETHUSA, CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATION, CAMDEN GIVING.
Known funders
| Funder | Year | Amount | Purpose (as stated by the funder) |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUST | FY2026 | £60k | Mount Fund - Community Youth Services |
| YOUNG CAMDEN FOUNDATION | FY2023 | £17k | |
| THE SHAFTESBURY HOMES AND ARETHUSA | FY2025 | £10k | |
| CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATION | FY2021 | £8k | Investing in Young People |
| CAMDEN GIVING | FY2022 | £8k | Future Changemakers Fund |
| CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATION | FY2021 | £5k | Investing in young people |
| CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATION | FY2022 | £5k | Confronting social isolation |
| EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | FY2023 | £5k | Partnership in action - Eat Club in Tower Hamlets |
| CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATION | FY2023 | £3k | Islington Giving Young Grant Makers Grants |
| THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUST | FY2025 | £3k | Mount Fund - Community Youth Services |
| YOUNG CAMDEN FOUNDATION | FY2022 | Unverified read£3k | Grants to institutions |
| ST GILES-IN-THE-FIELDS AND WILLIAM SHELTON EDUCATIONAL CHARITY | FY2025 | £2k | Grant via Young Westminster Foundation Brighter Futures Fund |
| CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATION | FY2023 | £2k | Islington Council’s Community Chest Grants |
| ST GILES-IN-THE-FIELDS AND WILLIAM SHELTON EDUCATIONAL CHARITY | FY2022 | £2k | Strategic Grant (Young Westminster Foundation) |
| THE KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA FOUNDATION | FY2022 | £2k | Grenfell Community Development Fund |
| EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | FY2026 | £500 | Food and nutrition workshops for children and young people |
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camden Giving | 09/07/2024 | £2k | Eat Club Camden Young Chefs |
| St Giles & St George | 08/12/2022 | £2k | Grant to Eat Club |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 19/08/2022 | £10k | Eat Club Young Leaders 2022-23 |
| Camden Giving | 11/08/2021 | £8k | Eat Club |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 29/04/2021 | £10k | Eat Club Young Leaders |
| UK government | 03/08/2020 | £9k | Coronavirus Community Support Fund |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 17/10/2019 | £9k | Cooking in Hackney |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 04/05/2018 | £8k | Eat Club @ New Horizons |
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST | 2 | £4k |
| THE AUSTIN AND HOPE PILKINGTON TRUST | 2 | £2k |
| COMPASSION IN WORLD FARMING INTERNATIONAL | 1 | £265k |
| THE HARGREAVES FOUNDATION | 1 | £92k |
| JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION | 1 | £90k |
| DORSET COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | 1 | £74k |
| SODEXO STOP HUNGER FOUNDATION | 1 | £52k |
| CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £49k |
Charities like this
- EATING BETTER
- THE FRIENDLY FOOD CLUB
- MADE IN HACKNEY
- GOOD FOOD MATTERS
- PARENT CLUB
- GIVE. HELP. SHARE.
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EAT CLUB | £156k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| EATING BETTER | £450k | — | 0 | within | — | no doubt |
| THE FRIENDLY FOOD CLUB | £255k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| MADE IN HACKNEY | £584k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| GOOD FOOD MATTERS | £151k | — | 0 | below | — | no doubt |
| PARENT CLUB | £236k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |