GLASTONBURY BRIDGING THE GAP

Registered charity 1180479 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GLASTONBURY AND STREET FOODBANK, STREET AND GLASTONBURY FOODBANK

The charity exists to prevent or relieve food poverty and need in Glastonbury and the surrounding BA6 and BA16 postcode area, mainly through the provision of emergency food parcels and other necessary items. Working with referral agencies, we aim to provide an individual or family with non-perishable and fresh food for a balanced diet for approximately a week.

Objects

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (‘THE OBJECTS’) ARETHE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY MAINLY IN GLASTONBURY, STREET, AND THE SURROUNDING BA6 AND BA16 AREA, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING EMERGENCY FOOD SUPPLIES AND OTHER NECESSARY ITEMS TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTYTO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS OF GLASTONBURY AND ITS NEIGHBOURING PARISHES BY SHARING GOD’S LOVE, MAINLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THROUGH THE RELIEF OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased to £32,898.73 in 2024-25, while total expenditure was £27,136.83, resulting in a carried forward balance of £24,265.39. The trustees report that this balance is within their stated reserves policy target of 6-12 months of reserves.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 4 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.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Adam James Barnaby Tolhurst
• Jane Philippa Reeves
• MARY ELIZABETH POWELL · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Somerset

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