COMMUNITY KITCHEN (MANCHESTER) LTD

Registered charity 1182822 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FRESH AND TASTY

The Charity prepares and supplies meals to: elderly people; those suffering from ill health; mothers post -partum; and to families in crisis.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF THE SICK-POOR LIVING IN GREATER MANCHESTER THROUGH THE PROVISION OF MEALS TO THOSE IN NEED.

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.

Causes: Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Salford, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred an excess of expenditure over income of £48,442 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £124,543 to £76,101. The trustees report that sufficient reserves will be generated to achieve the charity's objectives, and the independent examiner confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue.

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 3 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting 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)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Audrey Reichchair
• JUDITH BAMBERGER
• Reisel Bamberger

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

Operates in: Bury · Manchester City · Salford City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CAN COOK.

• CAN COOK income £1.5m
• REFUGEE COMMUNITY KITCHEN income £493k
• BINGLEY COMMUNITY KITCHEN income £59k
• TOOTING COMMUNITY KITCHEN income £123k
• PROVIDE A MEAL income £59k
• THE PEOPLE'S KITCHEN LIMITED income £774k

Side by side with its peers

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