WATFORD FOODBANK AND COMMUNITY RELIEF TRUST

Registered charity 1184482 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We provide emergency food parcels and support to local Watford people in crisis. We receive non-perishable food donations from the public and make up food parcels which are taken to distribution points around Watford. Clients are given a foodbank voucher by frontline care professionals, which they then exchange for a food parcel at a distribution point.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £437,346, with unrestricted free reserves of £316,323. This figure is above the trustees' stated designated reserve target of £100,000, which was set to cover three to six months of expenditure. The trustees confirmed adequate resources for going concern, noting sufficient unrestricted reserves to meet unexpected costs.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Watford Foodbank and Community Relief Trust (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 04/04/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (19/03/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• JOHN DAVID BISHOPchair
• ANDREW THOMAS TRANTER
• NICHOLAS JOHN MOORHOUSE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Roger Thomas Murphy

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

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