LOVE DRIFFIELD

Registered charity 1184896 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Love Driffield exists to relieve poverty in the town of Driffield and the surrounding area of the East Riding of Yorkshire. This is primarily through running the Driffield and Wolds Foodbank.

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

Latest income
£109k
Latest spending
£116k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £7,228 for the year ending 31 August 2025, with unrestricted funds decreasing from £55,409 to £46,113. Per the trustees' report, the charity faces financial risks related to reduced donations and grant funding, though it maintains cash and bank balances of £68,384.

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

What the accounts disclose

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“The main financial risk to the charity at present is the reduction in donations and lack of grant funding available to support the food bank during the Coronavirus pandemic.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: East Riding Of Yorkshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£109k£116k
31/08/2024£98k£83k
31/08/2023£94k£101k
31/08/2022£88k£84k
31/08/2021£92k£54k

Common questions

Is LOVE DRIFFIELD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £7,228 for the year ending 31 August 2025, with unrestricted funds decreasing from £55,409 to £46,113. Per the trustees' report, the charity faces financial risks related to reduced donations and grant funding, though it maintains cash and bank balances of £68,384. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds LOVE DRIFFIELD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LOVE DRIFFIELD as a grant recipient include EAST RIDING VOLUNTARY ACTION SERVICES (ERVAS) LIMITED, HEY SMILE FOUNDATION, THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITY, HORACE TAYLOR TRUST.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
EAST RIDING VOLUNTARY ACTION SERVICES (ERVAS) LIMITEDFY2022£10kDfE —Healthy Activities and Food White Goods —Essential Items
HEY SMILE FOUNDATIONFY2022£10k
HEY SMILE FOUNDATIONFY2021£3k
THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITYFY2023£3kSocial
EAST RIDING VOLUNTARY ACTION SERVICES (ERVAS) LIMITEDFY2023£2kWhite Goods —Essential Items
EAST RIDING VOLUNTARY ACTION SERVICES (ERVAS) LIMITEDFY2023£700White Goods —White Goods Packs
EAST RIDING VOLUNTARY ACTION SERVICES (ERVAS) LIMITEDFY2023£510White Goods —Essential Items
EAST RIDING VOLUNTARY ACTION SERVICES (ERVAS) LIMITEDFY2023£308Collectco Delivery Costs
EAST RIDING VOLUNTARY ACTION SERVICES (ERVAS) LIMITEDFY2025£105Partnership grants
EAST RIDING VOLUNTARY ACTION SERVICES (ERVAS) LIMITEDFY2022£100DfE —Healthy Activities and Food White Goods —Essential Items
HORACE TAYLOR TRUSTFY2024—

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund08/01/2026£20kLove Driffield
The National Lottery Community Fund08/12/2023£10kCommunity Hub and Food Bank Development Officer

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION1£10k
THE TAIT MEMORIAL TRUST1£4k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Great Driffield AFC.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LOVE DRIFFIELD£109k—0unclear—noted
Great Driffield AFC FY2025£771k—0unclear—no doubt
DRIFFIELD YOUTH ACTION FY2025£106k—0unclear—no doubt
THE DRIFFIELD NAVIGATION TRUST FY2024£219k—0unclear—no doubt
LOVE'S FARM COMMUNITY CENTRE CIO FY2025£138k—0unclear—no doubt
LOVE YOUR COMMUNITY FY2025£193k—0unclear—no doubt

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