PROVIDE A MEAL
The charity provides support and emergency meals to individuals in financial need, hardship or distress. This is done by providing food parcels or using PAM web and mobile application to connect food vendors, charities, individuals and corporate entities together for providing meals directly to beneficiaries.
Objects
FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF FOOD POVERTY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.TO RELIEVE PERSONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM BY THE PROVISION OF MEALS TO INDIVIDUALS IN FINANCIAL NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS (THE BENEFICIARIES).
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity recorded a net expenditure deficit of £8,774 for the year ended 30 June 2025, resulting in total net liabilities of £32,898. The trustees have confirmed their willingness to continue to support the charity with further funding if necessary to meet commitments as they fall due.
What the accounts disclose
“The trustees have confirmed their willingness to continue to support the charity until it can become self sufficient, and will provide further funding, if necessary, so the charity can continue to meet is commitments as they fall due.” — page 5
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
- Paying staff
- 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
- Volunteer management
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2025
- Volunteers: 2
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2023
- Government income: £5,262 — grants £5,262 (1); 17% of the £30,455 total gross income on the same return
Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)
Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 30/06/2025 (received 14/05/2026, 14 days after the 30/04/2026 due date); year ending 30/06/2023 (received 07/06/2024, 38 days after the 30/04/2024 due date); year ending 30/06/2022 (received 19/09/2023, 142 days after the 30/04/2023 due date).
Corporate structure
- Registered company of the charity Companies House 11772942 · Financial health read from its filings
Company officers (Companies House)
- ADOGERI, Sunday Akhigbe Mike on trustee list
- GBAGBA, Adekunle on trustee list
- IBITOYE, Ayotomide on trustee list
Trustees
- Ayotomide Ibitoyechair
- Adekunle Gbagba
- Sunday Adogeri
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 30/06/2025 | £59k | £68k |
| 30/06/2024 | £63k | £65k |
| 30/06/2023 | £30k | £32k |
| 30/06/2022 | £29k | £59k |
| 31/12/2020 | £6k | £18k |
Common questions
Is PROVIDE A MEAL financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded a net expenditure deficit of £8,774 for the year ended 30 June 2025, resulting in total net liabilities of £32,898. The trustees have confirmed their willingness to continue to support the charity with further funding if necessary to meet commitments as they fall due. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| THE SYBIL SHINE MEMORIAL TRUST | 1 | £208k |
| MOONDANCE FOUNDATION | 1 | £150k |
| THE J AND H ORLANDER TRUST | 1 | £99k |
| THE CHARLES RUSSELL SPEECHLYS FOUNDATION | 1 | £67k |
| SCOULOUDI FOUNDATION | 1 | £40k |
| HAMPSTEAD GARDEN SUBURB FELLOWSHIP | 1 | £37k |
| THE ADINT CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £30k |
| THE CHILDHOOD TRUST | 1 | £28k |
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- CAN COOK
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- AMBLE FOODBANK
- Food Bank Aid
- HOT LINE MEALS SERVICE (LONDON)
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PROVIDE A MEAL | £59k | — | 0 | unclear | — | noted |
| COMMUNITY KITCHEN (MANCHESTER) LTD | £114k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| CAN COOK | £1.5m | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |
| SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES | £176k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| AMBLE FOODBANK | £30k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| Food Bank Aid | £775k | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |