FOOD FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1187611 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q114862437

To advance the education of the public through research in all aspects ofthe food system including health, sustainability, business practice,distribution, consumption, food policy and economics, and to disseminatethe useful results of such research; and to promote and protect health by promoting healthy eating and improveddiet and to decrease diet related disease among the public.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH RESEARCH IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE FOOD SYSTEM INCLUDING HEALTH, SUSTAINABILITY, BUSINESS PRACTICE, DISTRIBUTION, CONSUMPTION, FOOD POLICY AND ECONOMICS, AND TO DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH; AND TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT HEALTH BY PROMOTING HEALTHY EATING AND IMPROVED DIET AND TO DECREASE DIET RELATED DISEASE AMONG THE PUBLIC.

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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Registered contact address: Lambeth, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of £301,205 for the year ended 31 August 2025, driven by a surplus on restricted funds. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £436,503, which is above the stated policy target of £305,000, and the organisation forecasts reserves will remain above this level until mid-2027.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Godfrey Wilson Limited. 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

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.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (85% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 3.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAME JULIE MELLORchair
• Andrew Hobbs
• Dr Sophie Harris
• Judith Batchelar
• Neil Leitch
• PROFESSOR HUGH CHARLES JONATHAN GODFRAY
• ROSEL MARIE BOYCOTT
• Sarah-Jane Archer MBE
• Vanessa North · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with The Foundation for Feeding, Education and Development.

• The Foundation for Feeding, Education and Development income £275k
• FOOD AND FARMING DISCOVERY TRUST income £130k
• FOOD AND SHELTER FOUNDATION income £647k
• ASSOCIATION FOR NUTRITION income £653k
• THE BRITISH NUTRITION FOUNDATION income £954k
• THE NUTRITIONAL WELLBEING FOUNDATION income £11.9m

Side by side with its peers

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