FREE FOOD IN SANDOWN AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT

Registered charity 1188081 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as D.I.D.D.I.

Purchase and provide food for people in poverty and crisis at this current time. This is achieved by placing a stand at our chairty shop/cafe in Lake for people to collect for free. We also offer a home delivery of an emergency box of fresh fruit and veg plus home cooked meals and a supply of packet and tinned products as a back up. In the Sandown Bay area and across the island where required

Objects

THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ON THE ISLE OF WIGHT, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF DONATED FOOD, INFORMATION AND SUPPORT TO PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING IN POVERTY.

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 · Environment/conservation/heritage · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £1,175 for the year ended 31 January 2026, compared to a net profit of £7,441 in the previous year. Total income decreased from £33,979 to £27,500, while total expenditure fell from £30,939 to £23,107. The net assets held in the capital account stood at £24,675 at the end of the period.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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 policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dorothy Anna Perrettchair
• Amber Beard · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ann Marie Middleton
• JACQUELINE CRAWLEY
• Patricia Louise Whitehead

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

Operates in: Isle Of Wight

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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