SURPLUS TO SUPPER TRUST CIO
Registered charity 1189230 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Surplus to Supper is a charity working locally, with a mission statement to bridge the gap between food waste and food poverty. We take surplus food from across the food industry and provide it to local front-line charities and community groups and therefore provide relief to people who are in need by reason of age, ill health, disability, financial hardship and social circumstances.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £136,409 to £156,417, while restricted reserves were fully expended, resulting in a net decrease in total funds. The charity reported a net expenditure of £7,983 for the year, with total income of £296,410 against total expenditure of £304,393. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: to meet current going concern obligations and to have the ability to expand operations to meet the needs of the community (held: £156k)
“The policy for holding reserves is to meet current going concern obligations and to have the ability to expand operations to meet the needs of the community.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (25/02/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- ANDREW OSBORNEchair
- Christopher Marke
- Marie Bridget O'Loughlin
- Markku Henrik Koppinen
- Monica Fleischer Jones
- Simon Ward Morden
- Thomas Peter Mountford
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is SURPLUS TO SUPPER TRUST CIO financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £136,409 to £156,417, while restricted reserves were fully expended, resulting in a net decrease in total funds. The charity reported a net expenditure of £7,983 for the year, with total income of £296,410 against total expenditure of £304,393. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds SURPLUS TO SUPPER TRUST CIO?
Funders whose own accounts filings name SURPLUS TO SUPPER TRUST CIO as a grant recipient include UBS UK Donor-Advised Foundation.
Known funders
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