LES ALDEN FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1190114 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Worthing Food Foundation

During the first year of operation, under Covid, we operated mainly as a food bank, but also provided school uniforms for food bank clients.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £26,305.43 at the end of the period, which is above the stated policy target of one month's running costs (£6,300.00). The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern, although it notes a more uncertain future due to increased demand and reduced funding.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Les Alden Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Arnold Clark Community Fund — “Arnold Clark Community Fund” (source page)
• Carpenter Box Charitable Foundation — “Carpenter Box Charitable Foundation” (source page)
• Hall and Woodhouse Community Chest — “Hall and Woodhouse Community Chest” (source page)
• Leathersellers’ Company Charitable Fund — “Leathersellers’ Company Charitable Fund” (source page)
• National Lottery (Community Support Fund) — “National Lottery (Community Support Fund)” (source page)
• Neighbourly Community Fund — “Neighbourly Community Fund” (source page)
• Movement for Good (Ecclesiastical Insurance) — “Movement for Good (Ecclesiastical Insurance)” (source page)
• Worthing Community Chest — “Worthing Community Chest” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (05/10/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alexandra Bryson
• Elizabeth May Nicholson
• Fiona Caroline Elizabeth Gallagher
• Isobel Ann Healey
• Mathew John Rowntree Potter
• Rev Gadalla Nagib
• Rev Pamela Ann Alden · trustee of 1 other charity
• Susan Elizabeth Turley

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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