THE MEON VALLEY FOOD BANK

Registered charity 1190417 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of food to individuals and families referred to us

Objects

THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST PEOPLE IN THE MEON VALLEY AREA OF SOUTHERN HAMPSHIRE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA OR IN OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME-TO-TIME THINK FIT, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A) PROVIDING EMERGENCY FOOD, ESSENTIAL TOILETRIES, AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN NEED AND/OR FOR DISTRIBUTION BY CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTYB) SUCH OTHER MEANS, INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT OR SIGNPOSTING TO RELEVANT INFORMATION AND OTHER ADVISORY SERVICES AND TO PROVIDE SUCH SERVICES WITH A CHRISTIAN ETHOS, SUPPORTED BY CHURCHES (IN AREA OF BENEFIT).

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 · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Winchester, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £51,692 at the end of the period, alongside cash holdings of £26,834. Per the trustees' report, outgoings exceeded income by approximately £2,000 per quarter since hiring a paid manager, but the trustees confirmed the charity is in good financial shape with no uncertainties regarding its continuation.

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 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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting 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)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

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

• Sainsbury’s Local Bishops Waltham — “We are grateful for the regular support of many individuals, organisations and churches who donate to us or support us in other ways includi…” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Michael Searle · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ian Wollam · trustee of 2 other charities
• JANE CAROLINE PERROTT
• REV DAVID JOHN PROUD
• ann margaret thomas

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BOREHAMWOOD FOODBANK.

• BOREHAMWOOD FOODBANK income £234k
• MID NORFOLK FOODBANK income £44k
• WAVENEY FOODBANK income £272k
• SHERBORNE FOOD BANK income £53k
• THE RYEDALE COMMUNITY FOODBANK income £73k
• TEES VALLEY TOGETHER income £50k

Side by side with its peers

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