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LANCING AND SOMPTING CHURCHES FOODBANK

Registered charity 1190449 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We provide the services of a foodbank to people in need.

Causes: Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£40k
Latest spending
£47k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £32,486 were held at the end of the period, which exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining a cash reserve to cover a minimum of three months of operation (approximately £25,000). The independent examiner confirmed that proper accounting records were kept and found no matters of material significance in the receipts and payments accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £32k)
“We aim to maintain a cash reserve to cover a minimum of three months Food Bank operation. Presently this equates to around £25,000.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/05/2025£40k£47k
31/05/2024£42k£35k
31/05/2023£46k£32k
31/05/2022£18k£23k
31/05/2021£24k£15k

Common questions

Is LANCING AND SOMPTING CHURCHES FOODBANK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £32,486 were held at the end of the period, which exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining a cash reserve to cover a minimum of three months of operation (approximately £25,000). The independent examiner confirmed that proper accounting records were kept and found no matters of material significance in the receipts and payments accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds LANCING AND SOMPTING CHURCHES FOODBANK?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LANCING AND SOMPTING CHURCHES FOODBANK as a grant recipient include THE SUSSEX COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE SUSSEX COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2024£9k