BLACKBURN FOODBANK

Registered charity 1190517 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Food bank / poverty relief.

Objects

TO RELIEVE PERSONS IN BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN WHO ARE IN A CONDITION OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS ('BENEFICIARIES') IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: A)SUPPLYING BOXES TO BENEFICIARIES WHICH CONTAIN TINNED AND DRIED FOODS TO ENSURE A HEALTHY, BALANCED AND NUTRITIOUS DIET SUFFICIENT FOR UP TO 3 DAYS. B)SUCH OTHER MEANS,INCLUDING(BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT AND ADVISORY SERVICES.

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: Blackburn with Darwen, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net incoming resource of £151,271 for the year ended 30 April 2025, resulting in total fund balances of £882,214. This figure significantly exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £400,000, which represents 12 to 18 months of operational costs. The accounts state that the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media 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.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• Blackburn foodbank helped by charity lancashiretelegraph.co.uk · 16/01/2014

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Blackburn Foodbank (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/04/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~9.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (96% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (31/01/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (17/01/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Stephen Paul Adnittchair
• Dominic Charles Holden
• Elizabeth McGarvey
• Jacqueline Ann Floyd · trustee of 1 other charity
• James Eastham · trustee of 1 other charity
• Mathew Calow Mr
• Neville John Wilkinson
• Robert Wensley
• Ruth Nicola Roberts

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

Operates in: Blackburn With Darwen

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRIDPORT FOOD BANK.

• BRIDPORT FOOD BANK income £77k
• SHERBORNE FOOD BANK income £53k
• Food Bank Aid income £775k
• THE COUNTRY FOOD TRUST income £649k
• BLACKPOOL FOOD BANK income £290k
• TEWKESBURY FOODBANK income £152k

Side by side with its peers

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