BLACKBURN FOODBANK
Registered charity 1190517 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Food bank / poverty relief.
Causes: Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that net incoming resources for the year were £151,271, resulting in total fund balances of £882,214. The trustees consider their reserves policy target to be approximately £400,000, which is below the actual unrestricted reserves of £625,761. The trustees confirm adequate resources for going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: approximately £400,000 (held: £626k)
“It is the general policy of the charity that its free reserves should be minimally maintained to enable operations for 12 to 18 months. The trustees consider this to be represented as an amount of approximately £400,000.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Note 8
“The charity employs the wife of trustee Mark Blackshaw in a key management position. Total remuneration of £19,195 relating to this employee is included in employment costs for the year. None of the trustees (or any other persons connected with them) received any remuneration or benefits from the charity during the year.” — page 14
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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Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Blackburn Foodbank (matched by registered charity number).
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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.
- Stephen Paul Adnittchair
- Dominic Charles Holden
- Elizabeth McGarvey
- Jacqueline Ann Floyd · trustee of 1 other charity
- James Eastham · trustee of 1 other charity
- Lesley Shore
- 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
Common questions
Is BLACKBURN FOODBANK financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that net incoming resources for the year were £151,271, resulting in total fund balances of £882,214. The trustees consider their reserves policy target to be approximately £400,000, which is below the actual unrestricted reserves of £625,761. The trustees confirm adequate resources for going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds BLACKBURN FOODBANK?
Funders whose own accounts filings name BLACKBURN FOODBANK as a grant recipient include GAMBLEAWARE, BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE, THE EAST LANCASHIRE MASONIC CHARITY.
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