WEYMOUTH FOODBANK

Registered charity 1190974 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To act as a Foodbank in Weymouth and surrounding area based on Christian principles by:-a) Providing emergency food to individuals and families in need and/or for distribution by charities and other organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty or financial hardship.b) Such other means, including the provision of support or signposting to relevant information and other advisory services.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Get email alerts

Latest income

£104k

Latest spending

£100k

Registered

2020

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £3,747, adding to accumulated unrestricted reserves of £73,858. Per the trustees' report, cash reserves of £75,358 are considered sufficient to meet expected needs in the medium term. The charity operates with no paid staff, relying entirely on volunteers, and incurred total expenditure of £99,842 against income of £103,589.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Trustee expense reimbursements only

“The only payments made to the Trustees consisted of reimbursements of expenses incurred in furthering the Charity's objects and no direct benefits were received by the Trustees during this or the previous financial year. No other payments were made to trustees or any persons connected with them during this financial period. No material transaction took place between the organisation and a trustee or any person connected with them.” — page 13

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

AMANDA STEPHANIE DERVLEY
Andrew White
Helen Louise Miller
Helen May Cross
Jacqueline Alice Trent · trustee of 1 other charity
Jean-Paul Dervley · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Dorset

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£104k	£100k
31/12/2024	£130k	£122k
31/12/2023	£120k	£143k
31/12/2022	£104k	£69k
31/12/2021	£47k	£43k

Common questions

Is WEYMOUTH FOODBANK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £3,747, adding to accumulated unrestricted reserves of £73,858. Per the trustees' report, cash reserves of £75,358 are considered sufficient to meet expected needs in the medium term. The charity operates with no paid staff, relying entirely on volunteers, and incurred total expenditure of £99,842 against income of £103,589. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds WEYMOUTH FOODBANK?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WEYMOUTH FOODBANK as a grant recipient include THE ALICE ELLEN COOPER-DEAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ALICE ELLEN COOPER-DEAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£10k
THE ALICE ELLEN COOPER-DEAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2024	£5k

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE SYBIL SHINE MEMORIAL TRUST	1	£208k
THE J AND H ORLANDER TRUST	1	£99k
THE CHARLES RUSSELL SPEECHLYS FOUNDATION	1	£67k
THE E H SMITH CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£58k
THE HEADLEY TRUST	1	£45k
HAMPSTEAD GARDEN SUBURB FELLOWSHIP	1	£37k
THE ADINT CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£30k
HACKNEY PAROCHIAL CHARITIES	1	£23k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Food Bank Aid.

Food Bank Aid income £2.2m
ELY FOODBANK income £432k
GRANTHAM FOODBANK income £279k
NORTHERN DEVON FOODBANK income £236k
THE HACKNEY FOODBANK income £1.8m
TRURO FOODBANK income £200k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WEYMOUTH FOODBANK	£104k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
Food Bank Aid FY2025	£2.2m	—	above	—	no doubt
ELY FOODBANK FY2025	£432k	—	above	—	no doubt
GRANTHAM FOODBANK FY2024	£279k	—	unclear	—	noted
NORTHERN DEVON FOODBANK FY2025	£236k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE HACKNEY FOODBANK FY2025	£1.8m	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.