PENDLE FOOD FOR ALL

Registered charity 1191184 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are a food club and we buy surplus food for our members from Fareshare, as well as fresh food fromlocal sources at cost. Members pay a small fee each week and get a choice of food. They choosewhat food they want, so unlike a food bank, this gives our members some control and choice, and dignity.The food club helps them budget their income and they also get fresh food at a low cost

Objects

1. THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE BOROUGH OF PENDLE WHO ARE IN A CONDITION OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: A) PROVIDING LOW COST FOOD VIA MEMBERSHIP OF PENDLE FOOD FOR ALL FOOD CLUB; B) SUCH OTHER MEANS, INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT AND ADVICE. 2. SUCH OTHER OBJECTS AS SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE BY THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES, AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DECIDE.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted income was £85,116 and total unrestricted expenditure was £83,069, resulting in a net surplus of £2,047 for the period. Unrestricted reserves (cash funds) increased from £37,013 to £46,208. The document does not disclose any reserves policy target or unrestricted reserves figure beyond the cash balances.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Claire Bennettchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Caroline Greaves · trustee of 1 other charity
• Catherine Louise Ogden
• Lesley Metcalfe
• Suzanne Taylor

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

Operates in: Lancashire

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Government & lottery funding

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