THE RAFT FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1191272 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Raft Foundation is a crisis support foodbank providing individuals and families in Rossendale:- parcels of food for 3 meals a day x 7 days per person- essential household goods, e.g. nappies, toiletries- signposting to support with their causes of povertyWe deliver 3 days per week, every week, with the other days spent sourcing, collecting, sorting and packing donated food.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST PEOPLE IN ROSSENDALE AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS:A)PROVIDING EMERGENCY FOOD, ESSENTIAL TOILETRIES, HOUSEHOLD ITEMS AND OTHER ITEMS GIFTED TO THE ORGANISATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN NEED B)SUCH OTHER MEANS, INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO)THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT OR SIGNPOSTING TO RELEVANT INFORMATION AND OTHER ADVISORY SERVICES.

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £15,100 for the year ended 31 December 2024, reducing its unrestricted reserves from £152,174 to £137,074. Per the trustees' report, the charity's reserves policy is to maintain free reserves equivalent to approximately twelve months of operating expenditure, with a target of £50,000 considered sufficient. The current unrestricted reserves of £137,074 are above this stated policy target.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Janice Beverley Johnsonchair
• David Paul Heaton
• Gerard Francis Greenhalgh
• Gillian Heaton
• Mark John Stapleton
• Nicholas Subasic
• Stephen Hall

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

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