CALLINGTON FOODBANK

Registered charity 1192119 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Principally the provision of food to those in need locally

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS:THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST PEOPLE IN CALLINGTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME-TO-TIME THINK FIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A) PROVIDING EMERGENCY FOOD, ESSENTIAL TOILETRIES, AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN NEED AND/OR FOR DISTRIBUTION BY OTHER CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.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.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that Callington Foodbank held unrestricted reserves of £51,686 as of June 1, 2025, with total net assets of £91,903. The trustees report that the charity's principal source of funds is donations from the public and local groups, and expenditure is almost entirely staffing and associated costs plus administration and premises costs.

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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• 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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (08/02/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (11/06/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rita Imelda Edwardschair
• ALEX IA POLGLASE
• Ian David Jones
• Kathleen Ann Feehan
• Peter Rodney Whitting

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

Operates in: Cornwall

Income and spending

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