3FOOD4U

Registered charity 1192310 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Daily foodbank with heath and wellbeing support services and social nemory cafes.

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Latest income
£221k
Latest spending
£244k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £22,631.21 for the year ended 6 April 2025, having spent £243,847.37 against total income of £221,216.16. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £52,886.97 at year-end, which is below the stated policy target of £225k. The charity maintains a reserves policy to operate without public funding for 12 months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £53k)
“Currently this is £225k.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
06/04/2025£221k£244k
06/04/2024£223k£203k
06/04/2023£225k£193k
06/04/2022£227k£204k

Common questions

Is 3FOOD4U financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £22,631.21 for the year ended 6 April 2025, having spent £243,847.37 against total income of £221,216.16. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £52,886.97 at year-end, which is below the stated policy target of £225k. The charity maintains a reserves policy to operate without public funding for 12 months. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds 3FOOD4U?

Funders whose own accounts filings name 3FOOD4U as a grant recipient include THE JOSEPH AND LILIAN SULLY FOUNDATION, VINCI UK FOUNDATION, THE GREEN HALL FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE JOSEPH AND LILIAN SULLY FOUNDATIONFY2022£10k
VINCI UK FOUNDATIONFY2025£6k
THE GREEN HALL FOUNDATIONFY2024£3k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery07/10/2025£40kMillionaire Street 2025 10w2
Sport England02/07/2025£15k3Food4U Epping Community Hub
The National Lottery Community Fund25/03/2021£10kHarlow Community Surplus Hub

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with UTTLESFORD FOODBANK.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
3FOOD4U£221k—0unclear—no doubt
UTTLESFORD FOODBANK FY2025£193k—0above—noted
THE BOW FOODBANK LIMITED FY2025£782k£60,000 - £69,9991unclear—no doubt
Newcastle Foodbank FY2025£1.4m—0unclear—no doubt
REDBRIDGE FOODBANK FY2025£724k—0unclear—no doubt
ST ALBANS AND DISTRICT FOODBANK FY2025£495k—0unclear—no doubt

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