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BANKTHEFOOD

Registered charity 1194167 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To relieve persons in the UK that are in financial hardship through a free app, that aims to link shoppers with their local supermarkets and food banks to make sure that the donations that food banks receive are always plentiful, relevant and consistent.

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Latest income
£78k
Latest spending
£102k
Registered
2021
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity had a surplus income over expenditure of £23,934.44 for the year ended 30 March 2025, resulting in a closing bank balance of £37,283.76. The trustees confirm that the charity held unrestricted reserves at the year end and prepared the accounts on a going concern basis. No specific reserves policy target is stated in the document.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient funds to support the continued operation of the charity and delivery of its objectives (held: £37k)
“The trustees regularly review the level of reserves and aim to maintain sufficient funds to support the continued operation of the charity and delivery of its objectives”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The charity was established through a gift from a private funder, and the app/IP was gifted by the developer. These are related-party transactions (gifts in kind).
“The charity was established through a gift from a private funder. The BanktheFood mobile application and all associated intellectual property were gifted to the charity by the app developer.” — page 1
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£78k£102k
31/03/2024£62k£25k
31/03/2023£11k£34k
31/03/2022£52k£5k

Common questions

Is BANKTHEFOOD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity had a surplus income over expenditure of £23,934.44 for the year ended 30 March 2025, resulting in a closing bank balance of £37,283.76. The trustees confirm that the charity held unrestricted reserves at the year end and prepared the accounts on a going concern basis. No specific reserves policy target is stated in the document.

Who funds BANKTHEFOOD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BANKTHEFOOD as a grant recipient include ARDONAGH COMMUNITY TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
ARDONAGH COMMUNITY TRUSTFY2022£5kPeople in need