PORTLAND FOODBANK

Registered charity 1194428 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The prevention or relief of poverty or financial hardship, in particular but not exclusively in Portland and the surrounding area based on Christian principles by providing emergency food to individuals and families in need and/or for distribution by charities or other organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty or financial hardship.

Objects

THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN PORTLAND AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BASED ON CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES BY: A) PROVIDING EMERGENCY FOOD TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN NEED AND/OR FOR DISTRIBUTION BY CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP. 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: Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that income exceeded outgoings for the year, resulting in a net profit and an increase in unrestricted reserves from £75,593 to £100,478. The trustees report that the financial position is as expected, with no material uncertainties about continuing as a going concern identified.

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 4 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Paul Ralph Kimberchair
• Angela Hoskins
• David Farmer
• Neil Cruickshank
• Rebecca Louise Morley
• Rosemarie Husain
• Tracy Anne Stagg

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

Operates in: Dorset

Income and spending

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