AFFORDABLE FOOD STOKE

Registered charity 1194677 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Affordable Living Stoke

Feeding families and supporting communities in Stoke-on-Trent

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£147k
Latest spending
£131k
Registered
2021
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £16,331 for the period, with total income of £147,496 and total expenditure of £131,165. Total funds retained at year-end amounted to £172,053, which is above the trustees' stated reserves policy target of £35,000. The trustees declared they are happy with the financial position and ongoing performance of the charity.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Grants (47% of income)
“Grants - 70,044.00 70,044.00” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: 6 months worth of usual expenditure as reserves, which equates to £35,000 (held: £172k)
“The charity seeks to hold 6 months worth of usual expenditure as reserves, which equates to £35,000” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Staffordshire · Stoke-on-trent City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£147k£131k
31/05/2024£191k£176k
31/05/2023£211k£96k
01/04/2022£47k£22k

Common questions

Is AFFORDABLE FOOD STOKE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £16,331 for the period, with total income of £147,496 and total expenditure of £131,165. Total funds retained at year-end amounted to £172,053, which is above the trustees' stated reserves policy target of £35,000. The trustees declared they are happy with the financial position and ongoing performance of the charity. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund17/02/2023£304kAffordable Food Stoke
The National Lottery Community Fund04/02/2022£10kAffordable Food Stoke Feeding Bellies Not Bins