TAFF-ELY FOODBANK

Registered charity 1195468 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We provide three days of nutritionally balanced emergency food and support to local people in the Taff Ely area, who are referred to us in crisis. We are part of a nationwide network of food banks, supported by The Trussell Trust, working to combat poverty and hunger across the UK.

Objects

THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY AMONGST PEOPLE IN RHONDDA CYNON TAFF AND SURROUNDING AREAS BY PROVIDING FOOD, CLOTHING, ESSENTIAL ITEMS, INFORMATION, PRACTICAL ASSISTANCE, ASSISTANCE PROGRAMMES AND OTHER APPROPRIATE SUPPORT.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE.

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 the charity faced financial challenges, depleting unrestricted funds to cover salaries before securing a grant that covered 12 months of salaries for two employees. The charity ended the period with a net decrease in funds and held £154,507 in cash funds at year-end, having utilized reserves to bridge a funding gap earlier in the year.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• 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
• Volunteer management

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Bethan Shan Cook
• Elizabeth Jane Price
• Paul Daniel Binning
• Rachael Louise Strange
• Stephen Richard Tompkins

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

Operates in: Rhondda Cynon Taff

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

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

• ELY FOODBANK income £432k
• THE TRUSSELL TRUST income £62.8m
• GRANTHAM FOODBANK income £279k
• NUNEATON FOODBANK income £111k
• Trafford North Foodbank income £107k
• NORWOOD & BRIXTON FOODBANK LIMITED income £1.2m

Side by side with its peers

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