SOUL KITCHEN CHESTER

Registered charity 1200960 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The prevention or relief of poverty or financial hardship in Cheshire West and Chester by providing items and services to individuals in need.

Objects

THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IN CHESHIRE WEST & CHESTER AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY PROVIDING ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:• PROVIDING FOOD, FURNITURE, BEDDING, CLOTHING, FUEL, HEATING APPLIANCES, WASHING MACHINES AND FRIDGES;• PAYMENTS OF FEES FOR INSTRUCTION, EXAMINATION OR OTHER EXPENSES CONNECTED WITH VOCATIONAL TRAINING, INCLUDING LANGUAGE, LITERACY, NUMERICAL OR TECHNICAL SKILLS.

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

Registered contact address: Cheshire West and Chester, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The provided document is an Independent Examiner's Report for Soul Kitchen for the year ended 31st March 2026. It confirms that the examination was carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 and states that no material matters were identified that would cause the examiner to believe the accounts are materially non-compliant with accounting records or regulatory requirements.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Helen Anne Anthony MBEchair
• Alison Reaney
• Gail Harrison
• James Morgan Jones
• Kathryn Laing

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

Operates in: Cheshire West & Chester

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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