THE BIG DIFFERENCE

Registered charity 1202119 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Big Difference is a food redistribution charity serving the community of Southampton.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £175,600, increasing its unrestricted reserves to £346,399. The trustees' policy is to maintain sufficient free reserves to cover overhead costs for at least a year, a target which the current reserves exceed. The charity operates on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties disclosed.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Big Difference (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~7.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (82% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 16.6% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ashley Jameschair
• CHRIS WARD
• Michael Spradbery · trustee of 1 other charity
• Nigel James Lapage · trustee of 6 other charities

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Common questions

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

• Nigel James Lapage — trustee here and at THE RICHARD KIRKMAN TRUST

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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