BOUNDS GREEN FOOD BANK

Registered charity 1205032 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The prevention or relief of poverty in Bounds Green and the surrounding area for the public benefit by providing surplus foodstuffs and other items essential for health and well-being to those people deemed vulnerable or economically disadvantaged, and acting as a resource to assist access to information and support and advice on welfare rights, employment, managing debt and housing,

Objects

THE OBJECTS ARE:THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN BOUNDS GREEN AND THE SURROUNDING AREA FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROVIDING SURPLUS FOODSTUFFS AND OTHER ITEMS ESSENTIAL FOR HEALTH AND WELL-BEING TO THOSE PEOPLE DEEMED VULNERABLE OR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED AND ACTING AS A RESOURCE TO ASSIST ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND SUPPORT AND ADVICE ON WELFARE RIGHTS, EMPLOYMENT, MANAGING DEBT AND HOUSING.

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 total unrestricted funds carried forward were £58,029, with unrestricted income of £515,386 against charitable expenditure of £535,108. The charity held cash balances of £28,828 and closing stock valued at £9,450 at the year end. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~1.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Michael Dawson
• Jacqueline Rose Myles
• Katherine Kilfedder
• Perri Kay Lyons
• Rozalinda Buyong
• Sunil Dinesh Patel

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

Operates in: Enfield · Haringey

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• BURNGREAVE FOODBANK income £191k
• THE BOW FOODBANK LIMITED income £782k
• LETCHWORTH FOODBANK income £228k
• EAST GRINSTEAD FOODBANK income £151k
• EARLSFIELD FOODBANK income £167k
• Food Bank Aid income £775k

Side by side with its peers

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