TEWKESBURY FOODBANK

Registered charity 1205793 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide emergency food aid

Objects

OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY.1.TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY FOOD AID TO PEOPLE IN TEWKESBURY AND SURROUNDING AREAS IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS (BENEFICIARIES) WHO ARE REFERRED TO US BY AUTHORISED PARTNER AGENCIES.2. FURTHER TO (1) ABOVE, TO SUPPLY GOODS TO BENEFICIARIES, EITHER DIRECTLY OR THROUGH AGENCY PARTNERS APPROVED BY THE TRUSTEES. GOODS TO INCLUDE (BUT NOT TO BE LIMITED TO) FOOD, INCLUDING TINNED AND DRIED FOODS, TO ENSURE A HEALTHY, BALANCED AND NUTRITIOUS DIET SUFFICIENT FOR 3 DAYS AT A TIME, ALSO CLOTHES, FURNITURE, TOYS.3. TO DO ANY OTHER THING CONSISTENT WITH THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE CHARITY, INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO), THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND OTHER ADVISORY SERVICES.

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: Tewkesbury, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Received the assets of TEWKESBURY FOODBANK (charity 1151000) — merger registered 28/09/2026.

Source: Charity Commission register of merged charities (OGL v3.0).

Latest income

£152k

Latest spending

£149k

Registered

2023

Accounts read

FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a net surplus of £3,391 for the year, with total income of £151,990 and total expenditure of £148,599. The charity holds unrestricted funds of £204,257, which the trustees have allocated to specific reserves for future deficits, premises relocation, and staff costs. The accounts were subject to an independent examination which reported no material matters of concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and Legacies (55% of income)

“Total income and endowments 83,370.20 68,620.16 151,990.36” — page 14

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: The level of reserves is reviewed on a regular basis by the Trustees to ensure that the funds are appropriate to fulfil our continuing financial obligations and our Reserves policy is updated accordingly. (reserves figure: £204k)

“The level of reserves is reviewed on a regular basis by the Trustees to ensure that the funds are appropriate to fulfil our continuing financial obligations and our Reserves policy is updated accordingly.” — page 9

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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 policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2026

Volunteers: 45
Government income: £28,090 — grants £28,090 (2); 18% of the £151,990 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

Volunteers: 45
Government income: £30,000 — grants £30,000 (1); 9% of the £330,851 total gross income on the same return

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

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Register events

Received assets from another charity (28/09/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Alex Clark
Andrew John Dennis Simpkins M.A.
Elizabeth Walker
Helen Hill
Jamie Mark Jarvie
Marion Lynn Badham
Rev CAROLYN SEATON
Rev Stephen Kenneth Prior
Sandra Christine Ditchburn

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire · Worcestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2026	£152k	£149k
31/03/2025	£331k	£87k

Common questions

Is TEWKESBURY FOODBANK financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The charity reported a net surplus of £3,391 for the year, with total income of £151,990 and total expenditure of £148,599. The charity holds unrestricted funds of £204,257, which the trustees have allocated to specific reserves for future deficits, premises relocation, and staff costs. The accounts were subject to an independent examination which reported no material matters of concern. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds TEWKESBURY FOODBANK?

Funders whose own accounts filings name TEWKESBURY FOODBANK as a grant recipient include Fuel Bank Foundation.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
Fuel Bank Foundation	FY2021	£12k	Fuel Bank Vouchers

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST.MARK, BATTERSEA RISE	1	£43k
THE CHILDHOOD TRUST	1	£22k
Alex Ferry Foundation	1	£11k
The Peter Willmott Foundation	1	£10k
ARDONAGH COMMUNITY TRUST	1	£5k
THE WILLIE AND MABEL MORRIS CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£3k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. MARY MAGDALENE, ASHTON UPON MERSEY	1	£2k
THE STEVE BURNE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£2k

Charities like this

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

BURNGREAVE FOODBANK income £191k
TRAFFORD SOUTH FOODBANK income £132k
LONG EATON AND SAWLEY FOODBANK income £73k
THE WISBECH FOOD BANK income £67k
LETCHWORTH FOODBANK income £228k
JUNCTION COMMUNITY TRUST income £982k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
TEWKESBURY FOODBANK	£152k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BURNGREAVE FOODBANK FY2025	£191k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
TRAFFORD SOUTH FOODBANK FY2025	£132k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LONG EATON AND SAWLEY FOODBANK FY2026	£73k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE WISBECH FOOD BANK FY2026	£67k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LETCHWORTH FOODBANK FY2025	£228k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.