Foodshare CIO

Registered charity 1207287 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FOODSHARE

Objects

TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS, ELDERLY, LIVING IN POVERTY, WHO HAVE A DRUG OR ALCOHOL DEPENDENCY OR WHO ARE IN SOME OTHER WAY SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE BY PROVIDING SUCH CHARITABLE ASSISTANCE AS THE TRUSTEES DEEMS FIT.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted general reserves of £891,972 as of 31 March 2025, following a net movement in funds of the same amount. The trustees' report indicates a reserves policy to retain sufficient funds for six months of operations, which the current reserves exceed. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the accounts.

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.

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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

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

Reported reserves equal ~150.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (95% 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

• David Richard Howells
• Debra Gee · trustee of 1 other charity
• NIGEL COHEN FCA · trustee of 4 other charities

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire · West Berkshire · Windsor And Maidenhead

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SHARE THE HOPE.

• SHARE THE HOPE income £106k
• National Centre For Universities and Business income £2.9m
• NORTH BRISTOL AND SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE FOODBANK CIO income £855k
• HMC (UK) income £2.9m
• FLOWW income £189k
• J O CHARITABLE TRUST income £195k

Side by side with its peers

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