EAST GRINSTEAD FOODBANK

Registered charity 1208343 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of food and other support to those in need

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Latest income

£151k

Latest spending

£132k

Registered

2024

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £174,172, which is below the stated policy target of six months of anticipated overheads. The charity reported a net income increase to £18,788, supported by diverse funding sources, though it notes that expected discretionary council funding is unlikely to be received going forward.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of anticipated overheads (held: £174k)

“The Trustees should ensure that the East Grinstead Foodbank retains adequate “unrestricted funds” to cover six months of anticipated overheads” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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Register events

Received assets from another charity (17/02/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Brigid Mary Armstrong
Dominic Anthony Byrne
Julian John Spencer · trustee of 1 other charity
Lorraine Fernandes
Philip Brown
Rachel Sarah Flynn

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/11/2025	£151k	£132k
30/11/2024	£0	£0

Common questions

Is EAST GRINSTEAD FOODBANK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £174,172, which is below the stated policy target of six months of anticipated overheads. The charity reported a net income increase to £18,788, supported by diverse funding sources, though it notes that expected discretionary council funding is unlikely to be received going forward. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds EAST GRINSTEAD FOODBANK?

Funders whose own accounts filings name EAST GRINSTEAD FOODBANK as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST DORMANSLAND, SOUTHWARK.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST DORMANSLAND, SOUTHWARK	FY2021	£214	Emoluments, Fees and Honoraria paid to members of the PCC, their related parties and others. Organists and musicians, including temporary organists