EAST GRINSTEAD FOODBANK

Registered charity 1208343 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of food and other support to those in need

Objects

THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN EAST GRINSTEAD AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS OR SUCH WIDER AREA AS MAY SEEM APPROPRIATE FROM TIME TO TIME BY PROVIDING GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY AND IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING EMERGENCY FOOD SUPPLIES AND TO HELP THOSE IN CRISIS INCLUDING SIGNPOSTING TO OTHER AGENCIES.

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

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

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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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

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

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

• GRANTHAM FOODBANK income £279k
• EAST GRINSTEAD SPORTS CLUB LTD income £407k
• BURNGREAVE FOODBANK income £191k
• NORTH BRISTOL AND SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE FOODBANK CIO income £855k
• LETCHWORTH FOODBANK income £228k
• NORTHERN DEVON FOODBANK income £236k

Side by side with its peers

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