THE ROB CLARKE COMMUNITY TRUST

Registered charity 1209937 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LOWESTOFT FOODBANK

The charity operates a food bank, providing people in crisis with emergency food plus support to ensure they get the help they need to address their underlying cause of crisis. It also facilitates the provision of meals in school holidays to families that normally benefit from free school meals. It also acts to raise awareness about poverty and to influence positive change in the local community.

Objects

1. THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN LOWESTOFT 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, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY PROVIDING FOOD AND HELP TO THOSE IN CRISIS INCLUDING SIGNPOSTING TO OTHER AGENCIES.2. TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, BY PROVIDING THEM WITH SAFE AND RELIABLE ONE-TO-ONE SOCIAL CONTACT INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, HOME VISITS AND ACCOMPANIED WALKS. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ?SOCIALLY EXCLUDED? MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).

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

Registered contact address: East Suffolk, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £164,289 for the year ended 31 March 2026, resulting in total funds of £180,246. Per the trustees' report, free unrestricted reserves stood at £29,831, which is below the stated policy target of three months of expenditure. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed trading subsidiaries or pension deficits.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Rob Clarke Community Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• RICHARD JOHN YOUNGSchair
• Alexander Derek Godfrey
• Benjamin James Parish
• Emma Louise Clarke
• Michelle Anne Culley

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

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