THE OKEHAMPTON FOODBANK

Registered charity 1212284 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Okehampton Food Bank supports people in Okehampton and the surrounding areas by providing food aid for those in poverty. This includes:Distributing emergency food supplies, essential toiletries, and household items to individuals and families in needOffering support and directing people to relevant information and advisory servicesWhile the focus is on emergency assistance, the food

Objects

THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST PEOPLE IN OKEHAMPTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME-TO-TIME THINK FIT, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A) PROVIDING EMERGENCY FOOD, ESSENTIAL TOILETRIES, AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN NEED AND/OR FOR DISTRIBUTION BY CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTYB) SUCH OTHER MEANS, INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT OR SIGNPOSTING TO RELEVANT INFORMATION 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.

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Registered contact address: West Devon, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £26,900, which is above the charity's stated policy target of holding a contingency fund of no less than £10,000. Per the trustees' report, total income for the period was £59,241 against total expenditure of £19,940, resulting in a net increase in cash resources.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• 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
• Volunteer management

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Angie Marien
• Kate Pledger
• Louise Winstanley
• Susan Spence Mrs
• Suzanne Eveleigh

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• CLECKHEATON FOODBANK income £24k
• STOKE-ON-TRENT FOODBANK income £397k
• THE WOKINGHAM FOODBANK income £337k
• WAVENEY FOODBANK income £272k
• WYTHENSHAWE FOOD BANK income £82k
• KETTERING FOODBANK income £121k

Side by side with its peers

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