Finance Score: -7
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 7
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -4 times
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
    • Large volunteers +5
    • Overall weighted support: +2
    Overall GiG Score: 0 ?

    CORNWALL FOOD ACTION

    Cornwall Food Action identifies, secures and redistributes in-date surplus food in the system. We also educate and promote resource efficiency in both our food supply chain and across the range of recipients to whom Cornwall Food Action conveys surplus food.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
    • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

    Financial issues to consider:

    • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
    • Accounts have been filed late on 4 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
    • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
    • Income has been volatile recently

    Financial Data ?

    Income & Spending ?
    N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change
    Sources of Income ?
    Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
    Deficit
    Volun-
    teers
    04/03/23*£1£1£1
    04/03/22*£11£13£-2
    04/03/21?*£15£8£7
    01/04/20*£15£7£8
    01/04/19£9£5£4
    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Established: 6 years

    dcfa.cornwall@gmail.com

    01872277600

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Disability
    • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
    • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
    GiG Classification
    • Community food services
    How it operates
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Cornwall,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Elderly/Old People
    • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

    Who supports them? ?

    Donations from Grant Makers ?

    We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

    Major supporters in last 5 years
    National Lottery Community Fund£9,986
    Cornwall Community Foundation£5,000
    Masonic Trust£1,000
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Masonic Trust - MCF Festival
    £1,000 02/03/2022
    Continue operations with core funding and extending the services to rural Cornish Communities in Southeast Cornwall.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Cornwall Food Action Deliver
    £9,986 13/10/2020
    6
    The organisation will be expanding their infrastructure project which collects and distributes food. They will work with other organisations and suppliers to meet the needs of people who are in food ....more
    Cornwall Community Foundation - In response to Covid -19
    £5,000 29/06/2020
    5
    Staff member to assist in the distribution of food and meals to the vulnerable and isolated

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (5)
    Current Trustees appointed

    • ANTHONY PETER WEIGHT Appointed: 2019
    • BARBARA ROUNDSEVELL (Chair) Appointed: 2022
    • GITTY ANKERS Appointed: 2018
    • MARK SUMMERS Appointed: 2019
    • POLLY CLAIRE KNIGHT Appointed: 2019
    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 08/08/2018, number: 1179476
    Gift Aid
    • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
    • Complaints policy and procedures
    • Conflicting interests
    • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
    • Internal risk management 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
    Filing Record
    5 returns made; AR23: 35 days late, AR22: 110 days late, AR21: 76 days late, AR20: 44 days late,
    Main office

    Cafe Chaos
    3 St. Clement Vean
    TRURO
    Cornwall
    TR1 1RN

    Objectives

    1) THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY BY PROVIDING SURPLUS FIT-FOR-PURPOSE PRODUCTS FROM THE FOOD AND DRINK INDUSTRY TO NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANISATIONS WORKING WITH VULNERABLE OR ECONOMICALLY-DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITIES OF CORNWALL.2) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT BY REDUCING FOOD WASTE GOING TO LANDFILL THROUGH RAISING AWARENESS AND PROVIDING EDUCATION.

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving

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