Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 7
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

AFFORDABLE FOOD STOKE

Feeding families and supporting communities in Stoke-on-Trent
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers including the Government recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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
31/05/23?£211£96£116n/a
01/04/22£47£22£25n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 4 years

www.affordablefoodstoke.co.uk

affordablefoodstoke@outlook.com

07392054149

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Other welfare services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Staffordshire, Stoke-on-trent City,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • The General Public/Mankind

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Affordable Food Stoke
£304,100 17/02/2023
Funding will be used to deliver community services addressing hardship loneliness and isolation from its base in Stoke-on-Trent. Services will be co-designed with the community and use strategic partnerships to direct beneficiaries to other local ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Affordable Food Stoke Feeding Bellies Not Bins
£10,000 04/02/2022
The funding will be used to continue running their surplus food collection and delivery service and foodbank for people living in poverty and run cooking on a budget and food preparation classes. The project aims to enable people to access their ....more
The Coalfields Regeneration Trust - Affordable Food Stoke
£2,500 15/10/2021
This funding will go towards buying essential food that make up our emergency food parcels for struggling families here in Stoke-on-Trent

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed

  • DAVID ANTHONY PROUDLOVE Appointed: 2022
  • JEANETTE CRAWFORD Appointed: 2023
  • KAREN SEELEY Appointed: 2021
  • MILLISSA BEYDILLI Appointed: 2021
  • SAMANTHA ARNOLD Appointed: 2023
  • TAAEBA MANSHA Appointed: 2022
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 04/06/2021, number: 1194677
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
2 returns made; all on time
Main office

Affordable Food Stoke
77-81 MEAFORD DRIVE
STOKE-ON-TRENT
ST3 2BB

Objectives

THE RELIEF FOR THOSE IN NEED, BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE FOR FAMILIES & COMMUNITIES IN STOKE-ON-TRENT & IT’S SURROUNDING AREAS, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF EMERGENCY FOOD, ESSENTIAL TOILETRIES, A FOOD LARDER AND OTHER ESSENTIAL ITEMS, AND BY OFFERING SUPPORT TO OTHER ORGANISATIONS AND CHARITIES THAT ARE WORKING TO PREVENT AND RELIEVE POVERTY.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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