Registered charity · London
Foodcycle
- 9 trustees
- Income £2.3m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Clare Susan DonaldTrustee · since 2025
- David John Mcbean WestTrustee · since 2020
- Frances Le GrysTrustee · since 2023
- Kalyani GuptaTrustee · since 2021
- Mary JenningsTrustee · since 2024
- Matthew BushbyTrustee · since 2022
- Samantha OconnellTrustee · since 2023
- Vibhuti Jitendra PatelTrustee · since 2025
- William ScrimshawTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Throughout England
- Website
- www.foodcycle.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Foodcycle
- Registered
- 2010
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2.3m£2.5m
- 2024£2.0m£2.6m
- 2023£2.8m£2.3m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.9m£1.7m
- 2021£1.3m£1.3m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:1 THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE PRESERVATION AND PROMOTION OF GOOD NUTRITION, GOOD HEALTH AND SOCIAL IMPROVEMENT AMONG PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM SOCIAL, ECONOMIC OR EMOTIONAL DISTRESS;2 THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN RECLAMATION OF WASTE FOOD AND PREPARING HEALTHY FOOD;3 THE PROMOTION AND ENHANCEMENT OF HUMAN HEALTH THROUGH PROVIDING INFORMATION AND ADVICE IN RELATION TO HEALTHY EATING AND NUTRITION;4 THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION OF REDUCTION OF FOOD WASTE, USE OF RECYCLED FOOD PRODUCTS AND THE USE OF SURPLUS FOOD;5 SUCH OTHER OBJECTS, AS SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE BY THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES, AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DECIDE.
Grants received
50 grants · £2,207,986 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- City Bridge Trust · £443,432 (4 grants)
- Comic Relief · £400,000 (2 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £335,232 (3 grants)
- Henry Smith Foundation · £225,000 (2 grants)
- The Caerlow Trust · £165,000 (4 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Board analysis for researchers
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
9 trustees on the board
- Clare Susan Donald since 2025
- David John Mcbean West since 2020
- Frances Le Grys since 2023
- Kalyani Gupta since 2021
- Mary Jennings since 2024
- Matthew Bushby since 2022
- Samantha Oconnell since 2023
- Vibhuti Jitendra Patel since 2025
- William Scrimshaw since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- David John Mcbean West since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Clare Susan Donald since 2025
- David John Mcbean West since 2020
- Kalyani Gupta since 2021
- Mary Jennings since 2024
- Matthew Bushby since 2022
- Samantha Oconnell since 2023
- Vibhuti Jitendra Patel since 2025
- William Scrimshaw since 2025
Portfolio (1)
- Frances Le Grys since 2023
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
2.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 5.2 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1134423
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 10/12/2009NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 28/10/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21/09/2015
- Companies House
- Company number 07101349 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02077292775 · mark@foodcycle.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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