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Registered charity · Merthyr Tydfil

Merthyr Cynon Foodbank

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £70k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Where
Merthyr Tydfil, Rhondda Cynon Taff
Registered
2012

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£70k£102k
  • 2024£92k£105k
  • 2023£120k£85k
Earlier years
  • 2022£98k£101k
  • 2021£64k£53k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 29%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE MERTHYR CYNON FOODBANK IS A CHRISTIAN FAITH ORGANISATION, WHOSE OBJECTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH,AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP LIVING IN THE MERTHYR AND CYNON VALLEY AREAS, BUT MAY BE EXTENDABLE TO INCORPORATE ADJOINING COMMUNITIES IF NECESSARY.TO ACHIEVE THIS THERE IS A VIEW TO COLLABORATING IN THIS REGARD WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES, OTHER STATUTORY SERVICES, THE THIRD SECTOR INCLUDING VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND FAITH BASED ORGANISATIONS SUCH AS THE GWEINI.IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE, TO SUPPLY BOXES TO BENEFICIARIES, EITHER DIRECTLY OR THROUGH AGENCY PARTNERS, SUCH BOXES TO CONTAIN TINNED AND NON-PERISHABLE FOODS TO ENSURE A HEALTHY BALANCED AND NUTRITIOUS DIET SUFFICIENT FOR UP TO THREE DAYS.TO DO ANY OTHER THING CONSISTENT WITH THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE CHARITY, INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING OR OTHER ADVISORY SERVICES.

Grants received

5 grants · £63,900 total

360Giving 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

Most recent

Board analysis

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.

8 trustees on the board

3.1y median 1y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (3)

3
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

General Charitable Purposes 8The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 6Religious Activities 3Disability 1Overseas Aid/famine Relief 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 2Other services 1Tech and media 1

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.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£70k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1149296
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 30 JUL 2011
Contact on the register
01685350413 · Info@merthyrcynon.foodbank.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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