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Registered charity (CIO) · Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle Foodbank

The objectives of the CIO are:3.1. The prevention or relief of poverty in Newcastle upon Tyne and surrounding areas, in particular but not exclusively by providing emergency food parcels and welfare services to individuals in need and/or charities...

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £1.4m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Where
Newcastle Upon Tyne City
Website
newcastlewestend.foodbank.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2013

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£1.4m£977k
  • 2024£1.4m£1.0m
  • 2023£1.5m£780k
Earlier years
  • 2022£833k£483k
  • 2021£1.4m£783k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 2% · Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

The objectives of the CIO are:3.1. The prevention or relief of poverty in Newcastle upon Tyne and surrounding areas, in particular but not exclusively by providing emergency food parcels and welfare services to individuals in need and/or charities or other organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty.3.2. To do any other thing consistent with the primary purpose of the charity as described above.Nothing in this constitution shall authorise an application of property of the CIO for the purposes which are not charitable.

Grants received

44 grants · £771,054 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

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £19,7522026-02-05
  • Trussell £103,5002024-03-14
  • Trussell £29,6342023-10-25
  • Trussell £31,8252023-10-23
  • Trussell £5,0002022-10-13
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.

6 trustees on the board

4.2y median 4y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (1)

2
company-linked trustees

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

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 6Accommodation/housing 1Education/training 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 2Arts and leisure 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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£1.4m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

12.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 15.3 in 2021

15 from 6 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
4%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1152656
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - Foundation Registered 01 Jul 2013 as amended on 03 Apr 2024 as amended on 03 Apr 2024
Contact on the register
01912753019 · john@nclwefb.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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