Registered charity · Manchester
Atherton & Leigh Foodbank
- 8 trustees
- Income £116k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Thomas Eric FirthChair · since 2023
- Beverley Sharon RobinsonTrustee · since 2024
- Elizabeth Anne DevonportTrustee · since 2023
- IAN James GardinerTrustee · since 2013
- John Robert MatthiasTrustee · since 2023
- Paul James Walker BlinkhornTrustee · since 2023
- Richard Alex DrabbleTrustee · since 2023
- Richard Thomas PhelanTrustee · since 2023
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Where
- Wigan
- Website
- athertonleigh.foodbank.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2013
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£116k£131k
- 2024£141k£90k
- 2023£119k£80k
Earlier years
- 2022£52k£55k
- 2021£119k£62k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 15%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO RELIEVE PERSONS PRIMARILY IN ATHERTON, TYLDESLEY, LEIGH AND THEIR SURROUNDING AREAS OR IN OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS ("BENEFICIARIES") IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY THE PROVISION OF FOOD TO ENSURE A HEALTHY AND NUTRITIOUS DIET
Grants received
9 grants · £232,278 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
- Trussell · £201,428 (5 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £20,000
- Forever Manchester · £10,400 (2 grants)
- Masonic Charitable Foundation · £450
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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
- Thomas Eric Firth Chair since 2023
- Beverley Sharon Robinson since 2024
- Elizabeth Anne Devonport since 2023
- IAN James Gardiner since 2013
- John Robert Matthias since 2023
- Paul James Walker Blinkhorn since 2023
- Richard Alex Drabble since 2023
- Richard Thomas Phelan since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- IAN James Gardiner since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Thomas Eric Firth Chair since 2023
- Beverley Sharon Robinson since 2024
- Elizabeth Anne Devonport since 2023
- IAN James Gardiner since 2013
- John Robert Matthias since 2023
- Paul James Walker Blinkhorn since 2023
- Richard Alex Drabble since 2023
- Richard Thomas Phelan 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.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1153333
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 23/07/2013AS AMENDED ON 23/04/2014AS AMENDED ON 25 APR 2016 as amended on 23 Aug 2022 as amended on 15 Nov 2023
- Contact on the register
- 07517393362 · ALF@athertonleighfoodbank.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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