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Registered charity (CIO) · Kent

Canterbury Food Bank

The prevention or relief of poverty or financial hardship in the Canterbury City Council district (as defined at the date of this constitution) in particular but not exclusively by:i) The provision of emergency food parcels together with other...

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £713k (2024)
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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
Kent
Website
www.canterburyfoodbank.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2013

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£713k£777k
  • 2023£942k£752k
  • 2022£1.1m£693k
Earlier years
  • 2021£519k£330k
  • 2020£330k£88k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 6%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

The prevention or relief of poverty or financial hardship in the Canterbury City Council district (as defined at the date of this constitution) in particular but not exclusively by:i) The provision of emergency food parcels together with other related supplies, along with items, services and facilities connected with the preparation and serving of emergency food supplies to individuals and family groups in financial crisis;ii) To provide financial support with domestic energy costs for those individuals and families in need; andiii) To campaign on issues to prevent or relieve poverty that include, but are not limited to, initiating and running projects solely, or contributing to, or cooperating with, charities, other organisations, and the media.

Grants received

2 grants · £67,470 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

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £67,470 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £58,4702021-07-28
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,0002020-05-07
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

4.8y median 5.5y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

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 8

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 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • 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.

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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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£713k latest income
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.

3.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 2.1 in 2020

9 from 7 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.
68 days
Latest accounts filed after the due dateiFiled after the due dateDate the accounts were received minus the reporting due date, latest filed cycle, Charity Commission register.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1153791
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - Foundation Registered 12 Sep 2013 as amended on 02 May 2018 as amended on 25 Jul 2022 as amended on 31 Oct 2024 as amended on 02 Apr 2025
Contact on the register
01227936450 · info@canterburyfoodbank.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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