Registered charity (CIO) · Cheshire
Widnes Foodbank
- 7 trustees
- Income £217k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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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
- Halton
- Website
- www.widnesfoodbank.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2013
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£217k£189k
- 2024£211k£186k
- 2023£192k£229k
Earlier years
- 2022£231k£206k
- 2021£172k£147k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 9%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN THAT PART OF THE BOROUGH OF HALTON IN THE COUNTY OF CHESHIRE,WHICH IS NORTH OF THE RIVER MERSEY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA,IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A)PROVIDING EMERGENCY FOOD BOXES CONTAINING THREE DAYS SUPPLY OF BALANCED AND NUTRITIONAL FOODSTUFFS TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR FOR DISTRIBUTION BY CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY;B)THE PROVISION OF OR SIGNPOSTING TO RELEVANT INFORMATION AND OTHER ADVISORY SERVICES
Grants received
1 grant · £100,648 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 · £100,648
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Rev Mark Harwood Chair since 2020
- Clare Bedford since 2013
- Gerard Lane since 2023
- John Mckenna since 2013
- Jane Walker since 2026
- Joanna Elizabeth Jones since 2026
- Rev Peter William Dawkin since 2013
Trustees past 6 years
- Clare Bedford since 2013
- John Mckenna since 2013
- Rev Peter William Dawkin since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Clare Bedford since 2013
- Gerard Lane since 2023
- Jane Walker since 2026
- Rev Peter William Dawkin since 2013
Portfolio (3)
- Rev Mark Harwood Chair since 2020
- John Mckenna since 2013
- Joanna Elizabeth Jones since 2026
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
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1155130
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Association Registered 30 Dec 2013
- Contact on the register
- 01514220031 · contact@widnesfoodbank.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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