Registered charity (CIO) · Hertfordshire
ST Albans and District Foodbank
The objects of the CIO are the prevention or relief of poverty in particular in St Albans District and surrounding areas. In particular but not exclusively by providing emergency food supplies to individuals in need and/or charities, or other...
- 6 trustees
- Income £495k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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About
- What it does
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Where
- Hertfordshire
- Website
- stalbansdistrict.foodbank.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2014
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£495k£562k
- 2024£535k£560k
- 2023£515k£444k
Earlier years
- 2022£236k£137k
- 2021£235k£66k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
The objects of the CIO are the prevention or relief of poverty in particular in St Albans District and surrounding areas. In particular but not exclusively by providing emergency food supplies to individuals in need and/or charities, or other organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty.Nothing in this constitution shall authorise an application of the property of the CIO for the purposes which are not charitable
Grants received
9 grants · £309,384 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 · £302,920 (6 grants)
- Hertfordshire Community Foundation · £6,464 (3 grants)
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Mark Edward Pontin Chair since 2020
- Haydar Shawkat since 2022
- Kate Wright since 2025
- Rachel Hampstead since 2021
- Shalni Sood since 2023
- Torsten de Riese since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Mark Edward Pontin Chair since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Mark Edward Pontin Chair since 2020
- Haydar Shawkat since 2022
- Kate Wright since 2025
- Rachel Hampstead since 2021
- Shalni Sood since 2023
- Torsten de Riese since 2025
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.
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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
- 1158917
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION REGISTERED 20 OCT 2014AMENDED ON 17 NOV 2020 as amended on 17 Nov 2020
- Contact on the register
- 07759035043 · info@stalbansdistrict.foodbank.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th 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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