Registered charity (CIO) · Manchester
Droylsden & District Foodbank
- 10 trustees
- Income £16k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Rev John HemsworthChair · since 2014
- Alison FerridayTrustee · since 2016
- Anthony EllisTrustee · since 2022
- Giovanna PalmieriTrustee · since 2014
- Glynis ShawTrustee · since 2016
- Gweneth BarrTrustee · since 2014
- Patricia Ann CatterallTrustee · since 2014
- Peter John FeeleyTrustee · since 2014
- Stephen WilliamsTrustee · since 2016
- Veronica WarringtonTrustee · since 2014
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
- Tameside
- Website
- droylsdendistrict.foodbank.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2014
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£16k£14k
- 2024£17k£13k
- 2023£6k£9k
Earlier years
- 2022£13k£4k
- 2021£7k£1k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 51%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO RELIEVE PERSONS IN DROYLSDEN AND LOCAL SURROUNDING AREAS THAT ARE IN FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IN SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A) PROVIDING EMERGENCY FOOD, ESSENTIAL TOILETRIES, AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN NEED AND/OR FOR DISTRIBUTION BY CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTYB) SUCH OTHER MEANS, INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT OR SIGNPOSTING TO RELEVANT INFORMATION AND OTHER ADVISORY SERVICES
Grants received
1 grant · £5,000 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 · £5,000
Most recent
Board analysis for researchers
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Rev John Hemsworth Chair since 2014
- Alison Ferriday since 2016
- Anthony Ellis since 2022
- Giovanna Palmieri since 2014
- Gweneth Barr since 2014
- Glynis Shaw since 2016
- Peter John Feeley since 2014
- Patricia Ann Catterall since 2014
- Stephen Williams since 2016
- Veronica Warrington since 2014
Trustees past 6 years
- Rev John Hemsworth Chair since 2014
- Alison Ferriday since 2016
- Giovanna Palmieri since 2014
- Gweneth Barr since 2014
- Glynis Shaw since 2016
- Peter John Feeley since 2014
- Patricia Ann Catterall since 2014
- Stephen Williams since 2016
- Veronica Warrington since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Rev John Hemsworth Chair since 2014
- Alison Ferriday since 2016
- Anthony Ellis since 2022
- Giovanna Palmieri since 2014
- Gweneth Barr since 2014
- Glynis Shaw since 2016
- Peter John Feeley since 2014
- Patricia Ann Catterall since 2014
- Veronica Warrington since 2014
Portfolio (1)
- Stephen Williams since 2016
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- 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.
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
- 1159438
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Association Registered 02 Dec 2014
- Contact on the register
- 07473452813 · info@droylsdendistrict.foodbank.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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