The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

South Cotswolds Foodbank

Registered charity 1159810 CIO Registered since 2015

Operates: Gloucestershire, Wiltshire

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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

3.4y median 2y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (1)

0
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Other Charitable Purposes 8The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 8The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 8

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2025
incomespending£391k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2025

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.southcotswolds.foodbank.org.uk
Emailinfo@southcotswolds.foodbank.org.uk
Phone 0300 1027970
AddressUnit 15, Inner Courtyard, Whiteway Court, Whiteway, CIRENCESTER, Gloucest

Finances

£390,595 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£187,050£73,867
2021£143,987£98,648
2022£219,753£145,838
2023£260,022£220,533
2025£390,595£340,017

What it does

What

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

1) TO RELIEVE PERSONS IN CIRENCESTER AND THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS (BENEFICIARIES) IN SUCH WAYS AS FROM TIME TO TIMETHE TRUSTEES SEE FIT2) IN FURTHERANCE OF THE FIRST OBJECT TO SUPPLY GOODS TO BENEFICIARIES, EITHER DIRECTLY OR THROUGH AGENCY PARTNERS APPROVED BY THE TRUSTEES. GOODS TO INCLUDE (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) FOOD, INCLUDING TINNED AND DRIED FOODS TO ENSURE A HEALTHY BALANCED AND NUTRITIONAL DIET SUFFICIENT FOR THREE DAYS AT A TIME, CLOTHES, FURNITURE, TOYS, HEATING SUPPORT.3) TO DO ANY OTHER THING CONSISTENT WITH THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE CHARITY, INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND OTHER ADVISORY SERVICES.

Governing document: CIO - Foundation Registered 06 Jan 2015 as amended on 26 Aug 2022 as amended on 07 Mar 2024 as amended on 19 Feb 2026

Trustees (8)

8trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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