The Country Food Trust
Registered charity 1162699 CIO Registered since 2015
Operates: Throughout England And Wales
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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.
5 trustees on the board
- Rt Hon Sir Brandon Kenneth Lewis Chair since 2025
- Andrew Stone since 2016
- Amanda Skinner since 2020
- Mark French since 2023
- Sir Charles Ashley Rupert Walker since 2022
4.8y median 4y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- Andrew Stone since 2016
- Amanda Skinner since 2020
7.6y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Amanda Skinner since 2020
- Mark French since 2023
- Sir Charles Ashley Rupert Walker since 2022
Portfolio (2)
- Rt Hon Sir Brandon Kenneth Lewis Chair since 2025
- Andrew Stone since 2016
1
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 5Education/training 2General Charitable Purposes 1
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Arts and leisure 1Business services 1Education 1
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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
incomespending£649k 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.
3.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 4.3 in 2021
2 from 3 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.
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
- The Henry Jackson Society 1 shared trustee
- Footprints Project Limited 1 shared trustee
- The A J Stone and Family Charitable Trust 1 shared trustee
- M J C Stone Charitable Trust 1 shared trustee
Also active in the same field
- Winchester Vineyard Christian Fellowship Similar size; both Poverty relief
- The Worth Foundation Limited Similar size; both Poverty relief
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Website | www.thecountryfoodtrust.org |
| enquiries@thecountryfoodtrust.org | |
| Phone | 07719047480 |
| Address | Niddry Lodge, 51 Holland st, London, W6 7JB |
Finances
£649,330 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £640,566 | £698,581 |
| 2022 | £463,347 | £602,019 |
| 2023 | £429,307 | £416,004 |
| 2024 | £696,448 | £711,079 |
| 2025 | £649,330 | £596,982 |
What it does
What
The Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyWho
Other Defined GroupsHow
Other Charitable ActivitiesCharitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: 1. TO ALLEVIATE FOOD POVERTY BY PROVIDING FREE MEALS TO THOSE IN NEED2. TO UNDERTAKE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
Governing document: CIO - Foundation Registered 16 Jul 2015
Trustees (5)
5trustees
55median age
0aged 70+
- Rt Hon Sir Brandon Kenneth Lewisage band 55-59 Chair since 2025
- Andrew Stone since 2016
- Amanda Skinner since 2020
- Mark French since 2023
- Sir Charles Ashley Rupert Walker since 2022
Connected charities (3)
- The A J Stone and Family Charitable Trust 1 shared trustee
- M J C Stone Charitable Trust 1 shared trustee
- The Henry Jackson Society 1 shared trustee
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