Registered charity (CIO) · Brentwood
Manna Meals
1) To advance the Christian faith for the benefit of the public, through sharing and teaching the gospel of Jesus Christ. 2) The prevention or relief of poverty including by, but not limited to, providing free meals to individuals and families;...
- 5 trustees
- Income £35k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Essex
- Website
- mannameals.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£35k£42k
- 2024£9k£33k
- 2023£42k£30k
Earlier years
- 2022£19k£13k
- 2021£51k£33k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 43%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1) To advance the Christian faith for the benefit of the public, through sharing and teaching the gospel of Jesus Christ. 2) The prevention or relief of poverty including by, but not limited to, providing free meals to individuals and families; operating a community food-hub providing low-cost food and household essentials; creating and maintaining a community garden for food growing; operating a community caf? providing affordable meals and refreshments. 3) To promote social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing people from becoming socially excluded, relieving the needs of those people who are socially excluded and assisting them to integrate into society. For the purpose of this clause ?socially excluded? means being excluded from society, or parts of society, as a result of one of more of the following factors: unemployment; financial hardship; youth or old age; ill health (physical or mental); substance abuse or dependency including alcohol and drugs; discrimination on the grounds of sex, race, disability, ethnic origin, religion, belief, creed, sexual orientation or gender re-assignment; poor educational or skills attainment; relationship and family breakdown; poor housing (that is housing that does not meet basic habitable standards; crime (either as a victim of crime or as an offender rehabilitating into society). 4) To advance education for the public benefit by providing workshops and classes in life skills, including but not limited to, healthy eating and nutrition, cooking, budgeting, gardening and growing food, environmental awareness and reducing food waste.
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Anna Cope Chair since 2016
- Abigail Sarah Gowland since 2016
- Deborah Mclean since 2026
- Peter Embling since 2026
- Victoria JOY DE Coster since 2016
Trustees past 6 years
- Anna Cope Chair since 2016
- Abigail Sarah Gowland since 2016
- Victoria JOY DE Coster since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Anna Cope Chair since 2016
- Abigail Sarah Gowland since 2016
- Deborah Mclean since 2026
- Peter Embling since 2026
- Victoria JOY DE Coster 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
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
- 1165147
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Foundation Registered 13 Jan 2016 as amended on 02 Sept 2026
- Contact on the register
- 07956439983 · contactmannameals@gmail.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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