Registered charity (CIO) · Kent
Help in the Community
- 5 trustees
- Income £352k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
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
- Kent, Medway
- Website
- medway.foodbank.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£352k£337k
- 2024£450k£318k
- 2023£354k£267k
Earlier years
- 2022£252k£246k
- 2021£316k£163k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2024: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE RELIEF AND PREVENTION OF POVERTY, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN MEDWAY AND NORTH KENT THROUGH: THE PROVISION OF FREE EMERGENCY FOOD, AND PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.
Grants received
23 grants · £539,422 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 · £396,482 (15 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £40,000 (2 grants)
- Postcode Society Trust · £40,000
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £40,000 (2 grants)
- Sport England · £12,840
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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
- Alison Clare West Chair since 2017
- James Mcglashan since 2022
- Peter Tottman since 2025
- Simon Charles Hart since 2025
- Susan Lynn Franks since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Alison Clare West Chair since 2017
- Susan Lynn Franks since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Peter Tottman since 2025
- Simon Charles Hart since 2025
- Susan Lynn Franks since 2020
Portfolio (2)
- Alison Clare West Chair since 2017
- James Mcglashan since 2022
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.
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
- 1166505
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Foundation Registered 13 Apr 2016
- Contact on the register
- 01634757057 · info@medway.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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