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Registered charity (CIO) · Somerset

Bridgwater Foodbank

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £73k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Where
Somerset
Website
www.bridgwater.foodbank.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2016

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£73k£20k
  • 2024£65k£21k
  • 2023£78k£52k
Earlier years
  • 2022£68k£15k
  • 2021£116k£26k
Charitable objects

THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST PEOPLE IN BRIDGWATER, SOMERSET AND THE SURROUNDING AREA OR IN OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM IN SUCH 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 POVERTY (B) SUCH OTHER MEANS, INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT OR SIGNPOSTING TO RELEVANT INFORMATION AND OTHER ADVISORY SERVICES.

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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.

10 trustees on the board

3.6y median 2y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (1)

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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 10Economic/community Development/employment 1Education/training 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on 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.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£73k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1170515
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 01 Dec 2016
Contact on the register
01278 434636 · info@bridgwater.foodbank.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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