Registered charity (CIO) · Hereford
The Hereford Food Bank
The Hereford Food Bank is a registered charity (number 1170826) based in Hereford, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Marie Rosenthal since 2021. Latest income £389k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
The relief of poverty in Herefordshire and the surrounding area through the provision of emergency food parcels containing basic nutritional foods and other basic amenities, or provision of vouchers or support to enable the relief of the same,...
- 4 trustees
- Income £389k (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
- Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Where
- Herefordshire
- Website
- herefordfoodbank.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£389k£343k
- 2024£407k£301k
- 2023£451k£293k
Earlier years
- 2022£388k£254k
- 2021£239k£214k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 42%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
The relief of poverty in Herefordshire and the surrounding area through the provision of emergency food parcels containing basic nutritional foods and other basic amenities, or provision of vouchers or support to enable the relief of the same, founded on the Christian principle that humanity should ?love your neighbour as yourself". Nothing in this constitution shall authorise an application of the property of the CIO for purposes which are not charitable.
Grants received
5 grants · £16,815 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
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £10,000
- Herefordshire Community Foundation · £5,815 (2 grants)
- McCarthy Stone Foundation · £500
- Masonic Charitable Foundation · £500
Most recent
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
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.
4 trustees on the board
- Marie Rosenthal Chair since 2021
- Michael John Wilkinson since 2020
- Susan Mary Ewart since 2023
- Suzanne Hunter since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Michael John Wilkinson since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Marie Rosenthal Chair since 2021
- Michael John Wilkinson since 2020
- Susan Mary Ewart since 2023
- Suzanne Hunter since 2025
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.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of causes across 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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1170826
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 19 Dec 2016 as amended on 29 Oct 2019 as amended on 09 Oct 2025
- Contact on the register
- 01432607011 · manager@herefordfoodbank.co.uk
- 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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