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The Orchard Food Bank

The Orchard Food Bank is a registered charity (number 1172151) based in Chorley, governed by 2 trustees. Latest income £7k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 11th October 2026.

  • 2 trustees
  • Income £7k (2025)

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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
General Charitable Purposes, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Where
Liverpool City
Registered
2017

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£7k£11k
  • 2024£12k£5k
  • 2023£3k£5k
Earlier years
  • 2022£8k£8k
  • 2021£9k£6k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN THE GARSTON AREA OF SOUTH LIVERPOOL THROUGH THE OPERATION OF A FOOD BANK TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY FOOD SUPPLIES AND RELATED SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS HAVING A FINANCIAL NEED.INITIALLY WE WILL BE RELYING ON MATERIAL DONATIONS FROM LOCAL SUPPLIERS WHO HAVE AGREED TO COMMIT TO ACHIEVING OUR OBJECTIVES. THE ORCHARD WILL RECEIVE SOME FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM THE RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT CENTRE LTD TO COVER START-UP COSTS.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT ACT 2005 AND SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT 2008.

Grants received

1 grant · £9,880 total

360Giving 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

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £9,880

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,8802023-11-24
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.

2 trustees on the board

8.5y median 8.5y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

0
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

General Charitable Purposes 2The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 2

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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£7k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1172151
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 20 Mar 2017
Contact on the register
01512077744
Edition
Register edition compiled 11th October 2026
Labels
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