Registered charity (CIO) · Blackwood
Blackwood and District Foodbank
- 3 trustees
- Income £10k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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
- General Charitable Purposes, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Where
- Caerphilly
- Website
- blackwooddistrict.foodbank.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2017
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£10k£15k
- 2024£9k£17k
- 2023£19k£15k
Earlier years
- 2022£11k£9k
- 2021£37k£11k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 9%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST PEOPLE IN BLACKWOOD AND TGHE 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: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 POVERTYSUCH OTHER MEANS, INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO)THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT OR SIGNPOSTING TO RELEVANT INFORMATION AND OTHER ADVISORY SERVICES.
Grants received
2 grants · £5,720 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 · £5,720 (2 grants)
Most recent
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.
3 trustees on the board
- Susan Mary Steele MA BA Pgce Chair since 2017
- Donna Elizabeth Lower since 2017
- Ruth Mary Steele MA BA since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Susan Mary Steele MA BA Pgce Chair since 2017
- Donna Elizabeth Lower since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Susan Mary Steele MA BA Pgce Chair since 2017
- Donna Elizabeth Lower since 2017
- Ruth Mary Steele MA BA since 2023
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
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.
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
- 1175604
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 07 Nov 2017
- Contact on the register
- 07971668547 · blackwoodanddistrictfoodbank@sky.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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