Registered charity (CIO) · Lancashire
Morecambe BAY Foodbank
- 9 trustees
- Income £288k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Roger Leslie GittinsChair · since 2017
- Alison FisherTrustee · since 2025
- Hayley PritchardTrustee · since 2024
- Helen GreatorexTrustee · since 2017
- Ian John James DewarTrustee · since 2020
- Jeremy Edward BebbingtonTrustee · since 2025
- John EntwistleTrustee · since 2017
- Mark Thornton ThomasTrustee · since 2021
- Patrick Louis Francis HuntTrustee · since 2020
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, Education/training, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 1 more
- Where
- Lancashire
- Website
- www.morecambebay.foodbank.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2018
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£288k£486k
- 2024£370k£269k
- 2023£391k£266k
Earlier years
- 2022£258k£281k
- 2021£407k£212k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
MORECAMBE BAY FOODBANK HAS BEEN SET UP FOR THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONG PEOPLE IN MORECAMBE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA 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 POVERTYBY OTHER MEANS INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT OR SIGNPOSTING TO RELEVANT INFORMATION AND OTHER ADVISORY SERVICES
Grants received
11 grants · £283,066 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 · £261,774 (7 grants)
- Westminster Foundation · £20,592 (2 grants)
- Masonic Charitable Foundation · £450
- McCarthy Stone Foundation · £250
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Board analysis for researchers
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Roger Leslie Gittins Chair since 2017
- Alison Fisher since 2025
- Hayley Pritchard since 2024
- Helen Greatorex since 2017
- Ian John James Dewar since 2020
- John Entwistle since 2017
- Jeremy Edward Bebbington since 2025
- Mark Thornton Thomas since 2021
- Patrick Louis Francis Hunt since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Roger Leslie Gittins Chair since 2017
- Helen Greatorex since 2017
- Ian John James Dewar since 2020
- John Entwistle since 2017
- Patrick Louis Francis Hunt since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Roger Leslie Gittins Chair since 2017
- Alison Fisher since 2025
- Hayley Pritchard since 2024
- Helen Greatorex since 2017
- Jeremy Edward Bebbington since 2025
- Patrick Louis Francis Hunt since 2020
Portfolio (3)
- Ian John James Dewar since 2020
- John Entwistle since 2017
- Mark Thornton Thomas since 2021
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
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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
- 1176579
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 09 Jan 2018
- Contact on the register
- 01524932001 · info@morecambebay.foodbank.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th 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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