The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

Food and Friendship

Registered charity 1178067 CIO Registered since 2018

Operates: East Sussex, West Sussex, Brighton And Hove

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Board DNA

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8
trustees on the board
4.4y median 3y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure
3
trustees past 6 years
8.5y
average years in governance
7 vs 0 portfolio
first-time trustees
2
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Disability 8Economic/community Development/employment 8General Charitable Purposes 8

Commercial experience

Health and social care 3Education 1Property 1

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Contact

Websitewww.foodandfriendship.org.uk
Emailcookingcaroline@outlook.com
Phone01273728678
AddressHove Methodist Church, Portland Road, HOVE, BN3 5DR

Finances

£48,244 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£48,791£31,798
2022£50,182£50,855
2023£70,036£49,832
2024£60,101£57,634
2025£48,244£64,160

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesDisabilityEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Elderly/old PeoplePeople With Disabilities

How

Provides Services

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF, BUT NOT RESTRICTED TO, LOW-COST LUNCH CLUBS. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: OLD AGE, LEARNING DIFFICULTIES, ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL) OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP’ AND PEOPLE EXPERIENCING DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT, RELIGION, POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN.

Governing document: CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 24 Apr 2018

Trustees (8)

8trustees
60median age
0aged 70+

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