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Registered charity (CIO) · Brighton

Food Matters Foundation

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £303k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 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, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 2 more
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
www.foodmatters.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2018

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£303k£291k
  • 2024£367k£281k
  • 2023£306k£266k
Earlier years
  • 2022£227k£209k
  • 2021£243k£150k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 15% · Government grants 23%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

1. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN ISSUES RELATING TO FOOD, INCLUDING HEALTH, ETHICS, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL STUDIES, SCIENCE, PUBLIC POLICY.2. TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH OF PEOPLE WHO ARE DISADVANTAGED BY ENCOURAGING THE DEVELOPMENT OF HEALTHIER LIFESTYLES THROUGH THE PROVISION OF PRACTICAL TRAINING, EDUCATION, INFORMATION AND SUPPORT ON NUTRITION, HEALTHY EATING AND THE IMPORTANCE OF A HEALTHY DIET TO EQUIP SUCH PERSONS TO MAKE MORE INFORMED HEALTH AND DIETARY CHOICES LEADING TO AN IMPROVEMENT IN THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE.3. TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRUDENT USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES:(I) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES;(II) THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION; (III) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN SUBJECTS RELATED TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE PROTECTION, ENHANCEMENT AND REHABILITATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND TO PROMOTE STUDY AND RESEARCH IN SUCH SUBJECTS PROVIDED THAT THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH STUDY ARE DISSEMINATED TO THE PUBLIC AT LARGE."SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT" MEANS DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS.

Grants received

13 grants · £392,181 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

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £15,4902024-09-19
  • Sussex Community Foundation £4,4302023-03-20
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,9402022-09-16
  • Ministry of Justice £64,9442022-04-01
  • Ministry of Justice £70,1362022-04-01
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.

6 trustees on the board

5y median 5y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 6General Charitable Purposes 6The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 6

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 1

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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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£303k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
38%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1178078
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 24 Apr 2018
Contact on the register
01273234781 · info@foodmatters.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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