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Registered charity (CIO) · Shotton

CAN Cook

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £1.5m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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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
Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Where
Knowsley, Liverpool City, Flintshire
Website
www.cancook.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2018

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£1.5m£1.7m
  • 2024£1.8m£1.8m
  • 2023£2.1m£1.8m
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.6m£1.4m
  • 2021£1.4m£814k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 4%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

1. THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM BY:- PROVIDING FRESH MEALS TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND WORKING WITH CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY;- UNDERTAKING AND SUPPORTING RESEARCH INTO THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF POVERTY AND PUBLISHING THE USEFUL RESULTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.2. TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT HEALTH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION ON HEALTHY EATING, TRAINING AND OTHER APPROPRIATE PROJECTS THAT ENABLE INDIVIDUALS TO BE SELF-SUFFICIENT IN GAINING ACCESS TO GOOD FOOD.

Grants received

6 grants · £671,907 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 £443,3222025-12-15
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £97,0002023-11-15
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £90,4002020-06-04
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,7752019-12-16
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,8102019-01-31
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

7.3y median 8y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

2
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 6The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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.

Tech and media 3Health and social care 2Hospitality 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£1.5m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

1.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 3.8 in 2021

25 from 12 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1178169
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 30 Apr 2018
Contact on the register
01244819543 · info@cancook.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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