Registered charity (CIO) · Ashford
Meals & More
- 9 trustees
- Income £628k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Richard James CooperChair · since 2023
- Christopher Nicholas MartinTrustee · since 2023
- Erin RoyTrustee · since 2024
- Joanne WarnerTrustee · since 2025
- Nicola Charlotte Jane SampsonTrustee · since 2023
- Nigel John HuntTrustee · since 2025
- Peter StathamTrustee · since 2023
- Shannan HornerTrustee · since 2024
- Thomas MarianiTrustee · since 2024
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.mealsandmore.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2018
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£628k£694k
- 2024£325k£601k
- 2023£711k£480k
Earlier years
- 2022£324k£408k
- 2021£124k£271k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
1.TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONG CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, AND TO PROMOTE THE HEALTH AND IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH CHILDREN, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF GRANTS AND OTHER ASSISTANCE AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT TO CHARITABLE AND OTHER RELEVANT BODIES TO ENABLE SUCH BODIES TO PROVIDE HEALTHY NUTRITIOUS MEALS OUTSIDE SCHOOL OR NURSERY HOURS AND OUTSIDE SCHOOL TERM-TIMES TO CHILDREN WHOSE FAMILIES OR CARERS COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD TO DO SO;2.TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF GRANTS AND OTHER ASSISTANCE AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT TO CHARITABLE AND OTHER RELEVANT BODIES TO ENABLE SUCH BODIES TO PROVIDE RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE; AND3.TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE UNITED KINGDOM ON THE SUBJECT OF FOOD POVERTY AMONG CHILDREN, ITS EFFECTS ON EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES FOR THOSE CHILDREN AND ITS IMPACT ON SOCIETY, AND THE MOST APPROPRIATE WAYS TO MITIGATE THESE EFFECTS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THOSE SUBJECTS AND THE PUBLICATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS.
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Richard James Cooper Chair since 2023
- Christopher Nicholas Martin since 2023
- Erin Roy since 2024
- Joanne Warner since 2025
- Nicola Charlotte Jane Sampson since 2023
- Nigel John Hunt since 2025
- Peter Statham since 2023
- Shannan Horner since 2024
- Thomas Mariani since 2024
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Christopher Nicholas Martin since 2023
- Erin Roy since 2024
- Joanne Warner since 2025
- Nigel John Hunt since 2025
- Peter Statham since 2023
- Shannan Horner since 2024
- Thomas Mariani since 2024
Portfolio (2)
- Richard James Cooper Chair since 2023
- Nicola Charlotte Jane Sampson since 2023
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.
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
6.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 17.2 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1179092
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 06 Jul 2018 as amended on 02 May 2019
- Contact on the register
- 07483354001 · info@mealsandmore.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th 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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