Registered charity (CIO) · Watford
Watford Foodbank and Community Relief Trust
- 4 trustees
- Income £814k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th 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
- Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Where
- Hertfordshire
- Website
- www.watford.foodbank.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2019
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£814k£701k
- 2024£553k£620k
- 2023£590k£493k
Earlier years
- 2022£97k£77k
- 2021£296k£65k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST PEOPLE LIVING IN & AROUND THE WATFORD AREA, THOUGH NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY PROVIDING SUCH PERSONS WITH FOOD & OTHER ASSISTANCE, AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT, IN AN EFFORT TO RESTORE DIGNITY & OFFER HOPE.
Grants received
9 grants · £399,291 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 · £392,291 (7 grants)
- Hertfordshire Community Foundation · £5,000
- Masonic Charitable Foundation · £2,000
Most recent
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.
4 trustees on the board
- John David Bishop Chair since 2019
- Andrew Thomas Tranter since 2019
- Nicholas John Moorhouse since 2023
- Roger Thomas Murphy since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- John David Bishop Chair since 2019
- Andrew Thomas Tranter since 2019
- Roger Thomas Murphy since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- John David Bishop Chair since 2019
- Andrew Thomas Tranter since 2019
- Roger Thomas Murphy since 2019
Portfolio (1)
- Nicholas John Moorhouse 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.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
1.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 2.4 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1184482
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 18 Jul 2019
- Contact on the register
- 01923804435 · info@watford.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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