Registered charity (CIO) · London
Food Foundation
- 9 trustees
- Income £2.0m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Dame Julie MellorChair · since 2026
- Andrew HobbsTrustee · since 2021
- Dr Sophie HarrisTrustee · since 2025
- Judith BatchelarTrustee · since 2025
- Neil LeitchTrustee · since 2024
- Professor Hugh Charles Jonathan GodfrayTrustee · since 2015
- Rosel Marie BoycottTrustee · since 2015
- Sir Michael Gideon MarmotTrustee · since 2017
- Vanessa NorthTrustee · since 2021
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- foodfoundation.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2020
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2.0m£1.7m
- 2024£1.4m£1.6m
- 2023£1.8m£1.7m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.8m£1.7m
- 2021£1.5m£1.6m
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH RESEARCH IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE FOOD SYSTEM INCLUDING HEALTH, SUSTAINABILITY, BUSINESS PRACTICE, DISTRIBUTION, CONSUMPTION, FOOD POLICY AND ECONOMICS, AND TO DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH; AND TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT HEALTH BY PROMOTING HEALTHY EATING AND IMPROVED DIET AND TO DECREASE DIET RELATED DISEASE AMONG THE PUBLIC.
Board analysis for researchers
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
- Dame Julie Mellor Chair since 2026
- Andrew Hobbs since 2021
- Dr Sophie Harris since 2025
- Judith Batchelar since 2025
- Neil Leitch since 2024
- Professor Hugh Charles Jonathan Godfray since 2015
- Rosel Marie Boycott since 2015
- Sir Michael Gideon Marmot since 2017
- Vanessa North since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Professor Hugh Charles Jonathan Godfray since 2015
- Rosel Marie Boycott since 2015
- Sir Michael Gideon Marmot since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Dame Julie Mellor Chair since 2026
- Andrew Hobbs since 2021
- Dr Sophie Harris since 2025
- Judith Batchelar since 2025
- Neil Leitch since 2024
- Professor Hugh Charles Jonathan Godfray since 2015
- Rosel Marie Boycott since 2015
- Sir Michael Gideon Marmot since 2017
Portfolio (1)
- Vanessa North since 2021
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
3.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 2.1 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1187611
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 28 Jan 2020
- Contact on the register
- 02030869953 · office@foodfoundation.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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