Overall GiG Score: 6 ?
Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 7
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
  • Grant maker support: +2

GOOD FOOD MATTERS 

Support disadvantaged young people to build healthier lifestyles, focusing on those facing lack of achievement at school, exclusion, in care, caring for relatives, ex-offenders or those at risk from antisocial behaviour, those going through transition, & those involved in teaching or providing nutrition to youth in the UK. Our key message is that good food does matter!
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 3 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 19 years

www.goodfoodmatters.org.uk

amanda@goodfoodmatters.org.uk

07715905033

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£111£166£-54n/an/an/an/an/a393
31/03/22£77£128£-52n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/03/21£76£122£-45n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/03/20£53£147£-95n/an/an/an/an/a206
31/03/19£93£144£-51n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/03/18£133£190£-58£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17*£156£210£-54£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£94£167£-73£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£94£148£-54£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£573£167£406£2£499£191.330
31/03/13£108£63£45£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£30£38£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£26£14£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£13£19£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£15£24£-9£0£0£0n/a00
30/03/08*£20£14£6£0£0£0n/a00
30/03/07£18£15£4£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 393 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Croydon,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Good Food Matters
£2,300 21/10/2023
We'd like to teach more people how to grow their own food and to how to use seasonal produce. We will focus on the therapeutic benefits and elements of growing food and working in nature.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Good Food Matters - The Community Food Learning Centre
£3,931 24/10/2020
We will create a team of volunteer food growers to grow, harvest and distribute fresh vegetables to foodbanks and the homeless of Croydon.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Good Food Matters - The Community Food Learning Centre
£6,431 19/11/2018
We want to provide healthy meals and fun activities for families who struggle to feed their children, particularly during school holidays.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Good Food Matters
£30,000 23/03/2018
6
over six months towards salary and running costs at a community food learning centre in New Addington while they develop partnership plans to sustain the project
Tudor Trust - Grant to Good Food Matters
£35,000 29/04/2015
24
over two years towards the core costs of the Community Food Learning Centre in New Addington, Croydon
Tudor Trust - Grant to Good Food Matters
£30,000 17/09/2013
as an additional grant towards the construction of a new community food learning centre in Croydon

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 34-77
  • CAROLE SHORT (Chair) Appointed: 2009, Occupation: Capacity Building Officer
  • CHRIS MILLS Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Quantity Surveyor
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/09/2005, number: 1111235
  • Registered at Companies House on 08/04/2005, number: 05418543
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
17 returns made; AR17: 1 days late, AR16: 122 days late, AR08: 72 days late,
Main office

42 Mickleham Way
New Addington
CROYDON
CR0 0PN

Objectives

3. THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE:-(A) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF COOKING AND GROWING HEALTHY FOOD. (B) TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE SO THAT THEY CAN DEVELOP HEALTHIER LIFESTYLES IN PARTICULAR THOSE FACING LACK OF ACHIEVEMENT AT SCHOOL, EXCLUSION, IN CARE, CARING FOR RELATIVES, EX-OFFENDERS OR THOSE AT RISK FROM ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR AS WELL AS DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN GOING THROUGH TRANSITION AND THOSE INVOLVED IN TEACHING OR PROVIDING NUTRITION TO SAID PEOPLE, IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. (C) TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH BY ENCOURAGING THE DEVELOPMENT OF HEALTHIER LIFESTYLES THROUGH THE PROVISION OF PRACTICAL TRAINING, EDUCATION, INFORMATION AND SUPPORT ON NUTRITION, HEALTH AND WELL-BEING TO ENSURE SAID PEOPLE DEVELOP MORE POSITIVE ATTITUDES TO HEALTH AND EQUIPPING THEM TO MAKE MORE INFORMED HEALTH AND DIETARY CHOICES LEADING TO AN IMPROVEMENT IN THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

GREATER LONDON IN PARTICULAR CROYDON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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