Finance Score: 8

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 16

Liabilities <10%: +3
Strong growth: +2
Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +13

Overall GiG Score: 33

CITY HARVEST

Overview

City Harvest deliver millions of meal ingredients from surplus food collections to hundreds of charities in London each year. In addition to providing healthy food to those in need, their activities reduce the use of landfill rubbish disposal for positive environmental impact and provide volunteering opportunities to those struggling to achieve stability in their lives.

There remains considerable unmet demand for meals in the capital, but the limiting factor is becoming the availability of food within a reasonable distance. Therefore, the next phase of their evolution will see an expansion of operations outside of London and they have transformed their storage and distribution facilities to maximise their food collection capacity. City Harvest's impact is already impressive, and they have scope to improve further as economies of scale are achieved.

Source: Giving is Great

Mission:

Preventing food being wasted and providing healthy ingredients to organisations that cater for those in need

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
This charity has a robust balance sheet
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Established: 9 years

http://www.cityharvest.org.uk

info@cityharvest.org.uk

0207 041 8491

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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	£3,720	£3,478	£241	£249	£4,736	£3,695	12.7	63	1,527
31/03/22	£2,870	£2,884	£-14	£148	£4,494	£3,907	16.3	52	986
31/03/21	£5,320	£1,992	£3,328	£110	£4,509	£4,123	24.8	34	634
31/03/20	£1,533	£1,066	£467	£47	£1,181	£999	11.2	23	83
31/03/19	£880	£761	£120	£75	£714	£618	9.8	16	57
31/03/18	£876	£417	£459	£15	£594	£534	15.4	9	0
31/03/17	£238	£172	£66	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£357	£287	£69	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 6.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 7.1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 3%
Liabilities/Income: 4%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 78%
Reserves/Spending: 12.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 14 months
Quick Ratio: 7.8

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What it does

City Harvest collects surplus food from food manufacturers, farmers and retailers to distribute to organisations that feed the hungry across London

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

63 employees
1,527 volunteers

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Greenwood Place	£645,000
Westminster Foundation	£120,000
City Bridge Trust	£118,254
The Childhood Trust	£87,750
The EQ Foundation	£85,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The EQ Foundation - Grant to City Harvest
£25,000	20/12/2023	Big Give 2023 Christmas pledge
Greenwood Place - Grant to City Harvest
£100,000	07/01/2023	Unrestricted funding
The Childhood Trust - Feeding children through the cost of living crisis
£50,000	23/12/2022	To make sure no child goes hungry this Christmas, City Harvest will deliver 400,000 meals of nourishing surplus food to families in need.
The Grocers' Charity - 2023 Grant ad hoc - City Harvest
£5,000	07/12/2022	to support food distribution away from landfills and given to those in need.
CHK Foundation - CHK Discretionary Grant
£10,000	04/08/2022	to support specified work
Greenwood Place - Grant to City Harvest
£150,000	01/07/2022	Unrestricted funding
The Childhood Trust - Feed A London Child This Christmas
£25,000	12/06/2022	To make sure no child goes hungry this Christmas, City Harvest will deliver 400,000 meals of nourishing surplus food to families in need.
The EQ Foundation - Grant to City Harvest
£15,000	15/04/2022	Unrestricted
City Bridge Trust - Grant to City Harvest
£74,154	10/09/2021 24	£74,154 over two years (£36,529; £37,625) for a full time Food Rescue Warehouse Manager.
Greenwood Place - Grant to City Harvest
£75,000	01/07/2021	Unrestricted funding
Greenwood Place - Grant to City Harvest
£100,000	01/07/2021	Unrestricted funding
The EQ Foundation - Grant to City Harvest
£15,000	10/03/2021	Unrestricted
City Bridge Trust - Grant to City Harvest
£44,100	01/03/2021	£44,100 to contribute to the salaries of the Community Impact Manager and Community Impact Officer over the next 12 months. Funding is conditional on receipt of a sufficient Job Description for the ....more £44,100 to contribute to the salaries of the Community Impact Manager and Community Impact Officer over the next 12 months. Funding is conditional on receipt of a sufficient Job Description for the Community Impact Manager.
The Wimbledon Foundation - Donation towards winter food provision in Merton and Wandsworth
£2,500	28/01/2021	emergency food distribution in our local boroughs
The Childhood Trust - Feed a London child this Christmas
£12,750	08/12/2020	In London, 1 in 6 children will experience hunger this Christmas. The devastating impact of COVID 19 will see more families facing food poverty than ever. With your help City Harvest will deliver ....more In London, 1 in 6 children will experience hunger this Christmas. The devastating impact of COVID 19 will see more families facing food poverty than ever. With your help City Harvest will deliver 200,000 meals to children and their families this Christmas.
The Wimbledon Foundation - Donation towards winter food provision in Merton and Wandsworth
£2,500	09/11/2020	emergency food distribution in our local boroughs
Greenwood Place - Grant to City Harvest
£40,000	01/07/2020	Unrestricted funding
The Grocers' Charity - 2020 City Harvest
£15,000	07/05/2020	Empowering those who experience homelessness
The Wimbledon Foundation - Emergency food distribution
£2,500	04/05/2020	emergency food distribution in our local boroughs
Hammersmith United Charities - Towards cost of a van to meet increase in demand for food delivery due to COVID-19 crisis.
£10,000	01/05/2020	Towards the cost of food delivery vans.
Westminster Foundation - Covid 19 response Fund
£120,000	06/04/2020 3	London Food Alliance (Covid-19)
Greenwood Place - Grant to City Harvest
£180,000	01/04/2020	Unrestricted funding
The EQ Foundation - Grant to CITY HARVEST
£15,000	26/03/2020	NHS Staff food
CHK Foundation - CHK Discretionary Grant
£10,000	23/03/2020	unrestricted (response to COVID)
The EQ Foundation - Grant to CITY HARVEST
£15,000	10/12/2019	Unrestricted
Greenwood Place - Grant to City Harvest
£40,000	01/01/2019	Unrestricted funding
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000	11/10/2018	Eliminating Food Waste and Food Poverty in London
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards extending the reach and collect service.
£10,000	03/10/2018	Towards extending the reach and collect service. This will continue from initial grant WCT2378.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to City Harvest
£79,800	07/09/2018 36	£79,800 over three years (£25,800; £26,600; £27,400) for the post of Senior Warehouse Operative (40 hours per week).
London Catalyst - City Harvest - 2
£4,000	09/05/2018	Volunteer Coordinator
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards extending their reach & collect service
£5,000	01/11/2017	Towards extending their reach & collect service to re-distribute healthy food to those facing deprivation and food poverty.
Mark Leonard Trust - cost of a van and driver
£15,000	12/05/2017	Towards the cost of a van and driver. City Harvest collects surplus food from all segments of the food manufacture, supply, hospitality and restaurant industry and distributes it to organisations ....more Towards the cost of a van and driver. City Harvest collects surplus food from all segments of the food manufacture, supply, hospitality and restaurant industry and distributes it to organisations providing meals to those in need or at risk.
J J Charitable Trust - Cost of a van and driver
£15,000	11/05/2017	Towards the cost of a van and driver. City Harvest collects surplus food from all segments of the food manufacture, supply, hospitality and restaurant industry and distributes it to organisations ....more Towards the cost of a van and driver. City Harvest collects surplus food from all segments of the food manufacture, supply, hospitality and restaurant industry and distributes it to organisations providing meals to those in need or at risk.
London Catalyst - City Harvest - 1
£3,000	02/03/2017	Food Rescue Service: mobile communication devices and the development and refinement of the app to capture data on donations, food miles and impact.

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How do they operate?

Food Redistribution Programme

Objectives: To reduce food insecurity by efficiently diverting nutritious, edible surplus commercial food from waste and redistributing it to organisations feeding the hungry

Intervention period: Providing food supplies throughout the year

Beneficiaries: The homeless, disadvantaged children and young people, victims of domestic violence and human trafficking, individuals who suffer from mental illness, families needing support, elderly people in the community who are malnourished and experiencing social isolation and refugees and asylum seekers from war torn countries

Description: City Harvest collects surplus food from retailers, wholesalers, restaurants and manufacturers to distribute to community programmes that serve meals to vulnerable people. A food rescue facility provides the space required to accept and process fresh food donations and this depot has industrial walk-in chiller and freezer units with capacity to accommodate surges in food volumes. Logistics technology help to route drivers and provide real-time impact data on food rescue efforts, allowing more community partners to serve food to vulnerable people each day

How effective are they?

	Outputs		Outcomes
Y/E	Kg of food redistributed	Retail food value saved from landfill	Meals enabled	Kg of greenhouse gases prevented from being released
31/03/2023	5,663,000	£27,000,000	13,500,000	14,584,000
31/03/2022	4,964,000	£23,700,000	11,900,000	18,998,000
31/03/2021	4,190,000	£20,000,000	9,800,000	15,922,000

Commentary: Management consultants Bain and Company provide pro-bono support to City Harvest and monitor their impact on society. There evaluations have demonstrated significant social return on investment, with their food redistribution activities showing 10x the return on every pound spent.

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Who works here?

SARAH CALCUTT
CEO
Appointed: October 2022

Sarah is a respected Food Sector leader, part of the 6th generation of her family involved in food and farming. With a successful career centred in U.K. food and sustainability, hunger-related Public Policy issues have always been very close to her heart.

LAURA WINNINGHAM
Founder
Appointed: May 2014

Co-founder Laura was previously the founder of Peel Partners, which provided consulting services to startup businesses across many industries with a focus on financing. Before this, she was co-head of CRI Media Partners in New York, a private investment partnership which specialised in media, telecommunications, and related technology equities.

MARCO TORQUATI
Head of Community Impact
Appointed: February 2022

FIONA HOLLIS
Head of Communications
Appointed: June 2019

INDY AGNIHOTRI
Head of Finance
Appointed: March 2022

DEAN BERNARD
Head of Operations

MARY PARSONS
Head of Food
Appointed: March 2023

Commentary: Regular volunteers assist City Harvest as drivers’ mates, warehouse staff, in administration and in an advisory capacity. Employees are released by businesses around London to work with the charity but volunteers can also include vulnerable individuals gaining work experience and rebuilding their lives. They could be the homeless, those with mental and physical disabilities or ex-offenders in transition back to productive lives, and for some volunteers the few hours they spend at the warehouse and on deliveries may be the main constant in their lives each day.

Source: Giving is Great

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 37-74

DAVID THOMAS HIRSCHMANN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Partner At Permira Debt Managers

DUNCAN EVERETT Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Chief Executive

EMMA GERALD Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Solicitor

FRANK BANDURA Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Director

KATHLEEN STREET BS, JD Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Solicitor

MICHELLE BUTLER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Managing Director

PATRICK STREET BA, JD Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Banker/ Solicitor

RAJESH MAKWANA Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director, Other trusteeships: CVS BRENT, INDEPENDENT FOOD AID NETWORK,

SHAUN BROWNE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Investment Banker

STEPHEN WINNINGHAM (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Investment Bank, Other trusteeship: PADDINGTON DEVELOPMENT TRUST,

TODD BROOKS BENJAMIN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Self-Employed, Media Services

VICTORIA HEFFER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Relationship Manager

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 07/08/2015, number: 1163055
Registered at Companies House on 09/04/2014, number: 08986929

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
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
Risk management
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

8 returns made; all on time

Main office

Unit 8
Acton Park Estate
The Vale
LONDON
W3 7QE

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, ALL PURPOSES WHICH ARE RECOGNISED AS EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAWS OF EVERY PART OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, INCLUDING:- THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY;- THE ADVANCEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT;- THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EFFECTIVE USE OF RESOURCES FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES BY CHARITIES, NGOS AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS;- THE PROVISION OF EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES TO WAR VETERANS TO SUPPORT THEIR RE-SETTLEMENT INTO CIVILIAN LIFE,IN PARTICULAR (WITHOUT LIMITATION) BY FACILITATING THE DISTRIBUTION OF SURPLUS FOOD AND DONATIONS OF FOOD FROM RESTAURANTS, MANUFACTURERS AND RETAILERS TO THOSE EXPERIENCING FOOD POVERTY.

Data Sources

CITY HARVEST

Overview

Mission:

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

UN SDGs

How you can help

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Financial Ratios

Asset Split ?

What it does

Listed activities

How it operates

Where it operates

Who it helps

Who works here?

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

Major supporters in last 5 years

Specific Donations

How do they operate?

Food Redistribution Programme

How effective are they?

Outputs

Outcomes

How do we calculate this?

Who works here?

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 37-74

Legal constitution

Gift Aid

Policies in force

Filing Record

Main office

Objectives

Data Sources

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