ETHNIC FOOD BANK

Charity number: 1203329
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The Ethnic Food Bank is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) and registered as a charity by the Charity Commission for England and Wales ,Registered Charity Number: 1203329. Our aim is to combat food poverty by opening a food bank that provides free, nutritionally balanced, familiar, and culturally appropriate emergency ethnic food parcels for those in financial hardships; and subsequent

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £22,838
Total expenditure: £7,105

Total income includes £18,199 from 3 government grant(s)

People

8 Trustee(s)

5 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
  • Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
  • Bedford

Governance

Registration history:
  • 31 May 2023: CIO registration
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

8 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Minaz Mazi-Kotwal Chair
None on record
Dr BALJIT KAUR UPADHYAY MD MRCPSYC Trustee
SOCIAL EDUCATION VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATION (SEVA) TRUST UK
Received: On time
Nesreen Akhtar Trustee
None on record
Manasi Deshpande Trustee
None on record
NADEEM MAZI-KOTWAL Trustee
None on record
Esther McNeal Trustee
None on record
Rumina Begum Trustee
None on record
Ralley Rahman Trustee
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2024
Total gross income £22.84k
Total expenditure £7.11k
Income from government contracts N/A
Income from government grants £18.20k

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2024 31 January 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 31 January 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 31 May 2023

Charitable objects

TO RELIEVE PERSONS IN BEDFORD WHO ARE IN FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: (1)PROVIDING EMERGENCY FOOD OF ETHNIC ORIGIN. (2)SIGNPOSTING TO RELEVANT INFORMATION AND ADVISORY SERVICES.

Contact information

Address:
130 ASHMEAD ROAD
BEDFORD
MK41 7FD
Phone:
07417 509 996
Email:
contact_us@ethnicfoodbank.org
Website:

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