01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 22 February 2010
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Company number supplied
- 07101349
- Financial period
- 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
- Latest income
- £2,313,813
- Latest expenditure
- £2,521,088
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: FoodCycle, 82 Tanner Street, London, SE1 3GN
Website recorded by the regulator: www.foodcycle.org.uk (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
FoodCycle provides a delicious communal three course meal for people at risk of food poverty and social isolation using surplus food
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 13 May 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 13 May 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £2,313,813
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £2,521,088
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 19 May 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 19 May 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £2,003,147
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £2,607,094
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 14 June 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 14 June 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £2,760,280
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £2,331,644
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 6 July 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 6 July 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £1,853,643
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,699,504
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 10 May 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 10 May 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £1,261,972
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,326,776
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 13 May 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £2,313,813
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £2,521,088
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £8
- Income From Government Grants
- £29,992
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 2
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 8266
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 19 May 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £2,003,147
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £2,607,094
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £3
- Income From Government Grants
- £6,476
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 2
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 8770
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 14 June 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £2,760,280
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £2,331,644
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £12
- Income From Government Grants
- £83,413
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 5849
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 6 July 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £1,853,643
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,699,504
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- Yes
- Charity Agreement Commerical Participator
- Yes
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 5458
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 10 May 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £1,261,972
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,326,776
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- Yes
- Charity Agreement Commerical Participator
- Yes
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 3600
05 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Partb
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 13 May 2026
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 2135607
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 3379
- Income Charitable Activities
- 156350
- Income Investments
- 15074
- Income Other
- 3403
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 2313813
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £321,450
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £2,199,638
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 2521088
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 15387
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 653363
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 7922
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £613,172
- Assets Total Fixed
- 9444
- Assets Own Use
- 9443
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 1
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £918,743
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £122,344
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £805,843
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 122344
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £836,404
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 622615
- Funds Restricted
- 183228
- Funds Total
- 805843
- Count Employees
- 45
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 19 May 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 1800378
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 36729
- Income Charitable Activities
- 116018
- Income Investments
- 46571
- Income Other
- 3451
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 2003147
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £357,003
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £2,250,091
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 2607094
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 0
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 657240
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 11224
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £654,603
- Assets Total Fixed
- 15374
- Assets Own Use
- 15373
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 1
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £1,124,806
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £127,062
- Assets Current Investment
- 393782
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £1,013,118
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 127062
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £641,621
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 654603
- Funds Restricted
- 358515
- Funds Total
- 1013118
- Count Employees
- 45
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 14 June 2024
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 2566777
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 64822
- Income Charitable Activities
- 88778
- Income Investments
- 36863
- Income Other
- 3040
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 2760280
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £318,030
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £2,013,614
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 2331644
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 23734
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 524071
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 9685
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £1,040,245
- Assets Total Fixed
- 21815
- Assets Own Use
- 21814
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 1
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £1,728,370
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £133,120
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £1,617,065
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 133120
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £705,108
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 399322
- Funds Restricted
- 1217743
- Funds Total
- 1617065
- Count Employees
- 39
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 6 July 2023
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 1817728
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 28769
- Income Charitable Activities
- 4975
- Income Investments
- 2137
- Income Other
- 34
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1853643
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £224,720
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,474,784
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 1699504
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 22653
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 300918
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 8963
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 299
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £529,055
- Assets Total Fixed
- 18113
- Assets Own Use
- 18112
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 1
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £1,297,434
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £127,118
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £1,188,429
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 127118
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £656,734
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 842801
- Funds Restricted
- 345628
- Funds Total
- 1188429
- Count Employees
- 33
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 10 May 2022
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 1227972
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 27480
- Income Charitable Activities
- 5021
- Income Investments
- 604
- Income Other
- 895
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1261972
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £193,909
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,132,867
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 1326776
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 13187
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 271905
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 8290
- Gain Loss Investment
- 604
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 8290
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £574,925
- Assets Total Fixed
- 15709
- Assets Own Use
- 15709
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £1,084,376
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £65,795
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £1,034,290
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 65795
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £981,155
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 951733
- Funds Restricted
- 82557
- Funds Total
- 1034290
- Count Employees
- 25
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Region
- Geographic Area Description
- Throughout England
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 113
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Economic/community Development/employment
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 101
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- General Charitable Purposes
- Classification Code
- 307
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Classification Code
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
- Classification Code
- 112
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Environment/conservation/heritage
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- FOODCYCLE
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 2010-02-22T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 10/12/2009NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 28/10/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21/09/2015
- Charitable Objects
- THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:1 THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE PRESERVATION AND PROMOTION OF GOOD NUTRITION, GOOD HEALTH AND SOCIAL IMPROVEMENT AMONG PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM SOCIAL, ECONOMIC OR EMOTIONAL DISTRESS;2 THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN RECLAMATION OF WASTE FOOD AND PREPARING HEALTHY FOOD;3 THE PROMOTION AND ENHANCEMENT OF HUMAN HEALTH THROUGH PROVIDING INFORMATION AND ADVICE IN RELATION TO HEALTHY EATING AND NUTRITION;4 THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION OF REDUCTION OF FOOD WASTE, USE OF RECYCLED FOOD PRODUCTS AND THE USE OF SURPLUS FOOD;5 SUCH OTHER OBJECTS, AS SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE BY THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES, AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DECIDE.
- Area Of Benefit
- UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.
10 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Paying staff
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures