MID CHESHIRE FOODBANK LTD — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 19 April 2013
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 08372107
Financial period: 1 April 2025 – 31 March 2026
Latest income: £313,111
Latest expenditure: £321,470
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: Unit 29, Meridian House, Road One, Winsford Industrial Estate, WINSFORD, Cheshire

Website recorded by the regulator: www.midcheshire.foodbank.org.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Mid Cheshire Foodbank provides 5 days of food to local people in crisis referred to us by local and national referrers.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2026
Ar Cycle Reference: AR26
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2027
Date Annual Return Received: 29 July 2026
Date Accounts Received: 29 July 2026
Total Gross Income: £313,111
Total Gross Expenditure: £321,470

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 4 August 2025
Date Accounts Received: 4 August 2025
Total Gross Income: £366,251
Total Gross Expenditure: £355,220

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 1 August 2024
Date Accounts Received: 1 August 2024
Total Gross Income: £320,767
Total Gross Expenditure: £303,805

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 11 October 2023
Date Accounts Received: 11 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £369,750
Total Gross Expenditure: £346,224

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 5 August 2022
Date Accounts Received: 5 August 2022
Total Gross Income: £302,155
Total Gross Expenditure: £312,380

04 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR26
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2026
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2027
Ar Received Date: 29 July 2026
Total Gross Income: £313,111
Total Gross Expenditure: £321,470
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Grants: £10,000
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
Count Volunteers: 186

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 4 August 2025
Total Gross Income: £366,251
Total Gross Expenditure: £355,220
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £2
Income From Government Grants: £14,500
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
Count Volunteers: 175

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 1 August 2024
Total Gross Income: £320,767
Total Gross Expenditure: £303,805
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £2
Income From Government Grants: £14,500
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
Count Volunteers: 184

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 11 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £369,750
Total Gross Expenditure: £346,224
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £2
Income From Government Grants: £12,000
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
Count Volunteers: 169

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2023
Ar Received Date: 5 August 2022
Total Gross Income: £302,155
Total Gross Expenditure: £312,380
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Grants: £7,000
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 120

05 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Cheshire East
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Cheshire West & Chester
Welsh Ind: No

06 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 310
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Other Charitable Activities

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Classification Code: 202
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Elderly/old People

Classification Code: 201
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Children/young People

Classification Code: 203
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People With Disabilities

Classification Code: 105
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: MID CHESHIRE FOODBANK LTD
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2013-04-19T00:00:00

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 23 JAN 2013
Charitable Objects: TO RELIEVE PERSONS IN ENGLAND AND WALES AND PRIMARILY IN MID CHESHIRE AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED OR DISTRESS IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

09 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures