Pontefract and Knottingley Foodbank — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: CIO
Registered: 29 January 2014
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 September 2024 – 31 August 2025
Latest income: £21,104
Latest expenditure: £11,727
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: Yes

Public contact address: C/O CENTRAL METHODIST CHURCH, NEWGATE, PONTEFRACT, WF8 1NB

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

02 Activities

What the charity does

The prevention and relief of poverty in Pontefract and surrounding area particularly but not exclusively by providing emergency food and supplies to individuals and families in need and signposting people to appropriate agencies.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 30 June 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 23 March 2026
Date Accounts Received: 23 March 2026
Total Gross Income: £21,104
Total Gross Expenditure: £11,727

Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 30 June 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 13 June 2025
Date Accounts Received: 13 June 2025
Total Gross Income: £30,814
Total Gross Expenditure: £12,416

Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 30 June 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 24 May 2024
Date Accounts Received: 24 May 2024
Total Gross Income: £32,953
Total Gross Expenditure: £11,312

Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 30 June 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 14 May 2023
Date Accounts Received: 14 May 2023
Total Gross Income: £17,213
Total Gross Expenditure: £7,686

Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 30 June 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 10 February 2022
Date Accounts Received: 10 February 2022
Total Gross Income: £20,668
Total Gross Expenditure: £14,009

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2025
Ar Due Date: 30 June 2026
Ar Received Date: 23 March 2026
Total Gross Income: £21,104
Total Gross Expenditure: £11,727
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Grants: £2,250
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: 28

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2024
Ar Due Date: 30 June 2025
Ar Received Date: 13 June 2025
Total Gross Income: £30,814
Total Gross Expenditure: £12,416
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £2
Income From Government Grants: £6,500
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: 30

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2023
Ar Due Date: 30 June 2024
Ar Received Date: 24 May 2024
Total Gross Income: £32,953
Total Gross Expenditure: £11,312
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Grants: £1,358
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: 35

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2022
Ar Due Date: 30 June 2023
Ar Received Date: 14 May 2023
Total Gross Income: £17,213
Total Gross Expenditure: £7,686
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: £3,000
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 35

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2021
Ar Due Date: 30 June 2022
Ar Received Date: 10 February 2022
Total Gross Income: £20,668
Total Gross Expenditure: £14,009
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: £3
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: 30

05 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: City Of Wakefield
Parent Geographic Area Type: Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description: West Yorkshire
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: 202
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Elderly/old People

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

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

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: Pontefract and Knottingley Foodbank
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: CIO registration
Date Of Event: 2014-01-29T00:00:00

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CIO - Foundation Registered 29 Jan 2014 as amended on 31 Jan 2021 as amended on 05 Apr 2026
Charitable Objects: THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY IN PONTEFRACT AND SURROUNDING AREA, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING EMERGENCY FOOD SUPPLIES TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN NEED, AND SIGNPOSTING PEOPLE TO APPROPRIATE AGENCIES.

09 Official extract

Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 712409
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: Pontefract and Knottingley Foodbank

Charity Name Id: 541246
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: PONTEFRACT FOOD BANK

10 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries