CITY HARVEST — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 7 August 2015
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 08986929
Financial period: 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income: £4,288,657
Latest expenditure: £5,221,433
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: Unit 8, Acton Park Estate, The Vale, LONDON, W3 7QE

Website recorded by the regulator: http://www.cityharvest.org.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

City Harvest helps put surplus food to good use in a sustainable way, by distributing to organisations that feed the hungry in London

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

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: 29 January 2026
Date Accounts Received: 29 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £4,288,657
Total Gross Expenditure: £5,221,433

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: 8 November 2024
Date Accounts Received: 8 November 2024
Total Gross Income: £4,131,065
Total Gross Expenditure: £4,015,361

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: 20 October 2023
Date Accounts Received: 20 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £3,719,938
Total Gross Expenditure: £3,478,491

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: 6 October 2022
Date Accounts Received: 21 September 2022
Total Gross Income: £2,869,959
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,884,113

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 31 August 2021
Date Accounts Received: 25 August 2021
Total Gross Income: £5,319,752
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,991,695

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 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 29 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £4,288,657
Total Gross Expenditure: £5,221,433
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
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 70001 80000: 3
Count Salary Band 110001 120000: 1
Count Volunteers: 2002

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
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: 8 November 2024
Total Gross Income: £4,131,065
Total Gross Expenditure: £4,015,361
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
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: 2
Count Salary Band 100001 110000: 1
Count Volunteers: 2123

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
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: 20 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £3,719,938
Total Gross Expenditure: £3,478,491
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
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: 1527

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
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: 6 October 2022
Total Gross Income: £2,869,959
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,884,113
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: £143,373
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 70001 80000: 2
Count Volunteers: 986

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2022
Ar Received Date: 31 August 2021
Total Gross Income: £5,319,752
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,991,695
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: £2
Income From Government Grants: £334,767
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 Salary Band 70001 80000: 1
Count Volunteers: 634

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 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 29 January 2026
Income Donations And Legacies: 1987921
Income Other Trading Activities: 15930
Income Charitable Activities: 2151866
Income Investments: 132940
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 4288657
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £383,526
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £4,837,907
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 5221433
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 0
Expenditure Support Costs: 935183
Expenditure Depreciation: 279605
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £114,081
Assets Total Fixed: 839811
Assets Own Use: 839811
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £3,367,392
Assets Total Liabilities: £288,376
Assets Current Investment: 2448176
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £3,918,827
Creditors One Year Total Current: 252804
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 35572
Assets Cash: £758,739
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 3132503
Funds Restricted: 786324
Funds Total: 3918827
Count Employees: 69
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
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: 8 November 2024
Income Donations And Legacies: 1975798
Income Other Trading Activities: 1249
Income Charitable Activities: 2000596
Income Investments: 153422
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 4131065
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £256,918
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £3,758,443
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 4015361
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 0
Expenditure Support Costs: 819129
Expenditure Depreciation: 254205
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £607,204
Assets Total Fixed: 703733
Assets Own Use: 703733
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £4,354,476
Assets Total Liabilities: £206,606
Assets Current Investment: 3422371
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £4,851,603
Creditors One Year Total Current: 206606
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £670,470
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 3907204
Funds Restricted: 944399
Funds Total: 4851603
Count Employees: 65
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
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: 20 October 2023
Income Donations And Legacies: 2044411
Income Other Trading Activities: 12172
Income Charitable Activities: 1631010
Income Investments: 32345
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 3719938
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £248,528
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £3,229,963
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 3478491
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 28367
Expenditure Support Costs: 621877
Expenditure Depreciation: 218964
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £445,075
Assets Total Fixed: 779606
Assets Own Use: 779606
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £4,093,406
Assets Total Liabilities: £137,113
Assets Current Investment: 2806087
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £4,735,899
Creditors One Year Total Current: 137113
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £1,072,369
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 3695075
Funds Restricted: 1040824
Funds Total: 4735899
Count Employees: 63
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
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: 6 October 2022
Income Donations And Legacies: 2844353
Income Other Trading Activities: 9906
Income Charitable Activities: 5247
Income Investments: 10453
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 2869959
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £148,048
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £2,736,065
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 2884113
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 13870
Expenditure Support Costs: 491802
Expenditure Depreciation: 189063
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £656,525
Assets Total Fixed: 673787
Assets Own Use: 673787
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £3,885,735
Assets Total Liabilities: £65,070
Assets Current Investment: 2844221
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £4,494,452
Creditors One Year Total Current: 65070
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £911,926
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 3906525
Funds Restricted: 587927
Funds Total: 4494452
Count Employees: 52
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2022
Ar Received Date: 31 August 2021
Income Donations And Legacies: 5280923
Income Other Trading Activities: 6000
Income Charitable Activities: 27915
Income Investments: 4914
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 5319752
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £109,833
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,881,862
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 1991695
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 10112
Expenditure Support Costs: 330335
Expenditure Depreciation: 103320
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £373,338
Assets Total Fixed: 683348
Assets Own Use: 683348
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £3,897,184
Assets Total Liabilities: £71,926
Assets Current Investment: 2928514
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £4,508,606
Creditors One Year Total Current: 71926
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £863,937
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 4123338
Funds Restricted: 385268
Funds Total: 4508606
Count Employees: 34
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: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

Classification Code: 101
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: General Charitable Purposes

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

Classification Code: 113
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Economic/community Development/employment

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

Classification Code: 103
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

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

Classification Code: 205
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

08 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: CITY HARVEST
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2015-08-07T00:00:00

09 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 04/08/2015
Charitable Objects: 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.

10 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures