01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- CIO
- Registered
- 17 March 2016
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 1 October 2024 – 30 September 2025
- Latest income
- £516,067
- Latest expenditure
- £683,929
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- Yes
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- Yes
Public contact address: 40 Bell Street, WIGSTON, Leicestershire, LE18 1AD
Website recorded by the regulator: www.leicestersouth.foodbank.org.uk (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
The relief of financial hardship amongst people in Leicestershire by: a) providing emergency food, essential toiletries, and household items to people in need and/or for distribution by charities or other organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty b) such other means, including the provision of support or signposting to relevant information and other advisory service
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 October 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 September 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 July 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 13 June 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 13 June 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £516,067
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £683,929
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 October 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 September 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 July 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 15 June 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 15 June 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £793,671
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £662,211
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 October 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 September 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 July 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 26 June 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 26 June 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £796,940
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £691,533
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 October 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 September 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 July 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 12 June 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 12 June 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £619,150
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £603,887
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 October 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 September 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 July 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 25 July 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 25 July 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £642,545
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £490,937
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 October 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 September 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 30 July 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 13 June 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £516,067
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £683,929
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £1
- Income From Government Grants
- £98,000
- 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
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 75
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 October 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 September 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 30 July 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 15 June 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £793,671
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £662,211
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £1
- Income From Government Grants
- £100,000
- 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
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 80
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 October 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 September 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 30 July 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 26 June 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £796,940
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £691,533
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £1
- Income From Government Grants
- £112,646
- 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
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 65
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 October 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 September 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 30 July 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 12 June 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £619,150
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £603,887
- 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
- £90,000
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 40
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 October 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 September 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 30 July 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 25 July 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £642,545
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £490,937
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £5
- Income From Government Grants
- £58,794
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 78
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 October 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 September 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 30 July 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 13 June 2026
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 70292
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 156669
- Income Charitable Activities
- 249592
- Income Investments
- 16886
- Income Other
- 22628
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 516067
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £676,617
- Expenditure Other
- 7312
- Expenditure Total
- 683929
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 1017
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 96602
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 7312
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £97,000
- Assets Total Fixed
- 21937
- Assets Own Use
- 21937
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £416,200
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £30,299
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £407,838
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 30299
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £304,180
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 310615
- Funds Restricted
- 97223
- Funds Total
- 407838
- Count Employees
- 6
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 October 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 September 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 30 July 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 15 June 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 185577
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 157423
- Income Charitable Activities
- 397329
- Income Investments
- 12919
- Income Other
- 40423
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 793671
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £330,112
- Expenditure Other
- 332099
- Expenditure Total
- 662211
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 2795
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 44673
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 6437
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £97,000
- Assets Total Fixed
- 19310
- Assets Own Use
- 19310
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £593,069
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £36,679
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £575,700
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 36679
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £456,724
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 503160
- Funds Restricted
- 72540
- Funds Total
- 575700
- Count Employees
- 5
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 October 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 September 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 30 July 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 26 June 2024
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 212658
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 358814
- Income Charitable Activities
- 208031
- Income Investments
- 1610
- Income Other
- 15827
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 796940
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £427,804
- Expenditure Other
- 263729
- Expenditure Total
- 691533
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 1250
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 72997
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 7981
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £61,000
- Assets Total Fixed
- 23943
- Assets Own Use
- 23943
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £433,362
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £13,065
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £444,240
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 13065
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £308,732
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 409996
- Funds Restricted
- 34244
- Funds Total
- 444240
- Count Employees
- 4
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 October 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 September 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 30 July 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 12 June 2023
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 366614
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 252536
- Income Investments
- 0
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 619150
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £603,887
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 603887
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 1189
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 249632
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 9050
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £61,000
- Assets Total Fixed
- 27152
- Assets Own Use
- 27152
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £325,377
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £13,696
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £338,833
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 13696
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £293,493
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 244469
- Funds Restricted
- 94364
- Funds Total
- 338833
- Count Employees
- 3
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 October 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 September 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 30 July 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 25 July 2022
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 294839
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 0
- Income Other
- 347706
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 642545
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £347,667
- Expenditure Other
- 143270
- Expenditure Total
- 490937
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 1659
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 143270
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 23596
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £45,058
- Assets Total Fixed
- 33445
- Assets Own Use
- 33445
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £299,390
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £9,265
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £323,570
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 9265
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £251,714
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 205172
- Funds Restricted
- 118398
- Funds Total
- 323570
- Count Employees
- 3
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Leicestershire
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Leicester City
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 105
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 310
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Other Charitable Activities
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- LEICESTER SOUTH FOODBANK
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- CIO registration
- Date Of Event
- 2016-03-17T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- CIO - Foundation Registered 17 Mar 2016
- Charitable Objects
- THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST PEOPLE IN SOUTH AND CENTRAL LEICESTERSHIRE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA OR IN OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME-TO-TIME THINK FIT, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A) PROVIDING EMERGENCY FOOD, ESSENTIAL TOILETRIES, AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN NEED AND/OR FOR DISTRIBUTION BY CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTYB) SUCH OTHER MEANS, INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT OR SIGNPOSTING TO RELEVANT INFORMATION AND OTHER ADVISORY SERVICES
10 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management