01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- CIO
- Registered
- 13 April 2022
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 1 September 2024 – 31 August 2025
- Latest income
- £149,709
- Latest expenditure
- £129,966
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- Yes
Public contact address: Christ Church Dunstable, West Street, Dunstable, LU6 1SX
Website recorded by the regulator: dunstable.foodbank.org.uk (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
We are a foodbank operating under the guidance of the Trussell Trust
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
- 1 June 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 1 June 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £149,709
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £129,966
- 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
- 3 June 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 3 June 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £6,052
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £60
- Fin Period Start Date
- 13 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 June 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 17 May 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 17 May 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £108,801
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £131,305
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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
- 1 June 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £149,709
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £129,966
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £15
- Income From Government Grants
- £13,723
- 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
- 100
- 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
- 3 June 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £6,052
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £60
- 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
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 13 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 17 May 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £108,801
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £131,305
- 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
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 100
05 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Central Bedfordshire
- Welsh Ind
- No
06 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 104
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Disability
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
- Classification Code
- 105
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
07 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- DUNSTABLE FOODBANK
- Charity Event Order
- 2
- Event Type
- Asset transfer in
- Date Of Event
- 2026-01-23T00:00:00
- Reason
- Transfer of funds
- Assoc Organisation Number
- 5029043
- Assoc Registered Charity Number
- 1148632
- Assoc Charity Name
- DUNSTABLE FOODBANK
- Charity Name
- DUNSTABLE FOODBANK
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- CIO registration
- Date Of Event
- 2022-04-13T00:00:00
08 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 13 Apr 2022 as amended on 01 Apr 2025
- Charitable Objects
- THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO RELIEVE PERSONS IN DUNSTABLE AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO, SUPPLY BOXES OF NON-PERISHABLE FOOD TO BENEFICIARIES EITHER DIRECTLY OR THROUGH AGENCY PARTNERS APPROVED BY THE CHARITY TRUSTEES TO ENSURE SUCH BENEFICIARIES HAVE A HEALTHY AND NUTRITIOUS DIET AND PROVIDE PRACTICAL, FINANCIAL OR ANY OTHER SUPPORT TO PERSONS IN NEED.
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Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investment
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Paying staff
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests