01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- CIO
- Registered
- 7 April 2025
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 7 April 2025 – 31 March 2026
- Latest income
- £49,487
- Latest expenditure
- £37,311
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- Yes
Public contact address: C/O MELKSHAM BAPTIST CHURCH, OLD BROUGHTON ROAD, MELKSHAM, SN12 8BX
Website recorded by the regulator: http://melkshamfoodbank.org.uk/ (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
The object of the CIO is the prevention or relief of poverty of people living in Melksham and the surrounding villages in such ways as the charity Trustees think fit, in particular (but without limitation);by providing food and other essential items to individuals and families in need;by providing information, advice and support within a Christian ethos to individuals and families in need.
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Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 7 April 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2026
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR26
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2027
- Date Annual Return Received
- 23 September 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 23 September 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £49,487
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £37,311
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Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR26
- Fin Period Start Date
- 7 April 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2026
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2027
- Ar Received Date
- 23 September 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £49,487
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £37,311
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Grants
- £3
- Income From Government Grants
- £4,420
- 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
- 26
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Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Wiltshire
- Welsh Ind
- No
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Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 105
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
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Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- MELKSHAM FOODBANK AND LIFELINE CIO
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- CIO registration
- Date Of Event
- 2025-04-07T00:00:00
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Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 07 Apr 2025
- Charitable Objects
- THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY OF PEOPLE LIVING IN MELKSHAM AND THE SURROUNDING VILLAGES IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT, IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION): 3.1 BY PROVIDING FOOD AND OTHER ESSENTIAL ITEMS TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN NEED;3.2 BY PROVIDING INFORMATION, ADVICE AND SUPPORT WITHIN A CHRISTIAN ETHOS TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN NEED.
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Charity Policy
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- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
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- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
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- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
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- Conflicting interests
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- Risk management
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- Complaints handling
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- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures