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Fareshare

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1100051
Status
Registered
Registered
Oct. 14, 2003
Legal form
Charitable company
Area of benefit
Not Defined. In Practice National And Overseas.

Address

Address
White Collar Factory
Building 3
Floors 1 & 2
2 Old Street Yard
London
EC1Y 8AF

Contact

Activities

FareShare redistributes surplus good quality food that would otherwise have gone to waste to charitable organisations around the UK for the production of meals for those most in need. The organisation also provides educational, advice and training for staff, volunteers and clients of those organisations as well as to its own volunteers.

Objects: (a) The charity's objects (the Objects) are specifically restricted to the following:A. The prevention and relief of poverty and the preservation and promotion of good nutrition, good health and social improvement among people who are suffering from social, economic or emotional distress in such ways as the trustees may in their absolute discretion think fit but particularly through:(A) the collection and redistribution of surplus food; and(B) the encouragement of members of the public to undertake voluntary work;B. the advancement of public education in particular but not exclusively by providing training in the voluntary sector; C. the furtherance, for the benefit of the public, of the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment through the reduction of waste (in particular food waste) and its adverse environmental impacts(b) Nothing in these articles shall authorise an application of the property of the charity for purposes which are not charitable in accordance with section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 or section 2 of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008.

Classification

How
Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
What
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment
Who
Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind

Areas of operation

Region
Throughout England And Wales

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Assets Employees
March 31, 2025 £20,767,000 £27,553,000 £14,881,000 225
March 31, 2024 £23,067,000 £27,190,000 £21,679,000 234
March 31, 2023 £23,060,000 £27,168,000 £25,744,000 211
March 31, 2022 £20,296,000 £18,107,000 £29,839,000 181
March 31, 2021 £72,068,000 £50,157,000 £27,650,000 186

Trustees

Name Appointed
Dominic Blakemore (Chair) Nov. 6, 2023
Angela Michelle Yotov Feb. 14, 2019
Angela Tangas May 9, 2024
Aron Gelbard Nov. 6, 2023
Ben Salama Jan. 1, 2026
Catherine Helen Thorpe Jan. 1, 2026
Gavin John Darby Jan. 1, 2026
Justin David Elliott Byam Shaw Jan. 1, 2026
Jane Elizabeth Byam Shaw Jan. 1, 2025
John Matthew Birch Jan. 1, 2026
Julian Murray Wakeham Jan. 1, 2026
Karen Betts Nov. 6, 2023
Karin Woodley Jan. 1, 2026
Paul Joseph Drechsler Jan. 1, 2026
Simone Connolly Aug. 31, 2021
Timothy O'Malley Nov. 6, 2023