# BRIDGWATER FOODBANK

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1170515
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Dec. 1, 2016
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1170515


## Contact

- **Address:** The Mount St Day Centre, Mount Street, Bridgwater, Somerset
- **Postcode:** TA6 3ER
- **Phone:** 01278 434636
- **Email:** info@bridgwater.foodbank.org.uk
- **Website:** www.bridgwater.foodbank.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST PEOPLE IN BRIDGWATER, SOMERSET 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 POVERTY (B) SUCH OTHER MEANS, INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT OR SIGNPOSTING TO RELEVANT INFORMATION AND OTHER ADVISORY SERVICES.

**Activities:** We are a Foodbank and hold the Trussell Trust franchise for Bridgwater. We issue our Red Vouchers to 39 agencies in and around Bridgwater the CAB, Housing Associations, Social Services, Primary Schools, Salvation Army etc  etc.If the holders see a family in need they offer the person in crisis one of our Red Vouchers, they then bring the voucher to us and we give food in exchange.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Somerset



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £65212 | £21023 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £77888 | £52391 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £68219 | £15328 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £116004 | £25738 | — | — |
| Nov. 30, 2020 | £89813 | £15449 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Judith Helen Ballard** (Chair) — appointed March 26, 2024
- Ashley Lawrence — appointed March 26, 2024
- BARBARA ANN BARNARD — appointed Oct. 12, 2016
- Carly Turner — appointed March 25, 2025
- Clare Adams — appointed Sept. 19, 2020
- Darren Hillman — appointed March 26, 2024
- David Andrew Young — appointed March 28, 2023
- Keith Jones — appointed March 25, 2025
- Leanne Carly Jeannes — appointed March 25, 2025
- Melanie Jane Moyse — appointed March 28, 2023
- Nicholas Stuart Ballard — appointed March 26, 2024
- PHILIP JARMAN — appointed April 11, 2017