# LEIGHTON LINSLADE HELPERS

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1196332
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Oct. 29, 2021
- **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=1196332


## Contact

- **Address:** Leighton Linslade Helpers, 30 Waterborne Walk, LEIGHTON BUZZARD, Bedfordshire
- **Postcode:** LU7 1DH
- **Phone:** 01525 837219
- **Email:** help@leightonlinsladehelpers.org.uk
- **Website:** www.leightonlinsladehelpers.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** The relief of those in need, by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other social or economic disadvantage; in particular, but not exclusively by:    • Operating a Community Fridge (to reduce food waste)    • Operating a Community Food Bank    • Operating a Social Supermarket     • Signposting to other agencies such as Citizens Advice    • Providing corporate community volunteering opportunities    • Supporting local Duke of Edinburgh volunteering opportunities    • Making grant applications in support of social funding    • Providing support and training opportunities for volunteers

**Activities:** Our main focus is operating a foodbank to our town and surrounding villages, 6 days a week and we deliver to our servicer users.  Our foodbank operates a self referral system, both on line and over the phone, making it very private.  We also operate a Community Fridge, a check in and chat cafe, prescription collection service and support services to those homeless and in hardship.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Bedford
- Buckinghamshire
- Central Bedfordshire
- Luton
- Milton Keynes



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £148780 | £143649 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £172777 | £94117 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £128292 | £82814 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Adam Fahn** (Chair) — appointed March 17, 2022
- Andrew Leslie Cursons — appointed May 13, 2020
- Candys Tina Hunter — appointed July 6, 2022
- Christine Ann Lockett — appointed Nov. 10, 2021
- Dawn Farnell — appointed April 11, 2024
- Martin John Harris — appointed March 5, 2025
- Stephen Andrew Jones — appointed May 13, 2020