GLOUCESTER FOODBANK
Company number 05402066 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Gloucester Foodbank has established a formidable market position as a highly efficient, debt-free crisis-intervention organization, leveraging a successful 2016 rebrand and pandemic-era fundraising to amass a £241k reserve on a near-zero liability base. However, its operational fragility—characterized by a two-person workforce and heavy reliance on potentially volatile charitable giving—requires immediate strategic focus. The organization must now pivot from capital accumulation toward sustainable infrastructure investment and holistic service expansion to ensure long-term community impact.
Shareholders' funds
£241,395
Balance sheet as at 2021-03-31
Overview
- Company type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Incorporated
- 2005-03-23
- Employees
- 2 (2021 accounts)
- Registered office
- The George Whitefield Centre, 107 Great Western Road, Gloucester, England, GL1 3NF
- Postcode
- GL1 3NF
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2026-03-31
- Next due by
- 2027-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-11-30
- Next due by
- 2026-12-14
Nature of business (SIC)
- 88990 Other social work activities without accommodation not elsewhere classified
Officers 6 current · 19 resigned
Registered charity
GLOUCESTER FOODBANK — charity number 1113515
Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA099508 (Tier 1), registered since 2015.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| GCC PROJECTS LTD | 2016-11-23 |
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 161 BARTON STREET, GLOUCESTER, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, GL1 4HT | 2009-06-09 |
| GISTERED OFFICE CHANGED ON 09/06/2009 FROM, 161 BARTON STREET, GLOUCESTER, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, GL1 4HT | 2009-06-09 |
Among its peers
Top 25%
by shareholders' funds, of 65 similar companies in GL
Trading since 2005.
Competitors Cheltenham
This company ranks 12 among other social work activities without accommodation not elsewhere classified in Cheltenham.
The class of 2005
44%
of the 462 companies in this sector incorporated in 2005 are still active today; 54% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.