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school food matters

The charity supports children and young people and the general public. School Food Matters is a registered charity whose purpose is education and training. It delivers its work by providing advocacy, advice, or information. The charity is based in London and operates in England and Scotland.


This page summarises publicly available information about the charity, including its activities, beneficiaries, and registration details, based on official records.

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Activities & Mission

School Food Matters exists to teach children about food and to improve children's access to healthy, sustainable food during their time at school. We provide fully-funded food education programmes to schools. Our experience delivering these programmes informs and strengthens our campaigns, bringing the voices of children, parents and teachers to government policy.

Fundraising

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Financial Information

Latest Income
£1,217,527
Latest Expenditure
£1,188,195

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 95.9%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 98.2%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 9.4%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £28,658
Charitable Activities £1,182,650
Other Trading £0
Investments £3,649
Other Income £2,570

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £1,167,395
Raising Funds £20,800
Governance £90,336
Grants to Institutions £62,517
Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2024£1,217,527£1,188,195£1,167,395£148,306£90,00018 / 49
2023£1,217,861£1,193,560£1,173,351£118,974£115,17919 / 40
2022£802,042£930,987£911,567£94,673£94,67319 / 30
2021£1,524,813£1,458,461£1,442,359£223,618£223,61814 / 25
2020£1,138,505£1,090,656£1,076,401£157,266£146,91510 / 5

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers