Charity Details

Community Food Initiatives North East Limited

SC037833Registered charity from 16 February 2007

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Charity Information:

The Name the Charity is Known By CFINE

Address 4 Poynernook Road
Aberdeen

Postcode AB11 5RW

Website www.cfine.org

Regulatory Type Standard

Link to Companies House https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/

Object:

the company's objects are:- (1) To advance the education and relieve the poverty of residents in the north east of Scotland by promoting healthy eating and making food stuffs and other produce accessible and affordable through community food initiatives (2) To relieve the poverty of residents in the north east of Scotland by encouraging the development of schemes where waste food is minimised by establishing systems to divert food from waste disposal to those individuals in need to protect the natural environment and improve the health of those in need (3) To promote, establish and operate other schemes of a charitable nature for the benefit of the community within north east Scotland. (4) To promote and organise activities which improve the environment. (5) To advance and promote health.

Operations:

What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:

The charitable company exists to promote Community Development including education and training, promoting health and well-being, organising volunteering and work experience opportunities around social and enterprise activities, development of schemes to minimise surplus food and to relieve poverty of residents in the north- east of Scotland.

Charity Status: Active

Constitutional Form: Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)

Constitutional Form Date: 16 Feb 2007

Main Operating Location: Aberdeen

Number of Staff: 48

Number of Volunteers: over 250

Purposes: "the prevention or relief of poverty", "the advancement of education", "the advancement of health", "the advancement of environmental protection or improvement"

Beneficiaries: "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community"

Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations", "It carries out activities or services itself"

Annual Submissions:

Year End	Income	Expenditure	Annual Return Received	Accounts Received	Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Mar 2022	£1,742,774	£1,619,169	17 Nov 2022	Yes
31 Mar 2023	£2,453,966	£2,546,306	22 Nov 2023	Yes
31 Mar 2024	£2,600,921	£2,693,993	04 Sept 2024	Yes
31 Mar 2025	£2,590,920	£2,526,725	22 Sept 2025	Yes	Published accounts can be found on the Companies House website
31 Mar 2026			No	Annual Information due by 31 Dec 2026
If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green . If an annual return is late, the box is red .

Income and Expenditure:

Charity Trustees:

First Name	Last Name
John	Bone
Lauren	Taylor
Hazel	Cameron
Lesley	Dunbar
Laurence	Milne
Amol	Deshmukh
David	Kilgour
Raymond	Cowan
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