**Sharing Life Trust Unit D2 Station Yard Thame OX9 3UH** **Registered Charity No. 1100176** Annual Report for 2020 Review of the year by area: ## **Foodbank** The Foodbank has continued to grow as demand has increased over a year marked by the exceptional constraints of the pandemic. During the year 692 food parcels were delivered to local addresses, providing for 957 adults and 878 children in 148 households (an increase of 62%). Requests were again overwhelmingly validated by other local agencies, and in total £14,704 was spent, including supplementary items and energy top-ups. Volunteers were up threefold and exceptionally committed, considering the pandemic, and were critical for us in responding to this growing demand in such difficult circumstances. ## **Community** In a development of the Foodbank, Trustees had sought to establish a program to prevent client reliance on the Foodbank by linking up during the year with SOFEA, a social enterprise based in Didcot, and by joining their Community Larder scheme. This offers unsold food items donated by supermarkets for scheme members to buy at very reduced cost; enabling people to benefit from the lower expense and also to regain control over their food shopping. The original intent of the scheme was to provide a community gathering around the Larder delivery site (thanks are due to a local church in Thame for this) but under Covid restrictions we could not operate in the intended manner and were obliged to deliver items to members’ addresses instead. The Trust continued to support local people in need with emergency funding for clients of the Citizens Advice Bureau for some bankruptcy and Debt Relief Orders, and also to provide white goods for people unable to manage without a cooker or fridge, for example. ## **International** We support the Sharing Life/Rema clinic in Burundi, in conjunction with Rema UK (registered charity no. 1118650). The clinic provides healthcare in the province of Rutana, where a very large number of returnees from refugee camps in Tanzania have settled, either on land requiring negotiation with families who took it over following the genocides, or in Internally Displaced People camps. We continue to support the clinic’s work with funding for medicines and malaria prevention. We also carried on funding for the Calcutta Samaritans and Emmanuel Ministries in Kolkata, India with their work alongside substance abuse addicts and street children. Steve Eyre, Trustee **Contact us on the Sharing LifeLine : 0345 201 0212 or e-mail us at info@sharinglifetrust.org** ## **SHARING LIFE TRUST** ## **RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2020** |**2020**
2019
**Cash balances as at 1st January**
**15158.66**
18956.82|**PAYMENTS**
**Specific Gifts for:**
**Overseas Aid /Relief in Burundi**
**Emmanuel Ministries & Calcutta**
**Samaritans - working with destitute in**
**India**
**ARM Senegal support for building of**
**community clinic**
**Caring in Thame including the running**
**of Thame Food bank**
**Counselling Support**
**Admin costs**
**Governance Costs**
**Red Kite Family centre**
**Asset Purchasing (shelving)**
**Total Payments**
**Bank balance as at 31st December**
**Petty Cash Balance**|**2020**
2019
**20100**
26700

**3300**
3350

**22108.49**
13730.57
**3285**
3910
**1465.08**
2094.86
150.00
**500**
20000
1112.4
**50758.57**
71047.83
**46359.02**
14956.27
**440.33**
202.39| |---|---|---| |**RECEIPTS**
**Specific gifts received for:**
**Overseas Aid /Relief in Burundi**
**5320.15**
5649.01
**Emmanuel Ministries & Calcutta**
**Samaritans - working with destitute in**
**India**
**1600**
600
**Caring in Thame including donations**
**to Thame Food bank**
**35642.43**
11093.95
**Prior year adj re Food Bank petty cash**
86.85
**Donations to cover admin costs**
**2400**
2400
**General Donations**
**29753.74**
25805.87
**Tax reclaimed on Gift Aided Giving**
**7037.5**
11468.55
**Red Kite Family Centre**
**645.44**
10145.44
(2019 includes £10000 grant from OCC)
**Total Receipts**
**82399.26**
67249.67
**Net Surplus/Deficit (-)**
**31640.69**
-3798.16
Notes:
**Foodbank equipment purchased 2020:**
Freezer
626.38
Crates
1903.26
trollies
211.20
racking & shelves
1144.80
belt barriers (for Covid compliance)
178.11
Total:
4063.75
Swan Credit union balance
£102.40
Balances left on crisis care PO cards: 57.26||| |||**46799.35**
15158.66
15158.66
82399.26
97557.92
-50758.57
46799.35
46359.02
440.33
46799.35| ||Opening Cash Balance 1 January 2020
Plus Receipts 2020
Less Payments 2020
Bank Balance 31 December 2020
Petty Cash Balance 31 December 2020|15158.66
82399.26| |||97557.92
-50758.57| |||46799.35| |||46359.02
440.33| |||46799.35| |||| **Independently examined by Trevor Walker and signed 7 September 2021** CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trnsteesl members of Sharing Life Twst On accounts for tha year ended 31 Oecember 2020 Charlty no (rfany) 1100176 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity {°the Trust.) for the year ended Responsibilities and basis of rnport As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (°the Act.). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust'5 accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in Ca￿ying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. Independent ￿he charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 and l am qualified to examinerfs statement undertake the examination by being a qualified member of linsert name of applicable listed bodyll. Delete [ l rf not applicable. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below ") which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect.. the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charittes Act", or the accounts did not accord with the accounting records., or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements onceming the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities {A¢¢ounts and Reports} Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a Irue and fair, view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connertion with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Please delete the words in the brackets rf they do not appty. Signed: Date: 7 September 2021 Name: Trevor Walker Relevant professional qualificatlonlsl or l)ody BA Hons,. ACIB IER Oct 2018 lif any): Address: 152 Sheerstock Haddenharn Bucks. HP17 8EX Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32. Independent examination of charity accounts.. directions and guidance for examiners). Give here brlef detalls of any items that the oxaminor wishes to dlsclos?. IER Oct 2018 SHARING L*ÈTRUST RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTSACCOUNT FORniEYEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2020 2019 Is1￿66 1895&82 2019 CèshbaLw5asattstJaThMry RECEIPTS PAYYEII Spedfic61ft5fw. £￿*r%￿s)￿d/R@I￿IiTr Burundl ErnrnanuelMThistries&C2lcii Bu¢U* ÉmrnartuelhffinittNes& c4l¢utt* 5arn•ril•Tr5.worklr¢wlthde#thrte In Inth 582tt15 5619.01 267 IndLI 3350 curnrnuntycNntc Car￿In￿meT￿Cbjdl￿lhe ofTh•me CJrknElnfvmetnd¥dIrydoTh￿￿Trs toTharnoFolld ban* pr￿￿aradjr4 FtyJd8ank p•tty(ash It￿5￿5 221LWg 1373D.57 3910 00natky￿t￿(LIVer1drnIfi Adrnln 2fP34.86 150.r 2￿58.?• 25￿)5.8? 7037S 1146&55 TixrnEknlmEd aTr<Aldod Ghrfry RedtheFan*tyCentye IlQlgiDdude5£1(KW8tsntftumOCQ 10145.44 REd thefami￿{Entre lit2.4 82>￿1$ 67149.67 TotalP•>Trnts 50N57 71047A3 NetSWuslDefidt l-l 3164Q69 -379&L6 46359.02 14956.27 202.39 1679¥.35 15158.66 Fotslbankequlwnent puKhased20al'. Frewer Openin¢Cash 8alartce I lènuèty 2020 Plu5 ReiElPt5 2020 15158.66 8239).26 626.38 19D3.26 97557.92 .50758.57 46799.35 211 1144. 178.11 Ley Payments 2020 rackin8& shdves bdtbarrferslfu Covhj cornpllancel Totsi.. BankBalance 31 t>eceM￿r202o Pettyts5h 31 DEtefflber2020 46359.01 440.33 46799.35 Sw?n CredItun￿￿ ￿3￿ce Balances kft on (dlscare Pocards.. S7.26 £102.40