**174/175 Cowick Street, Exeter, EX4 1AA Telephone: 07818 226524**
**Annual Report & Financial Statements for the Year Ended October 31st 2025.**
**www.exeterfoodbank.co.uk** _**Restoring dignity, reviving hope**_ **1**
**Throughout our report these green boxes are used to share the voices of clients of Exeter Foodbank who have shared their experience with us.**
**8,682 2,804 Food Food parcels parcels given out to given out local children 82,247 166 kilograms of volunteers food donated**
Registered Charity no. 1128795 Registered Company no. 6718767 Registered in England & Wales
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## **Contents**
|**Contents**||
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|**1) Letter from our Trustees**|**Page 3**|
|**2) Structure, Governance & Management**|**Page 4-5**|
|**3) Objectives & Aims**|**Page 6-8**|
|**4) Statistics & Additional Data**|**Page 9-10**|
|**5) Main Activities & Achievements in 2024/25**|**Page 11**|
|**7) Financial Review**|**Page 12**|
|**8) Reference and Administrative Details**|**Page 13**|
_“I came to the foodbank because at the moment, I am unemployed. My contract is finished and me and my son came here for some help…_
_I used to work in a school, and I tried to find another job.. but still no option. I’m very appreciative of the kindness and help. People here are so welcoming and supportive. For me it is a big stress to be here before Christmas without any money. Also, we are from Ukraine. I try my best to protect my son and myself. It is not easy to start a new life in UK. But people are_
_wonderful._
_I’m very pleased for your help and for everything that you’re doing for Ukrainian people”._
**The aim of Exeter Foodbank is “to ensure that nobody in our city goes to bed hungry”**
**The motto of Exeter Foodbank is “restoring dignity, reviving hope”**
**The dream of Exeter Foodbank is “to see a United Kingdom without the need for foodbanks”**
Registered Charity no. 1128795 Registered Company no. 6718767 Registered in England & Wales
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## **1) Exeter Foodbank - Message from the Chair of Trustees**
In 2025, Exeter Foodbank completed its 17th year of operation. We are a charity which was set up in response to the 2008 financial crisis and which has been here to support the people of Exeter through a series of challenges, including the coronavirus pandemic and the consequent cost of living challenges.
Our goal, like the Trussell Network of food banks that we’re a part of, is to be part of a society where there’s no longer a need for food0banks. However, for as long as our clients need us, we are determined to be here for them.
Our report makes clear that the vast majority of our clients come to us with short-term needs in moments of crisis. The stories of some of our clients are included in the report and it’s a privilege to be there for people in those moments. We are so thankful as trustees for the way that our team of volunteers seek to live out practically our motto of ‘restoring dignity, reviving hope’.
At the same time, we are seeing more clients coming to us in increasingly complex situations, trying to contend with multiple difficult issues. That has reflected broader and continuing changes in society and the economy. And it has meant we have needed to think beyond our role of providing emergency food to help more clients find long-term solutions.
Through the leadership of our Strategic Director, we have been able to reflect more deeply on how we can respond to those challenges. Our increased focus on providing longer-term support is exemplified by our great partnership with Citizens Advice Exeter and by our own Advice Services Coordinator. The initial results of their work has been very promising and we’re committed to maintaining this support for our clients moving forwards.
As a board of trustees, we recognise that developing our service in this way incurs additional costs. We are mindful of providing a service that is sustainable in the long-term and we are actively thinking about the ways in which we can ensure that we have sufficient funding in place.
_are raising funds for Exeter Foodbank by collecting_ We are thankful for the enormous number of people who have contributed to the work of Foodbank. That _donations from people who visit their wonderfully_ includes our amazing staff team and dedicated volunteers. It includes the many partnerships across the _festive homes. If you pop along to Beacon Lane one_ city in Government, fellow charities and the private sector. And it includes the thousands of people who _evening they are fairly easy to find!_ through individual acts of generosity provide the food and funding that makes this all possible. Many of those acts are unseen, but they each matter and together add up to something truly significant.
Across the years that Exeter Foodbank has been running, the heart of all of the work being done is a desire to show God’s love and care for the people of Exeter. While we expect many things to keep on changing, that is something we’re determined to make sure stays the same.
Thank you.
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## **2) STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT**
## **2.1 Governing Document**
Exeter Foodbank was incorporated as a company limited by guarantee on 8th June 2008. It registered as a charity with the Charities Commission on 25th March 2009 under charity number 1128795.
## **2.2 Organisational Structure**
**Trustees:** Exeter Foodbank is directed by a board of trustees drawn from local churches, who also serve as directors for the purpose of company law. Trustees are appointed at the charity’s Annual General Meeting. The board takes responsibility for all policy decisions and the charity’s finances. The minutes of board meetings constitute the formal record of proceedings and decisions taken and approved by the trustees.
**Financial Oversight:** The treasurer of the charity is also a trustee and reports regularly to the trustees as to the charity’s ongoing financial status. A trained volunteer carries out much of the day-to-day financial management of the food bank, under the close supervision of the treasurer and a second designated trustee.
**Employees:** The Foodbank employs six part-time staff; a Strategic Director, an Operations Manager, an Administrator, an Advice Services Coordinator, a Store Manager and a Logistics Worker who undertake the dayto-day running of the charity.
**Staff Team:** The trustees have delegated the day-to-day running of the charity and operational decisions to the Staff Team. Staff Team meetings take place monthly (generally with a trustee also present); minutes are kept as a formal record of proceedings.
**Volunteers:** The Foodbank benefits from the service of approximately 170 volunteers, who are recruited from all sections of the local community. Voluntary team leaders oversee specific areas of operation.
**Related Organisations:** Exeter Foodbank is affiliated to Trussell, a charity based in Salisbury, which is registered in England and Wales under charity number 1110522.
## **2.3 Risk Management**
**Risk Register & Policies:** The trustees give consideration to the major risks to which the charity is exposed via a risk register when updating its annual plan. These include internal and external risks that, if occurring, would be likely to affect finance and resources and other aspects of the work of the charity. The trustees are satisfied that procedures and systems are in place to monitor and control these risks and to mitigate any impact that they may have on the charity and in its future operations.
Exeter Foodbank has an appropriate manual for staff, volunteers and clients of the charity which is reviewed annually. This includes policies covering Data Protection, Equal Opportunities, Health & Safety, Safeguarding (Vulnerable Adult and Child Protection) and Complaints.
**Financial Procedures:** The trustees have ensured that comprehensive insurance cover is in place to cover risks. A Financial Procedures Policy has been implemented, and finances are kept under regular review. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out below and comply with the charity’s Memorandum and Articles of Association, and in accordance with applicable accounting standards, and with the requirements of the Revised Statement of Recommended Practice “Accounting and Reporting by Charities” issued in 2005, and with the Companies Act.
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**GDPR:** Exeter Foodbank takes Data Protection very seriously. We ensure that all of our online and office practice is in line with the General Data Protection Regulations which were implemented in May 2018. We review all of these policies annually and update them with guidance from Trussell.
**Quality Assurance:** Trussell carries out reviews of Exeter Food Bank, including in areas of statutory compliance, working practices, volunteer roles, public relations and communications, fundraising, safeguarding and sustainability
_“Overwhelmed with a torrent of bills that I was not expecting and which_
_swallowed up a big chunk of my pension and left me without enough money to buy food etc. I was at my wits end and didn’t know which way to turn. When my social services link realised this, she very kindly issued me with a food voucher. Thanks for the foodbank, I will be able to keep myself fed until next week when I will receive my next pension payment. Thank you all!”_
_“Thank you for all the kindness from the people who put up this foodbank. I was diagnosed with breast cancer and had been very poorly. The food I got from the foodbank has helped me and the family. The staff have always been very (warmly) welcoming and makes me feel very accepted and understood. I hope you continue to do this because this is really helping a lot of people in Exeter._
_All the best to you all”_
Above: We have translated our ‘shopping lists’ into Arabic, Bengali, Malayalam, Pashto, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian and Vietnamese. This reflects a changing city and a growing need for support.
Below: The Exeter Foodbank store, where all of the donations are sorted.
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## **3) OBJECTIVES, AIMS & ACTIVITIES**
## **3.1 Charitable Objectives**
The objective of the charity, as set out in the charity’s governing trust deed, is to relieve persons in the United Kingdom and elsewhere in the world who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress in such ways as the trustees from time-to-time think fit.
## **3.2 Aims**
_**Emergency Food Provision:**_ Exeter Foodbank seeks to alleviate food poverty in and around Exeter by providing short term, emergency food for families or individuals in crisis via a voucher referral scheme. Beneficiaries come from a broad cross-section of the local community; they include families, young people, and both the unemployed and those in work. Anyone can be referred to Exeter Foodbank, regardless of background, belief, race or creed.
_**Contextual Support:**_ Through Advice Work, close partnership working and effective sign-posting, the Foodbank aims to relieve the immediate physical and psychological pressures caused by food poverty, whilst ensuring that more long-term support is put in place.
_**Raising Awareness of Food Poverty:**_ Additionally, Exeter Foodbank aims to raise awareness of the complex issues that surround food poverty and to contribute to research into its causes. In doing so, we aim to improve public understanding of the causes of food poverty, engender greater community cohesion and contribute constructively to public debate.
Collectively, these measures aim both to meet immediate local need and to address the wider causes of food poverty, in order to promote long term change.
## **3.3 Public Benefit**
Each year, our trustees review our activities and strategies to ensure that we are effective in reaching those most in need of assistance in the local area, and in meeting our longer term aims. In carrying out this review, the trustees have considered the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit and in particular its supplementary public guidance on the Provision of Relief of Poverty for the Public Benefit.
## **3.4 How the Foodbank Works**
Non-perishable food is donated by members of the public from a prescribed list
- Food is transported to our warehouse, where it is sorted by date and by type.
- Clients in crisis are assessed by one of our authorised referral agencies and are issued with a foodbank voucher.
- Clients bring their voucher to one of our food distribution sessions where it is exchanged for nutritionallybalanced food
Clients are encouraged to access further sign-posting and support services, as required.
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## **3.5 Objectives for the Year**
The objectives that we work towards were set by ourselves and Trussell as part of a project (called Pathfinder) which we worked on from 2023-2025. We continue to develop each area in the first five objectives. Added to the objectives this year has been the publication of our strategy.
a) Develop Participation
b) Develop Referral Pathways c) Develop our Financial Inclusion Project
d) Develop volunteer skills and experience e) Develop our Operations f) Agree and begin to implement our 2025-2028 Strategy
## **3.6 Strategies for Achieving the Objectives**
## **a) Participation**
We have increased the input of clients with a lived-experience of food poverty. We are doing this with a variety of methods including surveys, interviews and dialogue with referrers. This year we have sought out clients with experience of coming to Exeter Foodbank who are willing to be involved in our Client Forum, which meets quarterly. Although this is in its infancy, we hope that it will continue to critique and improve every aspect of the journey for clients.
## **b) Referral Pathways**
We have worked extensively with our referrers over the last three years to understand the issues that bring clients to us and how we can collaboratively work together to offer support. While some of the root causes can be multifaceted and complex, we do feel that we have made significant progress and are more effectively able to support clients in need.
## **c) Financial Inclusion**
Having our own venue since 2024 has allowed us to offer a far greater level of advice and support to clients. Having the opportunity and space to begin conversations where people can talk about their issues and experience has meant that many of them have been able to access greater support.
While we host workers from several agencies (including Job Centre Plus and Exeter Community Energy), it is our partnership with Citizens Advice Exeter which makes the most significant difference. We have an advisor present three days each week who is able to offer in depth advice in areas of Benefits and Debt.
## **d) Volunteer skills and experience**
We are a charity which can only exist because of our team of wonderful volunteers. Their experience is volunteering at Exeter Foodbank is very important to us.
Each year Trussell run an anonymous survey where our volunteers can rate their experience in at Exeter Foodbank. We were delighted that last year the results showed a result of 9.1 our of 10. This was an extremely positive result!
All of our volunteers underwent Safeguarding Training, while some also came to training about ‘Conversations with Vulnerable Clients’, ‘Hospitality’ and Trauma Informed Practice. We want volunteering for this charity to be an opportunity to engage with the community, make friends and learn new skills.
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## **e) Operations**
Having three Distribution Venues (Cowick Street, Beacon Centre and Cranbrook Food Hub) as well as our store in Kennford has meant an increasing number of operational challenges. However, between our part-time staff and our volunteers we have a solid system of operations.
We regularly collect food from 25 venues across the city. Some of these are large supermarkets, some are small centres of community, but all are important to us. All of this food has to be sorted by type and date before being taken to our Distribution Centres. This all runs very smoothly as the work continues to expand.
## **e) The Exeter Foodbank Strategic Plan (2025-2028)**
A great deal of work has been put into our strategic plan which can be viewed at:
https://exeterfoodbank.co.uk/2025-2028-strategic-plan/ . This roadmap incorporates the objectives listed about while also looking to bring sustainability and development to each area.
The Strategic Plan was agreed in October 2025.
_“A chuffin great bunch of folk and a good service. I was made to feel really welcome. Thank you”_
Left: The Participation Team from Children’s Services at Devon County Council with some of the Christmas Hampers that Exeter Foodbank helped to compile. We have been supporting this project for several years.
We have also worked with the team to fund Christmas Meals for 125 Care-Experienced young people at various locations around Devon. This year we also funded a celebration for Eid al-Fitr
_“I have fallen on hard times – loss of job, marriage and house. Former addict but luckily not using anymore. Ex forces and being supported by various charities and organisations. Looking forward to the future while building myself back up. Just wanted to say a big thank you to all the staff here at the foodbank. I wish you all well.”_
_“My partner came last time. Its my first time. I was made a fantastic cup of tea. I broke when I was given food for my dogs; they are my life. The staff are absolutely fantastic, the experience was so calm. Angels. xxx”_
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## **4) Statistics**
All of our data is recorded on the Trussell Data System. We can see how many referrals are made, how many people live in those households, the reason for referral, the number of first time or frequent foodbank users there are etc. All of this data gives us real insight into the situation in the city.
Our records show that food was given to 8,682 clients during the year. Of this number, 2,804 were given to local children. This does reflect that there is an ongoing issue with poverty in the city. During the course of this year we saw 770 households who needed to access emergency help with food for the first time.
The second graph shows some positive news. While 8,682 clients were given food, this number decreased from 10,538 the previous year and 11,778 the year before that. This shows a 26% decrease in two years. We are very pleased with this and believe that much of this decrease is due to the financial inclusion work done by our Advice Services Coordinator and our Advisor from Citizens Advice Exeter.
The average number of visits made to Exeter Foodbank by households in this year was 2.39. The collaborative approach in offering support to clients is making a difference. It is reducing the number of people needing greater food support and the number of visits that clients need to make.
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## **Additional Data**
We often hear comments like ‘it is always the same people who go to foodbanks’ but our data does prove this to be incorrect. Almost 50% of our clients during the year made only one visit to Exeter Foodbank. Clients do genuinely come to us in times of emergency and crisis.
The clients who visit 6 times or fewer in a year is 95%. In fact, only 3 households visited us more that 12 times in a year and we were working extensively with each of them.
One worrying trend in the previous 12 months has been the number of separate issues facing clients by the time that they arrive at foodbank. When Exeter Foodbank opened, clients would arrive with perhaps 3 issues that they were struggling with. Now, the average number of issues that they are faced with by the time they sit with our Citizens Advice Worker is 10. These can include benefit problems, debt, physical and/or mental health issues, employment, Utility Bills and many more. The access to many overstretched services seems to be leaving many clients and households in situations of real crisis.
This has a knock-on effect not only on the foodbank, and other services but on the wellbeing of the client and their family. Increasingly, it does seem to us that we are involved in issues that have historically not been the role of foodbanks to solve - but there appears to be limited capacity in many agencies and charities in the city to support the people involved.
This is partly why the advice work at Exeter Foodbank has taken on such a great degree of importance and has become fundamental to the running of the charity. This was not the original aim of foodbanks - but it is where many of them now need to be operating and facing a need to develop their work.
“Exeter Foodbank has been such a valued lifeline for me. Previously I have never had an issue in providing for myself, but due to highly unusual circumstances out of my control I no longer have that privilege. Everyone here has been highly welcoming, friendly and non-judgemental. It has been incredible to see the support that is there for people in times of need. Thank you very much”
Right: a page from our Guestbook in our Distribution Centre in Cowick Street
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## **5. Main Activities & Achievements in 2024/25**
It may be fair to say that during the last year we have settled into a new routine rather than doing things that were ‘new’. In May 2024 we moved into our new home in Cowick Street after 15 years at The Mint Methodist Church. This meant a huge amount of changes for us as a charity as every single aspect of our work had to be updated to fit in with our new centre. But as we settled into our new rhythms, we did get involved in some significant work.
We are also very grateful to our team members Ali (Advice Worker) and Fiona (Administrator) who both did such an amazing job of helping us in this transitation. They both moved on to new things during the year, but left a real impact with the work that they had done.
- We were the focus of Trussell’s record-breaking national _Winter Appeal_ . The event was filmed at Cowick Street and raised funds towards Trussell’s ongoing work and support of hundreds of foodbanks across the country.
- We ran our first community sessions with a _Sewing Bank_ and a _Wellbeing Day_
- Our team of Church Ambassadors grew and we were able to engage more deeply with the local faith communities
- We received visits by both The High Sherriff of Devon and the Bishop of Exeter. They both came along to meet our team, to hear about our work and to understand what is going on in the city. Both were extremely complimentary about the holistic nature of what we are achieving.
- In June 2025 we joined in a _National Lobby Day_ with Trussell where approximately 750 staff and volunteers from foodbanks across the country visited their MPs at The Houses of Parliament. We met Steve Race MP and were able to share our book _‘Experiences of Universal Credit in 2025’_ . This book contained many client stories about surviving on benefit payments and the hardship that they faced.
- Our participation in the Trussell Pathfinder Project drew to close. This national project which had involved approximately 60 foodbanks had been aimed at reducing the need for foodbanks. We have seen a significant reduction in the client numbers over the duration of the project; a decrease of approximately 27%. This is extremely positive. However, the reverse of this has seen an increase in other forms of support - notably the advice work. This has led to an increase in cost in this area which we will need to fund as we move forward.
Left: The Trussell Lobby Day and Mark (left) and our volunteer Tim (right) meet our local MP Steve Race (centre)
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## **7) Financial**
Review (See separate report)
## **Financial statements Principal Funding Sources Reserves Policy**
Trustees’ Responsibilities in Respect of the Accounts
The Trustees are required to prepare accounts for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Trust and of its financial activities for that period. In preparing those accounts, the Trustees are required to:
- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
- make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
- prepare the accounts on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Trust will continue in business.
The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Trust and to enable them to ensure that the accounts comply with the Charities Act 1993 and the Charities Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Trust and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
Chair of Trustees Date: October 31st 2025
Left: Our team meet some of the Exeter Foodbank Church Ambassadors. The role of the ambassadors is to update their faith
community with the latest news from Exeter Foodbank. We ask them to share our newsletters, highlight any needs or shortages that we are facing and to prayerfully support us in our work.
We are delighted that we now have 16 churches who support us in this valuable way. Our regular coffee mornings are a wonderful example of people of faith meeting together across the Christian denominations and supporting one another
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## **7) Reference & Administrative Details**
Charity Name: Exeter Food Bank Charity Number: 1128795 Company Registration Number: 6718767
Trustees: Mr Stephen Davis Mr Gary Flint (Chair) Mr Gerald Hunt Mrs Sarah Hornblower Richard Judd Ian Robertson
Company Secretary: Mr Richard Judd
Registered Office: Exeter Foodbank, 26 Clyst Heath, Exeter Devon, EX2 7TA
Bankers: Co-operative Bank, PO Box 250, Delf House, Skelmersdale, WN8 6WT
Left: A visit from The Lord Mayor of Exeter. Councillor Anne Jobson.
Company registration number: 06718767 Charity registration number: 1128795
## Exeter Food Bank
(A company limited by guarantee) Annual Report and Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 October 2025
Stapletons Chartered Certified Accountants
4 Market Street Crediton Devon EX17 2AJ
## **Exeter Food Bank**
||**Contents**||
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|Reference and Administrative Details||1|
|Trustees' Report||2|
|Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities||3|
|Independent Examiner's Report||4|
|Statement of Financial Activities||5 to 6|
|Balance Sheet||7|
|Notes to the Financial Statements||8 to 19|
## **Exeter Food Bank**
## **Reference and Administrative Details**
**Trustees** Mr G W Hunt Mr S Davis Mr R Judd Mr I A M Robertson Mr G Flint Ms S Hornblower **Secretary** Mr R Judd **Charity Registration Number** 1128795 **Company Registration Number** 06718767 The charity is incorporated in England and Wales. **Registered Office** 174 - 175 Cowick Street Exeter Devon EX4 1AA **Principal Office** 174 - 175 Cowick Street Exeter Devon EX4 1AA **Independent Examiner** Stapletons Chartered Certified Accountants 4 Market Street Crediton Devon EX17 2AJ
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## **Exeter Food Bank**
## **Trustees' Report**
The trustees, who are directors for the purposes of company law, present the annual report together with the financial statements of the charitable company for the year ended 31 October 2025.
## **Objectives and activities**
## _**Public benefit**_
Exeter Food Bank provides short term food supplies to local people in crisis referred to us by a number of agencies and charities.
The trustees confirm that they have complied with the requirements of section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission for England and Wales.
## **Structure, governance and management Financial instruments**
## _**Objectives and policies**_
The charity's activities expose it to a number of financial risks including credit risk, cash flow risk and liquidity risk. The use of financial derivatives is governed by the charity’s policies approved by the board of trustees, which provide written principles on the use of financial derivatives to manage these risks. The charity does not use derivative financial instruments for speculative purposes.
## _**Credit risk**_
The charity’s principal financial assets are bank balances and cash, trade and other receivables, and investments. The charity’s credit risk is primarily attributable to its trade receivables. The amounts presented in the balance sheet are net of allowances for doubtful receivables. An allowance for impairment is made where there is an identified loss event which, based on previous experience, is evidence of a reduction in the recoverability of the cash flows.
The credit risk on liquid funds and derivative financial instruments is limited because the counterparties are banks with high credit-ratings assigned by international credit-rating agencies.
The charity has no significant concentration of credit risk, with exposure spread over a large number of counterparties and customers.
The annual report was approved by the trustees of the charity on 14 May 2026 and signed on its behalf by:
......................................... Mr G W Hunt Trustee
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## **Exeter Food Bank**
## **Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities**
The trustees (who are also the directors of Exeter Food Bank for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the trustees' report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice), including FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland".
Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under company law the trustees must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:
- select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently;
- observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;
- make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
- state whether applicable accounting standards, comprising FRS 102 have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and
- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charitable company will continue in business.
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that can disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
The trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the charitable company's website. Legislation governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.
Approved by the trustees of the charity on 14 May 2026 and signed on its behalf by:
......................................... Mr G W Hunt Trustee
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## **Exeter Food Bank**
## **Independent Examiner's Report to the trustees of Exeter Food Bank ('the Company')**
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 October 2025.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity’s trustees of the Company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 (‘the 2006 Act’).
Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity’s accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 2011 Act’). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.
## **Independent examiner’s statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of Exeter Food Bank as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or
3. the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view' which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or
4. the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities [applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)].
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection 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.
...................................... Stapletons Chartered Certified Accountants
4 Market Street Crediton Devon EX17 2AJ
14 May 2026
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## **Exeter Food Bank**
## **Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 October 2025 (Including Income and Expenditure Account and Statement of Total Recognised Gains and Losses)**
||**Unrestricted**
**Total**|
|---|---|
||**funds**
**Restricted funds**
**2025**|
|**Note**|**£**
**£**
**£**|
|**Income and Endowments from:**||
|Donations and legacies
3|151,168
750
151,918|
|Other trading activities
5|6,610
9,999
16,609|
|Investment income
6|4,304
-
4,304|
|Total income||
||162,082
10,749
172,831|
|**Expenditure on:**||
|Raising funds
7|(29,593)
(9,998)
(39,591)|
|Charitable activities
8|(170,818)
(27,876)
(198,694)|
|Total expenditure||
||(200,411)
(37,874)
(238,285)|
|Net expenditure||
||(38,329)
(27,125)
(65,454)|
|Net movement in funds||
||(38,329)
(27,125)
(65,454)|
|**Reconciliation of funds**||
|Total funds brought forward||
||542,835
33,795
576,630|
|Total funds carried forward
19||
||504,506
6,670
511,176|
||**Unrestricted**
**Total**|
||**funds**
**Restricted funds**
**2024**|
|**Note**|**£**
**£**
**£**|
|**Income and Endowments from:**||
|Donations and legacies
3|147,836
199,618
347,454|
|Charitable activities
4|421
-
421|
|Other trading activities
5|14,051
-
14,051|
|Investment income
6|3,889
-
3,889|
|Total income||
||166,197
199,618
365,815|
|**Expenditure on:**||
|Raising funds
7|(48,777)
(375)
(49,152)|
|Charitable activities
8|(50,630)
(165,823)
(216,453)|
|Total expenditure||
||(99,407)
(166,198)
(265,605)|
|Net income||
||66,790
33,420
100,210|
|Net movement in funds||
||66,790
33,420
100,210|
|**Reconciliation of funds**||
|Total funds brought forward||
||476,045
375
476,420|
|Total funds carried forward
19||
||542,835
33,795
576,630|
The notes on pages 8 to 19 form an integral part of these financial statements.
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## **Exeter Food Bank**
## **Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 October 2025 (Including Income and Expenditure Account and Statement of Total Recognised Gains and Losses)**
All of the charity's activities derive from continuing operations during the above two periods.
The notes on pages 8 to 19 form an integral part of these financial statements. Page 6
## **Exeter Food Bank**
## **(Registration number: 06718767) Balance Sheet as at 31 October 2025**
||**2025**
**2024**|
|---|---|
|**Note**|**£**
**£**|
|**Fixed assets**||
|||
|Tangible assets
15|102,104
114,867|
|**Current assets**||
|||
|Debtors
16|38,663
43,097|
|Cash at bank and in hand
17|371,672
419,828|
||410,335
462,925|
|**Creditors: Amounts falling due within oneyear**
18||
||(1,263)
(1,162)|
|**Net current**assets||
||409,072
461,763|
|**Net**assets||
||511,176
576,630|
|**Funds of the charity:**||
|**Restricted income funds**||
|||
|Restricted funds
19|6,670
33,795|
|**Unrestricted income funds**||
|||
|Unrestricted funds|504,506
542,835|
|**Total funds**
19||
||511,176
576,630|
For the financial year ending 31 October 2025 the charity was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
Directors' responsibilities:
- The members have not required the charity to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with section 476; and
- The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.
The financial statements on pages 5 to 19 were approved by the trustees, and authorised for issue on 14 May 2026 and signed on their behalf by:
.........................................
Mr G W Hunt Trustee
The notes on pages 8 to 19 form an integral part of these financial statements.
Page 7
## **Exeter Food Bank**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 October 2025**
## **1 Charity status**
The charity is limited by guarantee, incorporated in England and Wales, and consequently does not have share capital. Each of the trustees is liable to contribute an amount not exceeding £10 towards the assets of the charity in the event of liquidation.
The address of its registered office is: 174 - 175 Cowick Street Exeter Devon EX4 1AA
The principal place of business is: 174 - 175 Cowick Street Exeter Devon EX4 1AA
These financial statements were authorised for issue by the trustees on 14 May 2026.
## **2 Accounting policies**
## **Summary of significant accounting policies and key accounting estimates**
The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented, unless otherwise stated.
## **Statement of compliance**
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice (applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)) (issued in October 2019) - (Charities SORP (FRS 102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006.
## **Basis of preparation**
Exeter Food Bank meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy notes.
## **Going concern**
The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue as a going concern nor any significant areas of uncertainty that affect the carrying value of assets held by the charity.
## **Exemption from preparing a cash flow statement**
The charity opted to early adopt Bulletin 1 published on 2 February 2016 and have therefore not included a cash flow statement in these financial statements.
Page 8
## **Exeter Food Bank**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 October 2025**
## **Income and endowments**
All income is recognised once the charity has entitlement to the income, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount of the income receivable can be measured reliably.
## _**Donations and legacies**_
Donations are recognised when the charity has been notified in writing of both the amount and settlement date. In the event that a donation is subject to conditions that require a level of performance by the charity before the charity is entitled to the funds, the income is deferred and not recognised until either those conditions are fully met, or the fulfilment of those conditions is wholly within the control of the charity and it is probable that these conditions will be fulfilled in the reporting period.
## _**Investment income**_
Dividends are recognised once the dividend has been declared and notification has been received of the dividend due.
## **Expenditure**
All expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to that expenditure, it is probable settlement is required and the amount can be measured reliably. All costs are allocated to the applicable expenditure heading that aggregate similar costs to that category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated on a basis consistent with the use of resources, with central staff costs allocated on the basis of time spent, and depreciation charges allocated on the portion of the asset’s use. Other support costs are allocated based on the spread of staff costs.
## _**Raising funds**_
These are costs incurred in attracting voluntary income, the management of investments and those incurred in trading activities that raise funds.
## **Governance costs**
These include the costs attributable to the charity’s compliance with constitutional and statutory requirements, including audit, strategic management and trustees meetings and reimbursed expenses.
## **Taxation**
The charity is considered to pass the tests set out in Paragraph 1 Schedule 6 of the Finance Act 2010 and therefore it meets the definition of a charitable company for UK corporation tax purposes. Accordingly, the charity is potentially exempt from taxation in respect of income or capital gains received within categories covered by Chapter 3 Part 11 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010 or Section 256 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992, to the extent that such income or gains are applied exclusively to charitable purposes.
## **Tangible fixed assets**
Individual fixed assets costing £250.00 or more are initially recorded at cost, less any subsequent accumulated depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment losses.
Page 9
## **Exeter Food Bank**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 October 2025**
## **Depreciation and amortisation**
Depreciation is provided on tangible fixed assets so as to write off the cost or valuation, less any estimated residual value, over their expected useful economic life as follows:
|**Depreciation and amortisation**
Depreciation is provided on tangible fixed assets so as to write off
residual value, over their expected useful economic life as follows:|the cost or valuation, less any estimated|
|---|---|
|**Asset class**|**Depreciation method and rate**|
|Motor vehicles|25% straight line basis|
|Plant and machinery|25% straight line basis|
|Leasehold improvements|10% straight line basis|
## **Trade debtors**
Trade debtors are amounts due from customers for merchandise sold or services performed in the ordinary course of business.
Trade debtors are recognised initially at the transaction price. They are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less provision for impairment. A provision for the impairment of trade debtors is established when there is objective evidence that the charity will not be able to collect all amounts due according to the original terms of the receivables.
## **Cash and cash equivalents**
Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and call deposits, and other short-term highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value.
## **Borrowings**
Interest-bearing borrowings are initially recorded at fair value, net of transaction costs. Interest-bearing borrowings are subsequently carried at amortised cost, with the difference between the proceeds, net of transaction costs, and the amount due on redemption being recognised as a charge to the Statement of Financial Activities over the period of the relevant borrowing.
Interest expense is recognised on the basis of the effective interest method and is included in interest payable and similar charges.
Borrowings are classified as current liabilities unless the charity has an unconditional right to defer settlement of the liability for at least twelve months after the reporting date.
Page 10
## **Exeter Food Bank**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 October 2025**
## **Foreign exchange**
Transactions in foreign currencies are recorded at the rate of exchange at the date of the transaction. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies at the balance sheet date are reported at the rates of exchange prevailing at that date.
The results of overseas operations are translated at the average rates of exchange during the period and their balance sheets at the rates ruling at the balance sheet date. Exchange differences arising on translation of the opening net assets and results of overseas operations are reported in other comprehensive income and accumulated in equity (attributed to non-controlling interests as appropriate).
Other exchange differences are recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities in the period in which they arise except for:
1) exchange differences on transactions entered into to hedge certain foreign currency risks (see above);
2) exchange differences arising on gains or losses on non-monetary items which are recognised in other comprehensive income; and
3) in the case of the consolidated financial statements, exchange differences on monetary items receivable from or payable to a foreign operation for which settlement is neither planned nor likely to occur (therefore forming part of the net investment in the foreign operation), which are recognised in other comprehensive income and reported under equity.
## **Fund structure**
Unrestricted income funds are general funds that are available for use at the trustees discretion in furtherance of the objectives of the charity.
Restricted income funds are those donated for use in a particular area or for specific purposes, the use of which is restricted to that area or purpose.
## **Financial instruments**
## _**Classification**_
Financial assets and financial liabilities are recognised when the charity becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.
Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the charity after deducting all of its liabilities.
Page 11
## **Exeter Food Bank**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 October 2025**
## _**Recognition and measurement**_
All financial assets and liabilities are initially measured at transaction price (including transaction costs), except for those financial assets classified as at fair value through profit or loss, which are initially measured at fair value (which is normally the transaction price excluding transaction costs), unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction. If an arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, the financial asset or financial liability is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument.
Financial assets and liabilities are only offset in the statement of financial position when, and only when there exists a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and the charity intends either to settle on a net basis, or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.
Financial assets are derecognised when and only when a) the contractual rights to the cash flows from the financial asset expire or are settled, b) the charity transfers to another party substantially all of the risks and rewards of ownership of the financial asset, or c) the charity, despite having retained some, but not all, significant risks and rewards of ownership, has transferred control of the asset to another party.
Financial liabilities are derecognised only when the obligation specified in the contract is discharged, cancelled or expires.
Page 12
## **Exeter Food Bank**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 October 2025**
## _**Debt instruments**_
Debt instruments which meet the following conditions are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method:
(a) The contractual return to the holder is (i) a fixed amount; (ii) a positive fixed rate or a positive variable rate; or (iii) a combination of a positive or a negative fixed rate and a positive variable rate.
(b) The contract may provide for repayments of the principal or the return to the holder (but not both) to be linked to a single relevant observable index of general price inflation of the currency in which the debt instrument is denominated, provided such links are not leveraged.
(c) The contract may provide for a determinable variation of the return to the holder during the life of the instrument, provided that (i) the new rate satisfies condition (a) and the variation is not contingent on future events other than (1) a change of a contractual variable rate; (2) to protect the holder against credit deterioration of the issuer; (3) changes in levies applied by a central bank or arising from changes in relevant taxation or law; or (ii) the new rate is a market rate of interest and satisfies condition (a).
(d) There is no contractual provision that could, by its terms, result in the holder losing the principal amount or any interest attributable to the current period or prior periods.
(e) Contractual provisions that permit the issuer to prepay a debt instrument or permit the holder to put it back to the issuer before maturity are not contingent on future events, other than to protect the holder against the credit deterioration of the issuer or a change in control of the issuer, or to protect the holder or issuer against changes in levies applied by a central bank or arising from changes in relevant taxation or law.
(f) Contractual provisions may permit the extension of the term of the debt instrument, provided that the return to the holder and any other contractual provisions applicable during the extended term satisfy the conditions of paragraphs (a) to (c).
Debt instruments that are classified as payable or receivable within one year on initial recognition and which meet the above conditions are measured at the undiscounted amount of the cash or other consideration expected to be paid or received, net of impairment.
With the exception of some hedging instruments, other debt instruments not meeting these conditions are measured at fair value through profit or loss.
Commitments to make and receive loans which meet the conditions mentioned above are measured at cost (which may be nil) less impairment.
## _**Investments**_
Investments in non-convertible preference shares and non-puttable ordinary or preference shares (where shares are publicly traded or their fair value is reliably measurable) are measured at fair value through profit or loss. Where fair value cannot be measured reliably, investments are measured at cost less impairment.
Investments in subsidiaries and associates are measured at cost less impairment. For investments in subsidiaries acquired for consideration including the issue of shares qualifying for merger relief, cost is measured by reference to the nominal value of the shares issued plus fair value of other consideration. Any premium is ignored.
Page 13
## **Exeter Food Bank**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 October 2025**
## _**Derivative financial instruments**_
The charity uses derivative financial instruments to reduce exposure to foreign exchange risk and interest rate movements. The charity does not hold or issue derivative financial instruments for speculative purposes.
Derivatives are initially recognised at fair value at the date a derivative contract is entered into and are subsequently remeasured to their fair value at each reporting date. The resulting gain or loss is recognised in statement of financial activities immediately unless the derivative is designated and effective as a hedging instrument, in which event the timing of the recognition in statement of financial activities depends on the nature of the hedge relationship.
## _**Fair value measurement**_
The best evidence of fair value is a quoted price for an identical asset in an active market. When quoted prices are unavailable, the price of a recent transaction for an identical asset provides evidence of fair value as long as there has not been a significant change in economic circumstances or a significant lapse of time since the transaction took place. If the market is not active and recent transactions of an identical asset on their own are not a good estimate of fair value, the fair value is estimated by using a valuation technique.
- **3 Income from donations and legacies**
||**Unrestricted**|||
|---|---|---|---|
||**funds**|**Restricted**|**Total**|
||**General**|**funds**|**funds**|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|
|Donations and legacies;||||
|Donations from individuals|151,168|750|151,918|
|**Total for 2025**|151,168|750|151,918|
|**Total for 2024**|147,836|199,618|347,454|
**4 Income from charitable activities**
|**4**
**Income from charitable activities**||
|---|---|
||**Unrestricted**|
||**funds**
**Total**|
||**General**
**funds**|
||**£**
**£**|
|**Total for 2024**|421
421|
|**5**
**Income from other trading activities**||
||**Unrestricted**|
||**funds**
**Restricted**
**Total**|
||**General**
**funds**
**funds**|
||**£**
**£**
**£**|
|Events income;||
|Other events income|6,610
9,999
16,609|
|**Total for 2025**||
||6,610
9,999
16,609|
|**Total for 2024**||
||14,051
-
14,051|
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## **Exeter Food Bank**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 October 2025**
- **6 Investment income**
|**6**
**Investment income**||||
|---|---|---|---|
||**Unrestricted**|||
||**funds**|**Total**||
||**General**|**funds**||
||**£**|**£**||
|Interest receivable and similar income;||||
|Interest receivable on bank deposits|4,304||4,304|
|**Total for 2025**|4,304||4,304|
|**Total for 2024**|3,889||3,889|
- **7 Expenditure on raising funds**
## **Costs of trading activities**
**a)**
|||**Unrestricted**|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**funds**|**Restricted**|**Total**|
|||**General**|**funds**|**funds**|
||**Note**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|Costs ofgoods sold||29,593|9,998|39,591|
|**Total for 2025**||29,593|9,998|39,591|
|**Total for 2024**||48,777|375|49,152|
|||||**Total**|
|||||**costs**|
|||||**£**|
- **8 Expenditure on charitable activities**
|**Unrestricted**|**Unrestricted**|
|---|---|
|**funds**
**Restricted**
**Total**
**Total**||
|**General**
**funds**
**2025**
**2024**||
|**Note**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**||
|Governance costs
9
170,818
27,876
198,694
216,453||
||**Unrestricted**|
||**funds**
**Restricted**
**Total**|
||**General**
**funds**
**funds**|
|**Note**|**£**
**£**
**£**|
|Governance costs
9|170,818
27,876
198,694|
|**Total for 2024**||
||50,630
165,823
216,453|
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## **Exeter Food Bank**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 October 2025**
## **9 Analysis of governance and support costs**
## **Governance costs**
|**Governance costs**||
|---|---|
||**Unrestricted**|
||**funds**
**Restricted**
**Total**|
||**General**
**funds**
**2025**|
||**£**
**£**
**£**|
|Staff costs||
|Other staff costs|97,064
27,876
124,940|
|Audit fees||
|Other fees paid to auditors|1,207
-
1,207|
|Legal fees|13,924
-
13,924|
|Depreciation, amortisation and other similar costs|12,760
-
12,760|
|Othergovernance costs|45,863
-
45,863|
||170,818
27,876
198,694|
||**Unrestricted**|
||**funds**
**Restricted**
**Total**|
||**General**
**funds**
**2024**|
||**£**
**£**
**£**|
|Staff costs||
|Other staff costs|77,235
38,193
115,428|
|Audit fees||
|Other fees paid to auditors|1,125
-
1,125|
|Legal fees|4,536
-
4,536|
|Depreciation, amortisation and other similar costs|18,119
-
18,119|
|Othergovernance costs|(50,385)
127,630
77,245|
||50,630
165,823
216,453|
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## **Exeter Food Bank**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 October 2025**
## **10 Net incoming/outgoing resources**
Net (outgoing)/incoming resources for the year include:
|Net (outgoing)/incoming resources for the year include:|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**2025**||**2024**||
||**£**||**£**||
|Depreciation of fixed assets||12,760||18,119|
## **11 Trustees remuneration and expenses**
No trustees, nor any persons connected with them, have received any remuneration from the charity during the year.
## **12 Staff costs**
The aggregate payroll costs were as follows:
|The aggregate payroll costs were as follows:||
|---|---|
||**2025**
**2024**|
||**£**
**£**|
|**Staff costs during the year were:**||
|||
|Other staff costs|124,940
115,428|
The monthly average number of persons (including senior management / leadership team) employed by the charity during the year expressed as full time equivalents was as follows:
|charity during the year expressed as full time equivalents was as follows:||
|---|---|
||**2025**
**2024**|
||**No**
**No**|
|Employee numbers|6
6|
No employee received emoluments of more than £60,000 during the year.
|**13**
**Auditors' remuneration**||
|---|---|
||**2025**
**2024**|
||**£**
**£**|
|**Other fees to auditors**||
|||
|The auditing of accounts of any associate of the charity|1,207
1,125|
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**Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 October 2025**
## **Exeter Food Bank**
## **14 Taxation**
The charity is a registered charity and is therefore exempt from taxation.
## **15 Tangible fixed assets**
||**Land and**
**Furniture and**|
|---|---|
||**buildings**
**equipment**
**Motor vehicles**
**Total**|
||
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**|
|**Cost**||
|||
|At 1 November 2024|127,630
1,039
27,894
156,563|
|At 31 October 2025||
||127,630
1,039
27,894
156,563|
|**Depreciation**||
|||
|At 1 November 2024|12,763
1,040
27,896
41,699|
|Charge for theyear|12,763
(1)
(2)
12,760|
|At 31 October 2025||
||25,526
1,039
27,894
54,459|
|**Net book value**||
|At 31 October 2025||
||102,104
-
-
102,104|
|At 31 October 2024||
||114,867
(1)
(2)
114,864|
Included within the net book value of land and buildings above is £Nil (2024 - £Nil) in respect of freehold land and buildings and £102,104 (2024 - £114,867) in respect of leaseholds.
## **16 Debtors**
|**16**
**Debtors**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**2025**||**2024**||
||**£**||**£**||
|Prepayments||15,778||22,369|
|Other debtors||22,885||20,728|
|||38,663||43,097|
## **17 Cash and cash equivalents**
||**2025**
**2024**|
|---|---|
||**£**
**£**|
|Cash at bank|198,635
248,240|
|Short-term deposits|173,037
171,588|
||371,672
419,828|
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## **Exeter Food Bank**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 October 2025**
|**18**
**Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**|**18**
**Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**|**18**
**Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||**2025**||**2024**||
|||||||**£**||**£**||
|Other creditors|||||||69||26|
|Accruals||||||1,194|||1,136|
|||||||1,263|||1,162|
|**19**
**Funds**||||||||||
||**Balance at 1**||**Incoming**||
**Resources**||**Balance at 31**|||
||**November 2024**||
**resources**||
**expended**||**October 2025**|||
|||**£**||**£**||**£**||**£**||
|**Unrestricted funds**||||||||||
|**_General_**||||||||||
|Unrestricted funds||542,835||162,082||(200,411)||504,506||
|**Restricted funds**||||||||||
|Restricted funds||33,795||10,749||(37,874)|||6,670|
|**Total funds**||576,630||172,831||(238,285)||511,176||
||**Balance at 1**|||||||||
||**November**|
**Incoming**||**Resources**||||**Balance**|**at 31**|
||**2023**|**resources**||**expended**||**Transfers**||**October 2024**||
||**£**||**£**||**£**|**£**||**£**||
|**Unrestricted funds**||||||||||
|**_General_**||||||||||
|Unrestricted funds|476,045||166,197||(227,037)|127,630||542,835||
|**Restricted**||||||||||
|Restricted funds|375||199,618||(38,568)|(127,630)|||33,795|
|**Total funds**|476,420||365,815||(265,605)||-|576,630||
## **20 Related party transactions**
There were no related party transactions in the year.
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## **Exeter Food Bank**
## **Statement of Financial Activities by fund for the Year Ended 31 October 2025**
## **Unrestricted Funds**
|**Unrestricted Funds**||
|---|---|
||**Total**
**Total**|
||**Unrestricted**
**Unrestricted**|
||**Funds**
**Funds**|
||**2025**
**2024**|
||**£**
**£**|
|**Income and Endowments from:**||
|Donations and legacies|151,168
147,836|
|Charitable activities|-
421|
|Other trading activities|6,610
14,051|
|Investment income|4,304
3,889|
|Total income||
||162,082
166,197|
|**Expenditure on:**||
|Raising funds|(29,593)
(48,777)|
|Charitable activities|(170,818)
(50,630)|
|Total expenditure||
||(200,411)
(99,407)|
|Net(expenditure)/income||
||(38,329)
66,790|
|Net movement in funds||
||(38,329)
66,790|
|**Reconciliation of funds**||
|Total funds brought forward||
||542,835
476,045|
|Total funds carried forward||
||504,506
542,835|
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## **Exeter Food Bank**
## **Statement of Financial Activities by fund for the Year Ended 31 October 2025**
## **Restricted Funds**
|**Restricted Funds**||
|---|---|
||**Total**
**Total**|
||**Restricted**
**Restricted**|
||**Funds**
**Funds**|
||**2025**
**2024**|
||**£**
**£**|
|**Income and Endowments from:**||
|Donations and legacies|750
199,618|
|Other tradingactivities|9,999
-|
|Total income||
||10,749
199,618|
|**Expenditure on:**||
|Raising funds|(9,998)
(375)|
|Charitable activities|(27,876)
(165,823)|
|Total expenditure||
||(37,874)
(166,198)|
|Net(expenditure)/income||
||(27,125)
33,420|
|Net movement in funds||
||(27,125)
33,420|
|**Reconciliation of funds**||
|Total funds brought forward||
||33,795
375|
|Total funds carried forward||
||6,670
33,795|
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## **Exeter Food Bank**
## **Detailed Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 October 2025**
||**Total**
**Total**|
|---|---|
||**2025**
**2024**|
||**£**
**£**|
|**Income and Endowments from:**||
|Donations and legacies (analysed below)|151,918
347,454|
|Charitable activities (analysed below)|-
421|
|Other trading activities (analysed below)|16,609
14,051|
|Investment income(analysed below)|4,304
3,889|
|Total income||
||172,831
365,815|
|**Expenditure on:**||
|Raising funds (analysed below)|(39,591)
(49,152)|
|Charitable activities(analysed below)|(198,694)
(216,453)|
|Total expenditure||
||(238,285)
(265,605)|
|Net(expenditure)/income||
||(65,454)
100,210|
|Net movement in funds||
||(65,454)
100,210|
|**Reconciliation of funds**||
|Total funds brought forward||
||576,630
476,420|
|Total funds carried forward||
||511,176
576,630|
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## **Exeter Food Bank**
## **Detailed Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 October 2025**
||**Total**
**Total**|
|---|---|
||**2025**
**2024**|
||**£**
**£**|
|**_Donations and legacies_**||
|||
|Donations|151,168
147,836|
|Donations|750
199,618|
||151,918
347,454|
|**_Charitable activities_**||
|||
|Other|-
421|
||-
421|
|**_Other trading activities_**||
|||
|Fundraising|6,610
14,051|
|Fundraising|9,999
-|
||16,609
14,051|
|**_Investment income_**||
|||
|Bank interest|4,304
3,889|
||4,304
3,889|
|**_Raising funds_**||
|||
|Purchases|(29,593)
(48,777)|
|Purchases|(9,998)
(375)|
||(39,591)
(49,152)|
|**_Charitable activities_**||
|||
|Contract staff|(96,695)
(77,162)|
|Contract staff|-
(17,654)|
|Staff and volunteer expenses|(369)
(73)|
|Staff and volunteer expenses|(27,876)
(20,539)|
|Rent and service charges|(30,982)
(38,354)|
|Repairs and renewals|(2,885)
(5,512)|
|Admin expenses|(4,280)
(5,075)|
|Trade subscriptions|(289)
(264)|
|Charitable donations|-
(19,987)|
|Sundry expenses|(893)
(963)|
|Motor expenses|(6,534)
(7,090)|
|Accountancy fees|(1,207)
(1,125)|
|Legal and professional fees|(13,924)
(4,536)|
|Depreciation of long leasehold property|(12,763)
(12,763)|
|Depreciation of plant and machinery|1
(259)|
|Depreciation of motor vehicles|2
(5,097)|
||(198,694)
(216,453)|
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