CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND ANO WALES
Trustees, Annual Report for the period
From 1st April 2023 To 31st March 2024
Charity name: Waterside Ecumenical Projects
Charity registration number- 1136282
Objectives and Activities
SORP rnferer
Para 1.17
Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
goveming document
Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.
The supply of emergency food for people
who live in thé Waterside who because of
crises have no financial resources to buy
food.
No one in the Waterside should have to
endure food or fuel poverty. The Charity
collects and redistributes donated food by
way of an Emergency Food Parcel (EFP)
that provides three days of nutritionally
balanced food.
EFP'S are issued by way of an on-line
voucher system managed by the Trussell
Trust.
Working through the Waterside Foodbank
the charity is part of the nationwide network
of food banks using the Trussell Trust
managed E_voucher System, to combat
food poverty and hunger throughout the
UK. The Waterside Foodbank has some 40
linked agencies issuing E_vouchers
through this system.
Funded through donations received,
Waterside provide fresh vegetable, eggs
and bread with every EFP.
Follow Up support:
Signposting clients to fvrther help is
extremely important and the charity has
follow-up contact with recipients of EFP to
assist with information on further support
such as Fairshare larders.
The New Forest CAB recruited a Financial
Inclusion OffI￿r (funded by the Trussell
Trust) in Mar 2023 to work with the
foodbank's clients (based in the foodbank
part-time) to ensure they are claiming their
full benefits and to assist in Signposting to
further support.
The charity is also linked to with the
Fuelbank Foundation for the provision of
fuel vouchers.
Para 1.17and
1.19

Statement confirning
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit
Pata 1.18
The Trustees have reviewed the charitie3
activities to ensure that they have acted
within and with regard to, the Charity
Commission guidelines on public benefit.
Addltlonal inforniation (optional)
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SORP reference
Para 1.38
Policy on grant making
Para 138
Policy on social investment
including program related
investment
Para 1.38
Contribution made by
volunteers
In Oct 2023 the (Part-time) Warehouse
Manager resigned. After a review of
responsibilities, the Project Manager took
over direct responsibility for the warehouse
and part-time admin assistant was recruited
in Mar 24.
In Nov 2024 the Waterside Ecumenical
Projects charity changed rts name to the
Waterside Foodbank.
Other

Achievements and Performance
SORP ￿ference
Waterside Ecumenic31 Projects {WEP) now the
Waterside Foodbank {name change Autumn
2024), 5UPPOrts the local community through
its three arms: the Fuel Foundation, the
Foodbank and a CAB managed Flo:
Through the Fuel Bank Foundations on-
line facility, vouchers with the value of
£30 (summer) and £49 (winter) have
been issued to clients with pre-
payment meter5 at risk of
disconnection. In the financial year
2023_24 205 Fuel Vouchers were
issued 177 were redeemed, the
balance {28) wa5 cancelled or expired
(14%).
The Waterside Foodbank, successfully
Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity's work has made to
the circumstan￿$ of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as
whole.
Para 1.20
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completed its 16 year of partnership
with the Trussell Trust and through its
on-line referral seNice, provided 1,273
emergency food parcels supporting
3,615 adults and 2,591 children.
The foodbank has received 32,028kg of
food from donations & purchases from
support from local supermarkets,
churches, schools, businesses and
individuals and 34,473kg has been
distributed, the equivalent of providing
around 106,522 meals. The shortfall
between donated & distributed food
has been made up with food purchases
funded by cash donations.
At Christmas, through the support of
local a charity {Dibden Local
Allotments} and a Winter Collection at
a local supermarket, clients for
Emergency Food Parcels have also
received Christmas Parcels and Tesco
Gift Vouchers for the purchase of
Christmas meal ingredients.
From Apr 2023 the Waterside
Foodbank has hosted a part-time
Financial Inclusion Office {managed by
CAB & funded by the Trussell trust).
Clients are signposted to them for a
voluntary review of finances and a
budget has been provided to support
clients at their dsscretion of which
£4,647 was spent in this financial year.

An HCC HSG / DWP Grant for £7,100
was successfully applied for to provide
ener8y saving domestic devices to
qualifying households. £2,731 was
spent in Mar 24 and the balance will be
spent in Apr 2024.
The WEP has continued to be active with local
community groups working to alleviate poverty
and need in the New Forest. This has included
the New Forest Cost of Living alleviation
steering group, New Forest Partnership
Committee and Southampton Foodbank
Network.
Volunteers: Whilst there has been some churn,
the total number5 of volunteers have remained
consistent.
Employees." In Oct 23 the Warehouse Manager
resigned and after some changes to Roles &
Responsibilities, an Admin Assistant was
recruited in Mar 2024.
Trustees". During this financial year and to cope
with the increased activities of the charity, an
additional 5 trustees have been recrulted &
appointed.
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Achievements against
objectives set
Para 141
Performan￿ of fundraising
activities against objectives
set
Par8 1.41
Investment perfonnance
against objectives
Par8 1.41
Other

Financial Review
Review of the charity's
financial position at the end
of the period
Para 1_21
In the financial year, the charity re￿iVed
donated & grant Income of £98.440 against
Expenditure of £68,650 leaving a surplus of
£29,790 and total reserves of £232,504.
The reserves are to be used for the
continued provision of food & fijel vouchérs
to support families in poverty or crises in
the New Forest waterside area.
The charity has aspirations to expand its
activities and these reserves will help with
these expansion plans and to help fund
art-time staff.
£232,504
as at 31 Mar 24
Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held
Para 1.22
Amount of reserves held
Reasons for holding zero
reserves
Details of fund materially in
deficit
Explanation of any
Un￿rtaIntieS about the
charity continuing as a going
con￿rn
Para 1.22
Para 1.22
Pard 124
NONE
Para 1.23
Additional information (optlonal)
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The charity's principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising>
Part 1.47
Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted
Para 1.46
A description of the principal
risks facing the charity
Para 1.46
Other

Structure, Governance and Management
Description of chanty's
trusts..
Type of goveming document
Itrust deed, roiial charter
How is the chanty
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)
Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees
Para 1.25
Trust Deed
Parn 1.25
Trust
Para 1.25
Appointment by full board of Trustees
Additional infonnation (optlonal)
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Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees
Para 1.51
The charity's organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works
Parn 1.51
Relationship with any related
parties
Para 1.51
Other
Reference and Administrative details
Chari
name
Other name the chari
uses
Re
istered charit
number
Charity's principal address
Waterside Ecumenical Pro'ects
Waterside Foodbank
1136282
195 Hampton Lane
Blackfield
Southampton
S045 1XA

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
Offlce (rf any)
Dates acted if notforwhole
ear
Name of person (or bodyl entilled
oint trustee
rfan
Trustgè nam?
Linda Matthews
stephen Fordham
Joanna Trosh
Alan Glaze
Deborah Burke
Chainnan
Treasurer
6th Mar 2024
6° Sept 2023
6th Sept 2023
27° July 2023
6th Mar 2024
Stephen Green
Gillian Pickering
Rebecca Brown
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Cor
orate trustees - names of the directors at the date the re
Director name
ortwasa
roved
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
Trustee name
Dates acted If not for whole
ear

Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others
Description of the assets
held in this capacity
Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity's objects
Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the Gharity's own
assets
Additional infonnation {optional>
Names and addresses of advlsers (Optlonal infomMtion)
Type of
Name
Address
adviser
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional informatlon)
Exemptions from disclosure
Reason for non-disclosure of ke
ersonnel details
Other o
tional information

Declarations
The trusteas d8clara that they have approved the trustees, report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees
Signature{s)
Full name(s
Position (eg Secretsry.
Chair, etc)
stephen Fordham
Trustee and Treasurer
Dats
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Examiner's unqualified report (for a non•company charlty preparing receipts and
payments accounts) with a gross income of £250,000 or less in the relevant
financial year.
Independent exam iner's report to the trustees of Waterside Ecumenical Projects
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Trust for the year
ended 31 March 2024.
Responsibillties and basis of report
As the charity trustees of the Trust 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 Charitie's accounts carried out under section
145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the appliGable
Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent examinér's ststement
I have completed my examination. I confinn that no material matters have come to my
attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any
material respect:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of
the Act. or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records.
I have no Gon￿mS 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.
Signed..
Name..
Pri
ACIB
8 Home Farm Close, Hythe
Southampton, S045 6JN
Date..