BOURNEMOUTH FOODBANK
Reports & Accounts
Financial Year Ending 3010912025
Contents
Legal & Admln15tr&tlve DetJlls
Trustees Report
Independent Examlners Report
StètemÈnt of Flnancial Activities
statemeDt of Flnancl31 Posltlon
Notes. Atcountlng Pollcles
Noles- An&lysSs pr Income & Expenditure
Notes- Analysis of Net Assels Betr4een Funds
Note5- Other
Created usirnp Exp2DsePIu5

Legal & Administrative Detai15
Charity Name..
BOURNEMOUTH FOODBANK
Charity Number..
1143446
Charity Address..
118 Haviland Rd
Bournemouth
DORSET
BH7 6HW
Trustees.,
Ruth MattlThgley
Rhea Plnfleld
Emma lane Kelly
Andrew john Maln (Appolnted 02110120241
lulla Shaw (Appolnted 12102120251
Mlchael Mccllntock (Appolnted 30104120251
Key Management
Personnèl..
Chief Executive Officer Martln Hancock
Name & Address of
Primary Banker..
CAF Bank Llmlted
Registered office Is 25 Klngs Hlll Avenue, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent
ME19 4IQ
Independent
Examlner..
Sue Wlntle
27 Bascott Roèd
Wallisdown
Bournemouth
Dorset
BHII 8RI

Trustees Report
Objects of the chadty
The objecis ol thè Charily are to prèvent or relieve poverty within Bournemouth. Chrlsichurch and Poole IBCPI 8id surroundlng areas by
providin9 emeryenry food 5upplie5. practical SUPPOrt, and guidance to individuak and families In crlsls,
The Charity also alms to address the underl In9 Causes of food poverty Ihfough hnancial inclusion, tommunlty erngagement, and
partnership working, promoting dignily, wel
eing, and Ion9-terffl r￿lIlence,
Summary of the ch8rlty's m8in actlvltles and achlevements
To fvrtherthe 9bove oble¢ts Ond VIS￿n. thè ¢harity4 main actlvities and achievements were as foliow5'.
Bournemouth Foodb?nk continued to
rovide vitèl ernpr
enty fuod supptsrt 8cross BoumeMo￿th. Chrisichurch and PoDle thrwgh ils
central warehouse at St George's Met
odlst Church andÈommunSty Cenire and a network of 5 d1str1￿lIOn hubs delivpred In partnershlp
wlth local churche5 and commuolty orgonlsatloDS.
101.754 meai%were pro￿lded Includln
25.281 for chlkdren and across 3,lQ4 household% 1,787 households had just on¢ voucher in the
year ￿presentin
58.8% and o total 275% no morè thin IWI. lust 5.5% had 10 or more vouchers. Total v￿￿her5 fulNlled duriw tho
year were 6,57017.618 pfftvlous year)
Durifig the year, the rh4rity reroived Signiffca￿l don8iloDs ID kind, wSth an e5tlmaled value of £150,988.96. While these bmounts
are Included wlthln Income In the accounts to reflect the full scale of the chanty's acbvitiÈs, thÈy do not rtpresent cash avallable to the
chèrity, The food 15 distribvted dlrEclly lo benellciarles as pjrt of the ch4rfty'5 lore 4ctlvlt￿s.
The Charlly malntalned o
eralions acr05S its esiablished hubs and continued to stren
Ihen It5 Ivcal we5ence Ihrouyh pbrtner5hlp
worklng. en5urlDg a<cessFble and responsive 5UPPOrt lor those experiencinq financial Rardship. Demand tor 5eNices remoined high
olthough mueh ￿duced from the previ4usye&r, reflecting tho bentrtr of addrcssin
nd support. HDwovor. the ongolng cost-of-llvlno pressures affecllng the communi
y are 5tlll around.
In addition to ludd privlsion, IhÈ Charlty contlnuod to expand115 focus on addressln
the root cau5e5 of
Dverty. Th1$ Intluded dellvery
of hnaniial incluslon suppurt, Income maxlmisatlon. budgeiln9 9uldonce, and effect
vt slgnpD$tlng to exP&rnal agencles, helplno
The Garden Rooms Café socla1 eThterpr15e remoined on Important p)rt of the Ch8rlty'S communlty enga
ement. proyldlng • wel¢omino
8nd Inclusive space. Initiative5 such a5 the Social Cjoteen, REcovery Calé and New Roots Refugee andkylum seeker Cantoen
mmunily pmlect Cart￿￿￿￿d to support wellbelng. reduce Isolation. and strengthen communlty connections.
The Charity further devclop¢d Its pjrtnorships ¥¥lth local organisatlons, relerral
enclo5, and nation81 Deiworks, ¢nabling a coordlnated
èpptoath to crlsls support and lonDer-torm InterveDtlon. Through these cornblne
ctiv1t￿5. Bwrnemouth Foodbank hè5 CODtlnued t
provlde boLh
immediate ￿ller and prevenijtlve 5UPPOrt, contrlbutlng tOWBrd5 a more sustalnèble ènd hun4èr-free comm￿nIty.
In plèmino activltles, the trustels hiw èptyled the guldance on publlc beneNt Issued by the Chariiy Commls$10n.
structure. Governance and Mènagement
8ournemouth Foodbink Is a Charitable Incorporated Organ15atlon ICIOI, goveinid by Its con$tltutlon and overseen by o &o4rd of
Trustr8s.
The iru5tees are responslble forthe overall governaDce, strategic dlrection, and Nnjnclal monegemenl of the C￿lItY. Diy-itrdjy
¢peraiions ère delegated to the 50nior monagenent le4m. $upptsrtéd by paid staff a larye nelwotk of volunteprs.
The Charliy ¢p¢r41Ès throu
vrgènisations. Re9ular tru5
h a central warehouse and multiple distr{but￿n hubs in 92rtnership wlth local chvrchq5 ond community
ec meetings 4re he￿ to rÉvlew performance. risk. flnancial posltion. 3nd strategic prforitie5,
FIDanclal Revlew
The Chanty contlrrt￿5 to operate h a chJllenyin9 finaniial enyironment. wlth demand for servlces remèlning h￿h due to On9ving
ecwomlc pressures.
Income ha5 beeri sUPPOrted through i combin4tlon of grJDts. donatlon5, and C￿m￿nItY fundr•tslng. Investment In lundr8i5ing ond
partnership development has strengthened Income stream5, enabling the Charity to continue dellvering both Èmergency food prov155on
and prevpnlativp services.
Expendilure refletts the tost ofdeliverlng seTrices ècross muluple slte5. includin
Stsffin9. premises. and operational iosts. Additional
5nve5ttnent has been made in communlty prograrnme5 ond finantial inclusion Iniaatives almed at addressing tht root cause5 of poverty.
The Irvstees rernain 56ti5figd that the Ch3rSiy Is fiTr3nclally viable and to e1n￿n￿e dellverlng Its service5. while recognlslng lae
need for ongolng locus on Sncome diversifltatlon cost managemeni.
Investments Pollcy
The Charity does not currertly ho￿ 5ionificant inve5tment5.
Any surplus funds are held In bank accounts to ensure suffident liquidity foroperational needs. The twstÈÈs take a cautlous approac
pnont151ng capital preseNation and accessibility of funds over InvestrfEnt return5,

A￿erVeS Policy
The Charity aims to malntaln unrestricted reserves sufficient to cover at least three month5 of cofft operating costs.
This policy is in place 10 ¢nsure flnanclal siabllSty, manage cash fjow, 4nd provide re5i11enie agalnst flucLuations in Income or
unexpected increases in demand,
The trustees review Lhe reserves posluon regularly and cor151der It approprlate 9lvFn the and natt*re of the Charity's Ktivities.
Respon51bilitie5 01TnJ5tees undereharity law
The trustees are responsible for preparirn
the tNstees' annu)I rèw>rt anrl the financial statements In accordance with appllcable la
nd United Kingdom Aetountlng standar
s iunireo Klngthm Generally Accepted Accountlng Prncticol,
Charit law require5 the tru5tee5 to prepare fr'naneial st?tements for oach flnanclal yoar which give a true and fair view of the $￿ts￿ of
the
airs of the charlty as at the balance Sheet date and of Its Incomlng resource5 and Jpplicjtion ol iÈsour(es, Iricludlng Income an
expendlture, for the Nnanclal year. In preparlng these financlol 5tatEmenis, the trustees are reuulred lo..
2. observe the rnelhods and princlplos In tho Charltios SORP..
make judgements and estlmate5 that are rea50nable and pr￿eThI.,
4. staro whether the applicable accountlng stondaFds have been follpwed, subject to any material departures dlselosèd
explained in the financial statemÈnis'. and
5. prepare the ￿nancI•l slaternent5 on J goln9 concern basls unle55 It is Inèppropriaté th presume that the charfty wlll contlnue In
The tru5tee5 Ire fftsponslblÈ for keeplng proper èccountlng rec¢rds that diselose v411h reasonèble èccuracy at an
tlme the finJn¢lal
nd enable them to ensure Ih8t the linanclal staremenis comply with the Chorilies Act 2011 and the Charily
Accounts and Re
Li Regul8lloD5 2008. ThEy are èlso responslble for sofegujrding the hssets of rhe ch)rlty hence for taklnp
reo50niblg $i¢ps
or the preventlon and detection of fraud and other Ir￿QUI￿rItIes.
gnoture
TNS report Was approved by the trustees, and Is slgned on thelr behalf by..
Dale

Independent Examiners Report
l ￿port to the trustees on my examlnation of the acctsjnts of BOLIRNEMOUTH FOODBANK I'the charity'l forthe year ended 3010912025.
Responslbi15tle5 and Basis of Report
As the trustees of the chèrtty you are responslble for the preparatlon of the accounts in accordance with the requirèrnents of the
Charities Act 20111.the 2011 Act'i.
I report in respert of my exarninatlon of the charity's aCco￿￿t$ carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and In carryin
examlnatlon I have followed all the applkable Dlrectlons glven by the Charlty Commlsslon undersectlon 14515llbl of the 2
out my
811 Act.
Independent Examlners QuJllfication
I conflrm that l am quallfled to undertake the oxamlnatlon because l am a member of the As50Ciation ol Actounting Technician5, whlch
Is one of the listed boOie5.
Independent Examlnevs Statemeftt
I have compleied r
8xamSnation. I conllrm that no material matters have come to my attentlon In conne£tlon with the exarnlnatlon
gSvlng me cause to lelleve thar in any materlal respect..
l. accountlnp records were not kept In accordance wlth 52Ctlon 130 of the 2011 Ac¢. or
2. the accounts do Dot accord with the accounting records.
I h8ve no concems and have come across no other matters In connection with the examlnation to whlch attenUon should be drawn In
order to enable a proper understand5ng of the accounts to be ￿aChed.
Independent Examlnerfs Oetalls
Name..
Sue Wlntle
Add￿S$-.
27 Bascott Road
Wallisdown
Bournemouth
Dorset
BHII 8A1
N8me
fu6
UJIJTL6
Dète

Statement of Financial Activities
Iwomlry RÈsourrE5
Donatlon5 & Le94C
184.735
7.064
196.697
Gwern*￿eco$ts
.11.9d2"
12.999
140.131,
li,
271.6b21
2.194
38.177
10.082
NthIM41L¢II*ty NtYtRQOISIAèsulCL•ttTr
13.388
13.3

statement of Financial Position
A[c￿nt5Pe[el¥0b
PTep)ymenf5
TèlalCufi*iiAssÈts
2.6
)06.gM
iab.15)
1uprfv￿tntAS5¢I5
Fix•d
36.935
Tol* N￿<￿￿tA￿sets
29.64>
c￿￿eIrt ￿￿1￿leS
Deferroa I￿0￿￿
50.gIL
0.00
0.00
I￿.&74
150,874
S6,46*
51gnature
These accounts have been approved by the tru51ees, and ao $1gned on Ihelr behalf by,.
Sh3nat￿re
IL ¥o-",l 2ozp

Notes- Accounting Pollcles
Bè515 of Preparatitsn
These financiol statements hove been prepared In èccordance wllh the"51ètementol Aecommended Pr)ctice.' Accovnting and
RÈ Ortin
hariLiÈs SORP'I, with the Financial RÈporting standard applica
Standard appllcablÈ In the UK and RÈpublit
le In ttte Un51ed Kingdom and Republic ol
Irelano I'FRS 10? l and with the CharitiesAcl 2011. The charity meets the definition of a public benefit entity as set out in FRS 102.
The prlnclyes adopted in the preparotlon of thefinanclèl statements ère setout in the accounting policies below.
Going Concern
At the tlme of approving the flnanclal st?tements, the Tru51Ee5 hlve a r£asonable e¥pE(latbn that the Chirty h05 adgquate re50urce5
to continue In operatlonal existence for the foreseeable futur&. Thus the Trustees contlnue to adopt the golng concern basss of
accouniinq In preparlng Ihefinanclal statemonts,
Key Rlsk8 & UncertalntlÈs
The ch?rity is ex
osed tro various ri$k*, Intlu6ing operitional, financSèl and re
regularfy to IdonPIfy slgnlficanl rlsks and. v4hore possible, they take approprfa
utauonèl dsks. The trustees revlew the charlty's xtlvltles
e mea5ure5 to mltlgaie those r15ks,
Fund Accountlng
Llnreslrlcted Income lunds comprI5e those funds whlch the trustees ore free to Use for4ny pvrp05e in further)nce Df the thèrlt&blè
object5. Unrestricted funds Include designèted funds where the trustees, ar their dbcr¢tlan, have sot aslde resources for a speclflc
purpo50. Aestrlcted funds are funds which a￿ Lo be used In accordance wlth specllc restrlcllons Imposed by the donor orthe ￿rrn of
spe£lfic appeil. Further cxplanarion of thc nature and purpose of each fund 15 Included In Ihe Doles io IhE accuunts.
Incorning Resources
JI Incomlng re50urce5 are recoyn15ed once th£ chjrlty has entitlemènt to thè fesources. It ks probaèle that the resources wlll be
ceived, and the monatary value of Incomlng resources can bo measured wlth 5ulf1cienl rellabillty,
All voluntary Incorne from m8mbers of the ¢haii¢y Jre r¢c¢gnlsed ès d¢n¥tlons and ar• lrtcludid ln full, wlih assoclaied GlftAk1
Gronls where entitlement Is not condlllonal on ihe d£livery of specihc performancé by thé ¢harfty ore recognlsed wfven the
Income resources fmm charitoble trading a¢tlvlb£s such as letllng of rhe bulldlng are accounted for when Involce5 are drawn
plos at the polnl ot enlltlementl.
Donated services and facilities are in¢luded at ihÈ vèlue to the charlty where thls t)n be qu4ntll¢d.
Gilts In Klnd are ècctsunied for atr a rtasonable esllmate ol thclr valve t¢ the chirily or the amount aciually reallsed,
Volunteer time. the value of voluntary sUPPOrt lor the work ol the <harily, is not I￿lUded in the uccounls bul is descrlbed In the
Trustee5 Annual Report,
Investment Income is included in the accounts when recelvab5e
Resouicqs ExpEnded
al or construcllve obli9obon commlttlng the charity to pay out the ￿SOurceS ènd the amo￿nI olthe obligalitsn can be
th reascnable certointy.
me8sured w
Govemarbce Costs
Govemance cost5 include cost5 JSSOCilted with ihe indepÈndènt examlnatlon of the flnancial statement5, COM
constitutitsnal and s18tutory requlrements and any other expenditure Incurred on the strategic mènagement o
costs are sho%¥D wlthln'Analysls ol Expendlture. note.
the charlty. GOverna￿e
ablllty Recognltkin
liobilitie$ •re recognlsed as 500n as there is a lepèl or constru¢tlvt ¢blloèty¢A cwmittlng the charily to poy out resourrts.
Tangible Flxed ￿set5
AssÈis over the value 01 £500 are capltallsEd. DEpreclabDTr is provided on tangIb￿ fixed a55et5 at rates talcularÈd to write of% the cost
of an asset, le55 115 estimated residual value, over the expccted useful economic life of Ihat a55el as follows.. filchen Equipment 10%
straight line Furniiure 3nd Fittlngs 25% siralght line IT Equiptnent 33.33% Straight line MotorVehicle5 25% straight line
PEnSipn5
The Iharity operates a defined contrlbuknon pension schemè. Contribullcn5 are charyed to the staternent of Financial Actlvlllesas they

become payablÈ in atrordance with ihe wk5 r>f the scheme.
Oper6ting Leases
Rental chèrges payable under operaung leases are charged on a stralpht line ba￿S over thE terrn5 of tr* lease.
T8Xation
The charity 15 Exempt fr¢JTr tax on it5 chjlllable activikn'E5.
ludgoments and Koy So￿r(￿s of Estlmèiion
The trustees do not ctsnslderthot there Jre any material SDurce5 of esti￿atIOn or uncertainty at the balan￿ sheet date that could result
in a mèterièl adluslment to the carryifig values af assÈts and litsbilltl￿ in thÈ next reporting pèriod.

Notes- Analysis of Income & Expenditure
Anèlysls of Income
Currenfyear
fftAid
D￿llIOnS
en5e& *JtyLelln¢Oipt Izer*VIII
Oonatlons In klnd- food
Food donations received during the year totalled 54.508.65 k9. wlth én estimated value of £150,988.96.
These have been included within income and expenditure èt a conslstent average value per kilogram.

Analysis of Expenditure
unre51￿(P
22.099
Jo.06q
rt151
&929
Evwtcosts
L*h6Y EYpindiWre
Prem15¢5
1.104
S1?NCo5%
.31n
yDrYoir
Attlirfle¥
•thtrti$1rt9
eènkChJry
9.902
9.9)2
Gthw ÈxpiMllur•
mlsi%

Note5 Analysis of Net Asset5 Between Funds
Cuirentyebr
(uriEnlA55E
If￿.181
Nort.CuNÈrtAssèt5
.717,,
126,003
146.$7•l'.
P72.681

Notes . Other
Volunteers
The ch3rity benefits greatly from the voluntary conlributiOn5 of tiTne and money. Please refer to the tru5tee5' report fur further detall
abour volunteer coniributlons In the organisaiion.
Independent Examination Fee5
Fees payable to the independent examiner for Independent examlnation were,, £310 (fee payable In the prior year.. £3001.
sratr Costs
The total staff costs and employee benefits for the ￿port1
Emplo
er5 Nl c05t5 £20,739. Em
period a￿ analysÈd as follows.. GrDS5 wa es and 5alaries'. £222.235
£11.412, Employers Pension tos
ers Pension c05tsE2,75t Iprior year Gross wages salaries.. £130,065. Employer5 Nl costs
1,5091 The avèrage number of emplo
ee5 during the year wa5 12 Ithe average numt)Èr of
employees durlDg the prlor year was 81 No employees received salaries a
rare ol more Ihan £60.000 per onnum.
Key Management Personnel
The charity consider5 ils key rnJnogement personnel to be Mortin HJncock. The totJl employee benefit5 received by the key
mana9Èment personnel Iintludlng èmployer natlonal insurance and pension contrlbutlonsl was E41.828.46 Itotal employee beneflts for
the prior year were.. £41.351.521.
Twstee Fiemuneratlon
No trustee5 nor any persons connected with Ihern. have recelved any remuneration from the charity during the year.
No trustees have received any orher benents Irom Ihe charlly durlng the year.
Trustee Expenses
eJr O tru5tee5 lrtcurred out.of.pocket
Trusi&È Oonations
Durin the
Èar the total aggregated donatlons made to the charily by the trustees was £95. There were no condlllon5 attached lo the
donail Itoial aqgregale
ons.
onatlons from prior year were £0>
pl11￿￿1& Frtllno
V•hlc
TOt41
L.62)
OM5
Debtors
Pyepèymerts

DÈscrtptlon
Prepaympntf
stock
2.406
290
2.196
Creditors
AmtsuTh-.
ADaly515 of Charltable Fund5
4.080
8.480
56.4£9
S¢uL•MurDeFo0tt￿nk
5,73
308
14.ll
13.3B8
IR*srrttÈdl
TDTAL
9,312
Fuodbonk ￿￿￿{￿￿$tr1¢tEdj
8.480

Fund N4Me
IRe5Nlcledl
702fj2
SouihMurntFr*bdMnk
IRe51rK¢edl
TDfAL
51sJilkn___
371.68Zj
Fund Transfers
There *4ere no Fund Transfers In this Ananclal year.
Equ¥menl 514thry. & trhèrESsénNals
CWèSIIMng. Iluipmonl.tomMunrty Mo41s, soc￿1 CiThtMn, Rttwery Cl1*
CiftCv¢nts, CummuTrityMEits IsDcia￿ciO￿rt •tt.I
Fom1lyondTodthEIEq￿pthtrttbSt&m￿?
Hubs E4uipm¢ni. 5￿M￿&
Tronsacllons to Reljted Parties
There were no transaction5 related partie5 durlng the ai¢¢uniing pertod.
PdDr Period Adlu51merit
There were no prior year adjustments.
Pensions
The chadty operate5 a delned contributlon an auto-enrolment penslon schemÈ which is a Nest penslon
rund does not hold suflcieni 3ssets to
ay all employ&es the benefltg relatlng to emp!D
e sÈrvlce In t
ans are rec
payments Èxteed the contribution due lor service, t
e exce55 15 recognlsed as a prepayment.
lon under which fixed
e curreni and prior perlods.
Donations in klnd- food donations
the year ended 30 September 2025. the charity received food donèlion5 With a total Estimated weight of 54.508.65 kg, valued at
£150
These donation5 have been recognlsed as Incorne 3nd expendlture In the Statement of Flnanclal Actlvllies. reflecting the estlmated falr
v4lue ol goods received and disrribured dunng the year.
The v31uation is based on an averège cost per kilogram, applied consistently atross all donated items.
rioryear (ended 30 SÈpiember 20241. the charit
received food donatS¢ns loralllng 64.237.35 kg. with an
estimated value of £17
.937.46. These omounts were not r@cogniseO In t
e prior year financial statements. As such. the current year
figures are not directly CDmparable to the prior year linancial statements.