CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Trustees, Annual Report forthe period From 11212023 Period start date To 3110112024 Period end date Charty name: Highbridge Area Foodbank Charity registration number: 1147076 Objectives a nd Activities To relieve persons within the ecclesiastical boundary of the parishes of the Burnham and district churches together who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress in such ways as the trustees from time-towtime think fit. SORP reference Para 1.17 Summary of the purposes of the charty as set out in its governing document To relieve persons within the ecclesiastlcal boundary of the parishes of the Burnham and district churches together who are In conditions of need, hardship or distress In such ways as the trustees from time-to-time think fit. Summary of the main activities in relation to those purposes for the public benef it, in particular, the activib'es, projects or services identrfied in the accounts. Para 1.17 and 1.19 To collect by way of donation non- perishable food and distribute via various referral agencies to those in Food. toiletries including nappies & sanitary wear together with household cleaning items & pet food are distributed to those referred to the foodbank vla 3 weekly distribution sessions manned by volunteers Financial donations are used to purchase food and other low stock items and to support the running of the foodbank Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by. the Charity. Commission on public benef it ra 1.18 Charity Commission guidance on public benefit has been followed by the trustees Additional Information (optional) You ma choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORPieference Policy on grant making We do not wovide grants Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment We do not make social investments Para 1.38 Contribution made by votunteers Our Foodbank charity is run entirely by volunteers both operational, at our distribution points, & our trustee board Para 1.38 Other Achievements and Performance SORP reference During the 2023-2024 Charity year our foodbank supported 2,794 local people 827 of which were children. Summary of the main achievements of the chartty, identifying the drfference the charty's work has made to the circumstances of its beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole. Para 1.20 We provided 1,386 food parcels 70Yo of these parcels were distributed from our H ighbridge distribution point. In Aprfl 2023 we were able, wlth the support of Trussell Trust grant funding, to fund the cost of a full time Citizens Advice financial inclusion worker. This project allows us to offer one to one advice & support to our foodbank clients around income, outgoings, debt and other matters associated with financial wellbeing to remove or reduce their need for emergency food support. We are delighted to report that we have secured Trussell Trust funding for the second year of the project. Additional information (optional) You ma choose to include further statements where relevant about: Achievements against Para 1.41 We do not set performance objectives objectives set Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set The foodbank does not actively fund raise. However, we have received support from other organisations and individuals who have raised funds for the foodbank through their own fundraisin activities No investments made Par8 1.41 Investment performance against objectives Other Para 1.41 Financial Review Review of the Charity's f inancial position at the end of the period Para 1.21 Income Unrestricted funds £30,744 Restrlcted to fund financlal inclusion project £44291 Total Income £75.035 Payments £29.978 from unrestricted funds whlch Include donatlons for use of premises at Hope Baptist Church & Methodist Church, purchase of food and other ancillary foodbank related costs Payments from restricted funds to Citizens Advice reference our financial inclusion project £33,253 (represents 3 out of 4 quarterly payments) Total Payments £63,231 Cash funds at year end Unrestricted £45,245 Restricted £11,038 Total funds £56,283 All funds held at Lloyds Bank in two accounts Treasurers Acct 30 Day Notice Account ststement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held Para 1.22 The charity's income is for the activities of the alleviation of conditions of need, hardship or distress, primarily through the provision of food, to persons within the ecclesiastical boundary of the parishes of Churches Together in Burnham Highbrldge & District. This, together with our Financial Inclusion Project grant funded by Trussell Trust, {represented as Restricted Funds),is currently the Charitys sole charitable activity. A feature of the finances of the charity is that much of the income of the charity arises from donations in kind and stocks of such donations are maintsined but are not recorded in the accounts. For this reason, the trustees exclude such income from its reserves policy. In addition, the charity requires s ace Trus 11 therefore maintain a reserve to ensure that alternative arrangements can be sourced should they be required to vacate their current premises at short notice. It is the policy of the charity that total reserves should be maintained at a level equivalent to at least six months, total expenditure, including premlses costs, but excluding the use of donated goods, with the objective that the Charity is able to continue with its activities for the duration of any temporary fall in funding or donations. Restricted funds relate to grant funding received from Trussell Trust specifically to reimburse Citizens Advice Somerset the agreed cost of providing a full-time advisor for the foodbanks Financial Incluston project. Payments are made quarterly April - March Amount of reserves held Reasons for holding zero reseNes Details of fund materially in def icit Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concem Para 1.22 £45,245 unrestricted funds NIA Para 1.22 Para 1.24 No deficits Para 1.23 The Trustees have no concerns regarding the viability of the Charity as a going concern Additional information (optional) You ma choose to include further statements where relevant about: The charity's principal Donations from supporters & grant sources of funds (including funding for our financial inclusion any fundraising) project from Trussell Trust Para 1.47 Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy ado A description of the principal risks facing the charity None Para 1.46 Reducing levels of food donated through supermarket in store donation baskets. Para 1.46 This is reviewed regularly by the trustees. We are financially secure and able to meet the cost of any purchases necessitated b fallin stock levels Other Structure, Governance and Management Description of charity's trusts: Type of governing document Para 1.25 Trust deed How is the charty constituted? Para 125 Unincorporated Association ?orated Trustee selection methods including details of any constitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or body entttred to appoint one or more trustees Para 1.25 Trustee selection is based on those willing to volunteer their time & skills to support the work of the charity and its compliant operation. Those approached to volunteer by our existing trustees, or those who directly volunteer are asked to address the trustee body to explain what skills they can offer and provide a completed nomination form (signed nomination required by 2 existing trustees) The trustee body vote on the selectlon of additional trustees (majority vots secures the appointment) ' All trustees serve for 1 year & are required to step down at the end of the foodbank year. They are then able to seek re-nomlnation for the subsequent year rf they so wish. All trustees confimi annually that they are not disqualified from holding trusteeship by reference to the charity commission list of dis ualified ersons. Additional information (optional) You ma choose to include further statements where relevant about: Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and trainin of trustees The charty's organisational structure and ahy wider network with which the charl works Relationship with any related arties Other Para 1.51 Our foodbank works with The Trussell Trust a charity that supports a network of food ban.ks in the United Kingdom Para 1.51 Citizens Advice Somerset - through our Financial Inclusion ro ect Para 1.51 Reference and Administrative details Chari name Other name the chari uses Registered charity number Charity's principal address hbrid e Area Foodbank NIA 1147076 The Methodist Church 35A College Street Burnham-on-sea Somerset TA8 1AS Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity Dates acted rf not for whole ar Trustee name OFfKe (rf any) Name of person {or body) entitled to appoint trustee Sfan Nicholas Bashford Chair Maxine Bashford Guy Peters Rev Steven Bennett John Kempton Rev Jade Zerk Rev Kathleen Allen Secretary Treasurer Rev Richard Allen Bonnie Garland David Dick Vivien Evans 10 Cor orate trustees - names of the directors at the date the re rtwasa roved Director name NIA Name of trustees holdin titEe to ro belon in to the cha Dates acted rf not for whole ar Trustee name NIA Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others Description of the assets held in this ca aci Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custtyyian chari 's ob.ects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity's own assets NIA Additional information (optional) Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of Name Address adviser Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optlonal information) Exemptions from disclosure Reason for non-disclosure of ke NIA rsonnel details Other o tional information Declarations The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees, report above. Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees Signature(s) ? 7 Full name{s) Position {eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Nicholas Bashford Guy Peters Chair Treasurer Date 30 April 2024 ||**Highbridge Area Foodbank**|**Highbridge Area Foodbank**|**Highbridge Area Foodbank**|||**1147076**|**1147076**||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||||||**CC16a**| ||**For the period**
**from**
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**funds**||**Restricted**
**funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**||**Total funds**||**Last year**| ||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**| |**A1 Receipts**|||||||||| |Donations from Individuals|**7,400**||**-**||**-**||**7,400**||**8,048**| |Donations from Organisations|**16,690**||**-**||**-**||**16,690**||**8,048**| |Trussell Trust Financial Inclusion Grant|**6,641**||**44,291**||**-**||**50,932**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |Deposit A/C Interest|**13**||**-**||**-**||**13**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**30,744**
_(Gross income for AR)_||**44,291**||**-**||**75,035**||**16,096**| |**-**
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**_Total receipts_ 30,744**
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
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**75,035**
**16,096**
~~-——~~||||| |**A3 Payments**|||||||||| |Insurance|**1,116**||**-**||**-**||**1,116**||**1,083**| |Management|**35**||**-**||**-**||**35**||**258**| |Equipment/ Mobile|**772**||**-**||**-**||**772**||**605**| |Food/Bags/Vouchers|**11,338**||**-**||**-**||**11,338**||**5,162**| |Storage Cupboards@Hope Church|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**1,484**| |Volunteer Expenses|**864**||**-**||**-**||**864**||**1,140**| |CAB Financial Inclusion|||**33,217**||**-**||**33,217**||**-**| |Donation to Churches/ Hub|**15,100**||**-**||**-**||**15,100**||| |Marketing/Printing|**753**||**36**||**-**||**789**||**-**| |**_Sub total_ 29,978**|||**33,253**||**-**||**63,231**||**9,732**| |**-**
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**_Total payments_ 29,978**
**33,253**
**-**
**63,231**
**9,732**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**
~~——————~~|||||||||| |**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ **
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_ **|**766**
**11,038**
**-**
**-**
**44,479**
**-**
**45,245**
**11,038**
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**-**
**-**|**11,804**
**6,364**
**-**
**-**
**44,479**
**56,283**
**6,364**
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**charity’s own use**
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behalf of all the trustees|**Details**
Treasurers Account
32 Day Notice Account
**Details**
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N T Bashford
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**25,196**
**11,072**
**20,013**
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**-**
**-**
**45,209**
**11,072**
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N T Bashford Chair of Trustees
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approval| ||N T Bashford|N T Bashford Chair of Trustees|4/30/2024| ||||| CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examinerfs Report Report to the trusteesl members of HIGHBRIDGF ARFA Ftt)DBRryJk On accounts for the year ended 31 /01/101+ Charity no (if any) 1147076 Set out on pages l /1 Iremwttber to inchNJe the page numbers of additional sh8elsl I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (Ihe Trust") for the year ended 31 . Q.,i. . ￿14. Responsibilltles and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordan￿ with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 {Yhe Act.). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examination. I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145{5)(b) of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have come to my attention (other than that disclosed below ") in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in. any material respect.. accounting records were not kept in accordan￿ with section 130 of the Act or the a¢counts do not accord with the aC￿unting records Independent examiner's ststement I have no cOn￿mS and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Please delete the words in the brackets rfthey do not apply. Slgned.. Date: 09/03/￿2* Name: SklORE Relevant professlonal qualificatlon(s) or body (if any): BRT LEUEL4 DIPLOM8 Iw PRoFESS1(JV)L RCCOi)wriN& Address: I PopHftM C￿SE LA5f 6RFNJT, HIGHBR1￿£ SOMFRSEr, TAq 4Ry IER October 2014 Section B Disclosure Only complete rf the examiner needs to highlight matters of con￿rn (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidan￿ for examiners). Give here brief details of any items that the examlner wishes to disclose. IER October 20