## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
||Period start date|Period start date|||Period end date||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**From **|**01 **|**04 **|**2024**|**To**|**31 **
**03**|**2025**|
## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name** Middlesbrough Foodbank
**Other names charity is known by**
1151665 **Charity's principal address** 14-15 Newport Way Cannon Park Middlesbrough **Postcode TS1 5JW** ~~a~~
**Registered charity number (if any)** 1151665
|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
|---|---|---|---|
|Alan Proudler|Chair|||
|Richard Jones|Treasurer|||
|Pat O’Connor||||
|Chris Kelly||Until 20/04/24||
|Peter Jackson||||
|Paul McGrath||||
|Catherine Murray||||
|Ian Lund||From 12/04/24||
|||||
|10||||
|11||||
|12||||
|13||||
|14||||
|15||||
|16||||
|17||||
|18||||
|19||||
|20
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|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|
|---|---|---|
|Not applicable|||
||||
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|**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**|||
|Not applicable|||
## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Trustees are appointed by existing trustees, generally for a 3-year term, Trustee selection methods selected from churches in the Middlesbrough area that provide support to (eg. appointed by, elected by) the Middlesbrough Foodbank.
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
Middlesbrough Foodbank is part of the Trussell Trust Foodbank network, You **may choose** to include and works in partnership with local churches and organisations. additional information, where relevant, about:
- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
- relationship with any related parties;
- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
The objective of Middlesbrough Foodbank is the prevention or relief of poverty to people in need in Middlesbrough and the surrounding areas.
**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document**
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Middlesbrough Foodbank provides three days of nutritionally balanced emergency food to people in crisis. Vouchers are issued via frontline professionals, including doctors, health visitors, social workers, Citizens Advice Bureau staff, welfare officers, the police and probation officers. Vouchers can then be exchanged for food at various distribution centres across Middlesbrough.
**Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)**
The trustees have regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit. In particular, we are seeking to ensure that our vouchers are available via a suitable range of organisations and that we provide a network of food distribution centres across Middlesbrough so that our services are accessible to the people in need.
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
Middlesbrough Foodbank relies on the work done by volunteers who help at the warehouse, at distribution points, and during special supermarket collection days. These volunteers are generally members of a variety of churches across Middlesbrough, and we are grateful for the support of the volunteers and our partner churches.
You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
Middlesbrough Foodbank complies with the code of practice for ethical fundraising issued by the Fundraising Regulator. We do not use the services of professional fundraisers.
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
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Section D Achievements and performance
**Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year**
Middlesbrough Foodbank was set up in 2012, and became a registered charity on 17[th] April 2013. In the year from April 2024 to March 2025, we fed 14,412 people, including 10,159 adults and 4,253 children, a slight decrease from the previous year We have active voucher holders in around 130 organisations, though many only issue a handful of vouchers per year. The main issuers were Revenues & Benefits Service (20%), the debt advice service that we run with Salvation Army (12%), Middlesbrough Recovery Solutions (9%), New Walk CIC (7%), DePaul UK (4%), Community Ventures (4%), CFO Activity Hub (3%) and Middlesbrough Probation Service (2%).
All food given out is donated by local people or purchased using monetary donations. In the year from April 2024 to March 2025, 108 tonnes of food were distributed (slightly lower than the previous year). Food donations from the public remain low, and food costs have increased. This year we spent £115,185 purchasing food and other groceries, almost identical to the previous year. We have started ordering a monthly bulk delivery from the Aldi distribution warehouse, though we still need to supplement this from other sources for certain items. We have a network of food distribution centres across the town We continue to ensure we have a centre open on each weekday: • St Barnabas Church, Linthorpe (Mondays) • Grove Hill Methodist Church (Tuesdays) • Coulby Newham Baptist Church (Wednesdays) • Church of Ascension, Berwick Hills (Wednesday) • Middlesbrough Community Church, Gresham (Thursdays) • St Thomas More, Beechwood (Thursdays) • Holy Trinity Church, North Ormesby (Fridays) Each distribution centre welcomes people into a hospitable environment, with a chance for people to chat and be signposted to other relevant support organisations.
These distribution centres are supplied with food from our depot at 14-15 Newport Way, Cannon Park, Middlesbrough.
We continue to employ Tracey Godfrey-Harrison as project manager and Martin Gibson as part time warehouse supervisor. A team of around a hundred volunteers work at the warehouse and distribution centres, as well as helping out at food collections. We are very grateful for all they have done.
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## **Section E Financial review**
**Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves**
**Details of any funds materially in deficit**
We aim to manage our finances so that we have between 3 and 6 months of reserves in order to meet our financial obligations – primarily the costs of employing a project manager, running a van, and rental of our warehouse space.
Not applicable.
## **Further financial review details (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about:
- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
Middlesbrough Foodbank has been supported financially by donations from individuals, churches and companies across the region, and by grant-making organisations. Sixty-three individuals, three churches, one company and one organisation make regular donations by standing order, totalling £28,380. £43,090 was donated via our web page and the Stewardship service.
Many other people and organisations have made one-off donations. We are grateful to all our donors for their support. The larger donations from other individuals and organisations this year were:
- £30,000 from Middlesbrough Council
- £24,911 from Trussell Trust (including a £16,034 grant to support the debt advice service)
- £5,000 from Cowie Technology Group
- • £4,153 from St Cuthbert's PCC (including £2269 from fundraising events, this is in addition to their regular monthly donations)
- • £3,450 collected at Middlesbrough Football Club matches
- • £2,424 from LM Sayers
- £2,000 from J Brunton Charitable Trust
- • £2,000 from Stokesley Christian Fellowship
- • £1,790 from Great Ayton PCC (Christ Church)
- • £1,749 from Young Guns Teesside
- • £1,739 from Nunthorpe Methodist Church
- £1,554 via Charitable Giving
- • £1,500 from R&MJ Thompson
- • £1,437 via Charities Aid Foundation (CAF)
- • £1,310 via Charities Trust • £1,054 from Hutton Rudby Methodist Church
- • £1,000 from Sir Hugh & Lady Bell Trust
- • £1,000 from The Teesside Charity
## **Section F Other optional information**
## **Section G Declaration**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
## **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
|**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary, Chair,**
**etc) **
**Date**|RP Jones|A Proudler|
|---|---|---|
||Richard Jones|Alan Proudler|
||
Treasurer|Chair of trustees|
||22/01/26||
||22/01/26||
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|**CC16a**
**01/04/2024**
**31/03/2025**
**1151665**
**Middlesbrough Foodbank**
**Receipts and payments accounts**
**To**
**For the period**
**from**
~~————~~||
|---|---|
|**Section A Receipts and payments**||
|**Unrestricted**
**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
**88,036**
**600**
**-**
**88,636**
**99,212**
- From churches
**13,433**
**-**
**-**
**13,433**
**8,845**
- From Middlesbrough Council
**30,000**
**-**
**-**
**30,000**
**41,000**
- From companies /grant-makingorganisations
**25,154**
**16,184**
**-**
**41,338**
**75,159**
Bank interest
**9,606**
**-**
**-**
**9,606**
**7,032**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_**166,229**
**16,784**
**-**
**183,013**
**231,248**
~~=——====>=~~||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales, (see**
**table).**
_Nil_
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total receipts_**
**166,229**
**16,784**
**-**
**183,013**
**231,248**
~~S565~~||
|**A3 Payments**
Building (rental,maintenance,cleaning)
**36,205**
**-**
**-**
**36,205**
**42,141**
Insurance(included in 'Building'previously)
**2,002**
**-**
**-**
**2,002**
**-**
Equipment(office/warehouse and uniforms)
**2,992**
**-**
**-**
**2,992**
**9,757**
Pay/ tax / NI /pension for staff
**50,392**
**-**
**-**
**50,392**
**42,675**
Consumables(previouslyknown as 'Stationery')
**1,162**
**-**
**-**
**1,162**
**516**
Utilities(phone,broadband,alarm)
**14,013**
**-**
**-**
**14,013**
**14,283**
Vehicle (lease/purchase, maintenance, insurance, tax,
fuel) (fuel was previously itemised separately)
**2,809**
**-**
**-**
**2,809**
**28,142**
Personnel(inc trainingand volunteer meetings)
**1,446**
**-**
**-**
**1,446**
**1,790**
Food
**113,935**
**1,250**
**-**
**115,185**
**116,598**
Other (Trussell Trust annual fee, plus
banking/accounting charges, plus debt advice project)
**889**
**32,068**
**-**
**32,957**
**858**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ 225,845**
**33,318**
**-**
**259,163**
**256,761**
**A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see**
**table)**
_Nil_
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**- -**
**_Total payments_**
**225,845**
**33,318**
**-**
**259,163**
**256,761**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**- 59,615**
**- 16,534**
**- - 76,149**
**- 25,513**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**- -**
**-**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**297,814**
**16,534**
**-**
**314,348**
**339,861**
**_Cash funds this year end_**
**238,198**
**-**
**- 238,198**
**314,348**
~~a= 2n===~~
~~——————~~
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**||
|---|---|---|---|
|**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the
trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the charity’s**
**own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|Office furniture
Trollies
**Details**
_Nil_
**Details**
Van
IT equipment
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Gift Aid to be reclaimed
**Details**
**Details**
Shelving
Scales
Pallet lifter
Current account, Co-operative Bank
Pending deposits to current account
Petty cash
Deposit account
A Proudler
Signature
RP Jones
Bills received but not yet paid|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**58,360**
**-**
**177,638**
**-**
**2,100**
**-**
**100**
**-**
**238,198**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**6,400**
**240**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
Unrestricted
**21,700**
Unrestricted
**6,453**
Unrestricted
**4,980**
Unrestricted
**475**
Unrestricted
**268**
Unrestricted
**72**
Unrestricted
**797**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
Unrestricted
**5,620**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Richard Jones
Alan Proudler|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||OK|
||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||||**11,000**|
||||**600**|
||||**2,000**|
||||**60**|
||||**160**|
||||**10**|
||||**638**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**When due**
**(optional)**|
||||**01 April 2025**|
|||||
|||||
|||||
|||||
||||Date of
approval|
||RP Jones|Richard Jones|22/01/2026|
||A Proudler|Alan Proudler|22/01/2026|
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
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CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examinerfs
report on the accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trustsesl
members of
f.h.Lrsl'
Middlesbrough Foodbank
On accounts for the year
ended
31 March 2025
Charity no
(if any)
1151665
Set out on pages
1-2 receipts and payments accounts
1-5 trustees annual report for the year
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity ('Yhe Trust.) for the year ended 31 March 2024.
Responsibilities and As the charity Irustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation
basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act
2011 ('the ACV.).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I
have followed the applicable Direclions given by the Charty Commission
under section 145{5)(b) of the Act.
I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have
come to my gttention (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 accordance with section 130 of
the Act or
the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
Independent
examiner's stst8mant
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in Gonnection
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 if they do not apply.
Signed:
Date:
Name:
Lee Harris Bsc (Hons) FCCA
Relevant professional
qualification{8) or body
(if any):
FCCA
Address:
43 Conisliffe Road
Darlington, Co. Durham
DL3 7EH
IER
October 2018
Section B
Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32,
Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for
examiners).
Give here brief details of
any items that the
examiner wishes to
disclose.
None
IER
October 2018