KINGS LYNN FOODBANK
REPORT AND ACCOUTr4TS
FOR THE YEAR EtSDED
31 MARCH 2025
Charih. Regi5trntion: l 1.51936

TRI"STEES REPOR'r
I-EAR EIND 31 IIARC.'H 202
OIUF.C.TIN'ES
I'he objectives of the charliy are :_
-Ih¥ pfbvvntion or rLliLfnf povcth. in l.lnn aiid lh￿ wmindine atta bi. pm'idu)o f￿￿1 io l(Kal
p￿PIC ￿110 Arc in n¢¢d of I￿￿gene1. ￿1pp]lL￿ and bN' siKlI other ML￿5 as the tru51L*Y mav.
det&r]nine.
Our ViSiLm 1% to a¥1 hungq at]d wvttTh.' in ihe UK. We know thai il is impr(thble can ¢nd all
hiinger and poverty. bul this is our g￿1.
Our Mi&%1￿ is to bring ¢(￿unitieS log¢ther to hungL7 a￿1 rK>i'L71Y Èn ihe UKbK" wmryding
¢OmTxJ<8ionate, pr4¢lical help u,hik ¢halkngine injiL4Iic¢.
Thkn ksngs Ls7in fo(xlbwik is a ch￿11}. r(N￿d￿l on CFristi&3 pnncipI￿. Il,, iiDrk' iiith pwpl." of all faiths
and noii¢.
e rdv i)n fixKi donati(ns to re￿ I￿&1 ]hx)ple in crisis.
All f￿d given out bv the f(KMJbank LS donaled (r wtchistxj funds d(Mutal to us. Su￿r￿&t&-
tollectioiis are one of thb main iipi's that fixxi is d￿at￿. prof￿&$%0]1a[s Such as d(Kl(Ts. heallh i'isitor&
sIKial ll'(Yk¢T4 C,IW ajid police I¢1￿￿ty. people in cri515 and i&su¢ them a f(lxlbw￿- voucli
In setting our objt%tives and plfjnning oRir acliiilits out tru51c¢5 have given ¢ar¢fvl (X)nsidtyati￿ to
tl)b Clvarity. C(mmi&si(Ms g¢n¢r81 guidat]cc oil public bE￿￿rIt.
Cjthii 5 Report
Thi5 year I￿￿ b¢en fir kin2s LTrnn FO￿lb8￿k a time iithtn ive haie (wat&J in a ¢ffll&xl iithLYe is still
signifi¢atit Cost-of-living cri515 iiljich ha5 mlxnl thai the demand f￿ ow has conliE]ued and our [￿1
Stoc￿ have dltnlni5h￿. 11.,¢ have ¢mph)iiJl a dri}￿ to fret up lirne lo bii!- in the St￿￿5 n￿d as d￿allonS of
lixxl ilsell. are in%Uffici￿l. hi th￿ A(c(A￿ting 202412025 iv¢ Itxl 4 rotsl of 6222 tthpk i*lJich is a ligute
lower ihan lasi yuars rLxord level.
We have also givai ￿]1 fii¢l v(xi¢h¢rs to hvlp folk io h￿t their h(￿¢5 b￿[1￿¢ in mtnd ih¢ substantial i￿¢re￿5 ill
gas oil and dtxlri¢ity ¢￿￿ts. and li'e grakful fot gtanls and othw moni¢s awbling us lo do Uiis.
14,# (xmtinue ()ur aim of towards the elimination of th¥ n￿d the F(xxtb8nL..Il'e have utihsd a ￿nt
froni'k-rus￿"[I Trust to fflable u5 to anp1￿. an additional rna]ib￿ of%tatr in ihe distributith ￿le88)lIg
our strategic Fyojtxt m4ng<Y to spcnd time 5ttkin8 W"&)5 lo alk¥'ial¢ th¢ endLmnic f￿1 p)I'LYts- in iht area althg
with othKY StatUt￿V a13d NoluniatTr' a8￿Cl&s.We seek to Collab￿te ￿1th all agaGi¢5 5e*J"ng kn addr¢*g thtr i&SII¢S
of poverti. in Mf¢st Nort0￿.
havi bttji blessed substantial gifts both of aThl rnon￿- lo us 10 this f(K)d aDd ruli the
oiganisati(xJ noii¥ithstst)ding Ihe i11cr￿Sed call in tx]1 S￿.]c<S. M ¢ hav¢ al%0 r¢cava4 grant% tr(¥ll th¢ c￿￿¢1] as
well as tr￿ll 'lru&sell l-ru5t 10 E￿able us lo ivith CitiZ4mS.4d%ict in providin8 thbl and benefit advi¢¢ in lin¢
widi our hope of doing Aii'Ay' ii'ith th¢ tKed f￿our ch&FEI)'.
01￿ f￿anceS ranain in a Strong ]y)sill(￿. and ar¢ urwjtlv ￿&ing latgtt i&thi¢h ￿711 tnabk us lo
¢arrn' VI￿ oli¥ work niw¢ effeclivkly althixjgh are i'tTr" gt#l¢fvl to th¢ S£a Ladets for the use of of thetr
prtyryllisknS. 8T￿ pliA&xI lu sa) thal n¢ii Pl¢AlliS¢S ar¢ liLd}' ￿ be aiahjabk ill lalt 2026 iihich ii'ty as an
l() prayer.
The chariti, de￿ndS (MJ the hard wthK' Or￿lr paid staff as I￿1] as the manl'volunteas giv¢ $&fl￿1!. of thar
liJnL lu Ii¥lp th￿¢ ii.ho (vm¢ lo lh¢ FLxxlbank nttding f(K¥l and help. It fvli68 tx] the and go(Klknill of
thc iihol¢ ol. th¥ Cl)Jnniunitt' in W¢sl .XorfoEk Lncluding LYdinAn' Lhnstians tr(Yn mans. chutcheN 49 ii'ell al th
wlia havt %iinplv lh¢ Ii¢LyJ and s(llhgJ)t lo ill￿,1 li fruii owii yJnaini¢% lioiiid rI￿￿c￿. B￿1 l &iid all
Ihe Tnisl¢e% aT¢ veri gratefiLI and huinhled b￿. these siÈn5 01'A ¢￿￿n￿￿tI. M￿ling the Jita15 olih05e i¥ho ar¢ lll

'rRI'S'IEES IiEPOR'r
I'E.IR b.Nl) 31 IIARCH 202)
Chair'5 Repurt ¢4)nt.....
e havt becom¢ A CIO as advikxj b5, Tn￿$￿1 Trnst to enabl¢us to Opfdt mire 5mtthl)'. The CIO iKc4me
a¢tiV4 8Jid assets iiere tr8Jisfur&l to ne1￿ cntily i1￿th tfftct frtxn.4w]12025. The CIO R¢gist¥Trr¢d Cliarits,
nuinbbr is 120C)832. oiii a¢¢(Ninl#t)t$ have been vt¥vh¢lplul 10 the Charih. in m8nagtng this transiti(Mi. ￿-6 at¢
veTN" gaietiil to thblll for ￿. hblp thes.
e eXp￿t tlial th￿¢ ￿.7]7 ￿ furtding C￿lleng¢.% in thty Ntars a5 grdnts ctase and ewt ￿'<y the n¢x1
years to lis¢ the Tesm'es lo mttt sonit of tlie 5hLYrfall li't 9￿d ii'ill budget f4r.
STRlicfuRE GOI'ERTr4ANCE .4YD fvLIN.4CTrFxi%lF.IT
The ¢haritv is governed bN' cix]51ilution and is a5 an uninGwaknJ charits,.
11)¢ C￿71$711￿￿% ￿1}SIsti1}g of cluittkts￿i, Tiea5urtt. Srfr¢tatN". and oth￿ ITh￿t
musi meet ai1<7St 4 timtss a yEar.
1116 qiL(Tum r(Y M8nagKmient Conmitt¢¢ ￿l￿t[lIg8 shall be s￿,0 rfthe ¢(Knmittee.
rotijig lll h[anI£￿ent committ￿ medings shall b). a show of hand4 iiith the CThairw
having die decidll]g vot¢.
STRUCTllliE, CFOIIF,RN,INCb AND I.IA,NAGEIIENT, Cont......
In ordtr lo achieve Ihe th¢ tsvsle￿ have the Pol￿ Io;
Provide s¢tViLts and publicis¢ its a¢tiiiti¢s
Rai8¢ fut2d5 and ini'itt conl¥ibiiiion$.
Emploi. paid l'oli￿1ary IV[￿k#s.
Purch&skn r￿1 or I￿ast propth a4U1￿c￿l.
C￿0￿￿te with otha volulltary: dwE"tsble or slam￿y￿gniSati￿$s.
MEMBERSHIPANDAFFILL4TIOYS
Kings LTrnn F(￿b￿L is affiliaie with the T￿￿11 Trust Charitv and Chutthes Togethtt in
Kings l.Trnn.
TRtiSTEF.S
Th¢ Charilv'l'rustees di￿]ng tht Nrar wer
Ir R I)enningtoti
Nlr.A kitjg
Mr N, WIcGii¢m
th P C￿1&8
S'rA'I'E￿l￿1NT OF TRITSTEES RESPO￿1￿{BILITIEs
Th¢ Irv$t(￿￿ arc reynsible loi prep8Jing Ihe T￿t￿5. Rewt and the rtnancial slatanenls in
acwrdancb iviih 8pplicablL lam" and Lnitd Kingd(M .4w)w)ting Stsnd8rd5 Wniioj kingd(
CF&Jerall}'.4c¢q)l¢d A¢counling Praclic¢).

TRI"STEES REIXIRT
I'EAR END31 IIAIiCA 2025
8T,ITENIE)T OF TRITSTEES RESPONSIBILITIES cont.....
Th¢ illm. RppliGabk lo Gh&Tili&% ￿ ￿gland and IN"'ales reqllir¢s th¢ ITUSt*￿ to wqmre fjnancial
statemen15 loi ¢a¢li linancial I"t8r iiljicli giv¥ a true and fiiri'iwi ofthe ￿&t¢ ol-lhe aflair5 of Ihe
Iiatih. of Ulcom￿l£ re￿11[C¢S and applicati(￿ i)f in¢ludino Ihe in¢om¢ And
txpeJidittiT< of die ch&riti.for ihat tkriixi. In pr¢paring th¢s¢ linancial 5th1l￿e￿I& the
IruJl¢¢s arer4uired to..
select siiitablc accthinline w>lici&s a￿d the￿ applN' them CL￿$1￿1[￿1]i'.
- observe themeth(xls and prm¢iploE in the Charities SORP.
- rn8ke jiLdg￿l<MtS and ¢stim4tes thal It¥x)nabl¢and wudthi:
- statc iihbthLY app]i¢ablb L'k..Ic¢uunliTLg Si8[￿ards hai'e beqj folloii"4 SubJ￿¢t to am.
niat¢rial d¢￿rtU￿$ dis¢k)Etd alld Ll￿&]￿ed th¢ FU￿iCial I￿1
- prepare the linanci*l 51aietnents ￿ the gotnocixKern basis il 15 inaptmpri8t¢
to w¢sume thai the charity ￿111 continue in ￿siness.
The truslee5 are ie5tK)llsibk for keeping &d4uat¢ a¢¢wnting rt%￿d$ that disckJs¢ iiith rt¥s￿able
acciiracy al an). lime financial tM)%ition of th¢ ¢harits'and ￿ab]e thbl)I to ￿￿re that the
rmancial siaienients compli ￿1th the Chatylies.4cl 2011. ThtN are also re5w￿S[blc for
safeguarding the ass¢is ofthe charity. and htnct f(K thking r￿￿a￿lI¢ st¢ps f(r th¢ pr¢￿￿￿ti￿1 and
detection of frdud and othet irtegulAritie5.
as approv¢d by the Board (￿..
nd Sign￿ (m its khalf bv
Mr R Pennlngton
TThs¢¢e

KINGS LYNN FOODBANK
STATEMEf4T OF FINALYCIAL AcrtVJTIES
YEAR END 31 MARCH 2025
2025
2025
2024
Restricted Unrestricted Total
INCOMING RESOURCES
DunatioDs & Legdcies
Donations
Donations foi Fuel
Charitable Actii'ities
Grants
154..152
154.152
15.7(X)
145,463
1,450
li.700
49.543
8.681
58.224
i5,2C)2
Finance Income
InlfTe%l Receii.'ed
2.C)84
TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES
65.243
166,550 231,793
204,8SI)
RESOURCES EXPENDED
Charitable Actii'itie$
Wages
CAB Worker
Training
Rcnt
Food
Light & Heal
Ensurance
Phc)n¢&Broadband
Computer
Accountancy
Jndependent Eiamination
NeI￿,Ork Donation
Legal & Prot-essional Fees
SubsLriPtions
Charis ExpLnscs
Repairs & Maintenance
Printing. Postage & Stationerv
General ExpLllses
Rates at]d ￿'a[Cr
'rrai-elling
Motor F.Npenses
l.raudUlL￿t Bank Lipcnscs
Bank" Cliarges
Depreciation
12,lyJ I
38.5)8
52.186
65,087
38,558
110
.3.6(X)
21.3S6
2.349
1,931
711
462
488
420
360
2,131
3)
47.162
4.430
2,781
54.067
31,916
620
4.C)O(I
11.861)
110
3.￿0
21.386
2.349
1.931
711
462
488
420
360
2.131
35
31.462
4.430
2.781
1,833
511
406
859
420
360
35
49.478
8,770
3.6)3
178
181
290
2,361
15.700
216
353
216
3)3
2,111
263
179
179
721
1,656
128,685 196.779
93)
68,094
1.9(18
TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED
68,094
128,685 196.779
176,500
P4ET INCOMING RESOURCES
TRANSI.'ER 01,- fuNDS
'I"o'rM. FUNI)S FIROUGHT FORWARD
TOTAL FUP4DS CARIUED FORWARD
(2.851)
37.8&5
35,014
28.359
28.691
185.791
214,482
223,656 249,496
18C),123
214,482
Page 1

KtNGS LYNN FOODBANK
STATEMEf4T OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
YEAR END 31 MARCH 2025
2024
CURRENT ASSETS
Fixed Assets
Cash at bank- and in hand
TOTAL CURREf4T ASSETS
(not¢ 5)
3,526
247.211
5,182
208,7)4
213,936
DEBTORS
uihL'r Ik.biors
)repai'ments
268
2.982
i)
TOTAL ASSETS
250.794
217,186
CURREiYf LIABILITIES
Accruals
Social SccurilTr'
Pension Fund
Wages
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES
469
629
200
2.253
451
1298
2,704
NET ASSETS
249,496
214,482
FUNDS OF THE CHARITY
Unrestricted Funds
IlestrictLd Funds
223.656
25,840
185,791
28.691
249,496
214,482
Approved bs the Bothrd ofTruslees o
.aMI signed on its khalf by"
R Pennington
I'rus
Page 2

KINGS LYNN FOODBANK
NOTES TO THE FINAf4CEAL STATEMENTS
YEAR END 31 MARCH 2025
l. Princip81 Accounting Policies
l. l Ba515 of Preparation
These ac¢ounl% hai'e been prepared u￿￿er the hist(Ktcal cost comEnlion ii?th items reco8ni8ed at cost or transa¢lion i'alue
unless otheTriise slated in the relei.anl rxiteis) to thesc accounts.
"rhe accounls have I￿en prepar￿ in accord&￿e iiilh..
- the Slateinent ot Recommended Practice.. Accounlit]g and Rcwrting kn, Clwilies preparing their accounts in
dU¢OTLlanLL M'iih Ihe l."inancial Re￿rtIng Siandard applicable in Ihe UK a￿1 Republic of I￿.la￿l (FRS 102) issuL'd
on 16 Juli, 2014.
and iyith the Financial Rewrting Standard applicable in the United Kingdoin and Republic ot Ireland (FRS 102)
and 114th the Charities Act 2011.
The charity constilutcs a public benetit entit}, as detin¢d b). FRS 102.
1.2 Change in basis of accounting
'rhere has been no change to the accounting p)lieies since last !'ear.
1.3 Changes to previous accounts
No changes have bL*n made to accounts tor preNious N'ears.
2. Accounting Policies
2.1 Incoming Resources
All income is reeogTJised in ￿11 in the Siatement of Fina￿la1 Aciivities in the year in ￿￿1ch it is r￿Cli￿d.
No incoiiie is showi nel of expcndiiufL'.
12 Fund Accounting
(ieneral lunds are unresxricted ￿thIch ai•ilable l-or us¢ as the discTclioll ot trustees in lurtherdnce ol" g¥neral objeL'ljiies
ot the charity and which hair not been designated for other purwses.
Restricted funds aTe lunds ilthich are used in accordance iiith swific Teslricttons imposed b!, donors or iithich hai'e been
raised bj. the clwktS' t-oi particular PUryKises. "I"hc cosl ol"raising and administenng such tunds are charged againsi the specitic
fwid. Tlie Liilii al￿ use of eaih iestriiled tu]id is set out ui t1￿ i)otes ot d)e fii¥Èiicial slateiiients.
2.3 Resources Eipended
All expenditure is i￿1￿lea on an accruals basis a￿] is recognised the conunitment has been inade.
"I"he charih. is not registered t.or VA"r and accordingl!. ￿pendIture Is gross ol inrcoverable VA'I".
2.4 ContinuitTr' ot operations
The charit! has converted to a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) on (J2 April 202). This ini'olN'ed a change in legal
struct￿e troiii an unincorwraled assiKiation lo a CIO: iiith the CIO beiK]g rcgistcrcd iiith the c￿1[113. Coiwnissioil. I'he CIO
noii, holds all Ihc dSSL.ts and liabililics ol. thL' clurily and Mill Conlin￿ io otLYulL I(￿ thL' same charitsblL PLW)SLS. 'fhe trus"ILes
ol the CIO lui'e limited liability..
Page 3

KIIYGS LYNN FOODBANK
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL sfATEMENTS
YEAR END 31 MARCH 2025
3. Staff Costs and Number5
2025
2024
Idries
Pension
67.805
1.282
5.3.107
960
65,087
54,067
There were fiN'e eniplol'ees in the Vear.
No eniploi'ee receii'ed remuneration ot more than £(A),IXX).
Trllstees are not remuneraied. No ex￿nseS are re1mbur￿d io TnLStees.
4. Control
The charity. is controlled bi" its board of trustees.
5. FiTed Asset5
Motor
Vehicle
Computer
Equipment
Total
COST
At l April 2024
Additions
"sposals
11.820
3.084
14,gX)4
At 31 March 2025
11.820
3,084
14.904
DEPRECtA TION
At l April 2024
Charge for l'ear
8.080
93)
1,642
721
9,722
1.656
At 31 March 2025
9,015
2,363
11,378
NET BOOK VALUE
Al 31 March 2025
2.805
721
3,526
At 31 Maich 2u24
3.740
1,442
i.182
6. Restricted Funds
BIfiTd
Income
El￿ndit￿re
Transfers
Bal Clfv'd
Ihnations t.or Fuel
CAB Worker
I,iicd Asb¥ts"
Trussell"frnst
15,71Jl
36,489
(l i.7(X))
(38:5i8)
(935)
I2,￿1 I
(68,094)
24_174
3,740
777
28.691
22,10)
2.8(15
13.054
Fixed Assets
Donations l-or Fuel
Trussell 'l'nLsl - CAJI
TIus5LII 'I'rust
- Inoior irhiclc sw)pliLd chariti.
lo bL on lucl i"ouchcis
- to be for CA adi.isor from Norfolk. CAB
- slraiegic re￿urceS grnnt lo cOntrib￿C lo opetalions rLbourcL's salari,
14ge 4

I)DF,PETr4DE)4T F.I4IIINER'S REPORT TO THE TRI."STEES OF
'TrwilR DED 31 IIARCH 21125
I report iht accounls of K]"n8s L￿￿ F￿([ball￿. lor the year ended 31 hlarch 2025, ithich are Set oul page5
l aiid 3.
This report is made 5L)lelv to the charitv's trnstees. as a b(Mh-. in accordance with ￿110￿ 154 of1he tharilies
Act. hl}' Iiid¢p<iidcnl txan)iner's i%Drk ha5 IKtn undertaktn so thai I mighi slalt lo Ihe chariti. 5 Irustte5 Ih05e
niall¢r8 l ain r¢qiiir¢d to stal¢ lo th¢m in An ind¢yid¢nt ¢xamin¢T s r¢pth aThl for no 0lh¢T purws¢_ To Ihe
tull¢si tyxttsmt Ptrnnittbd b!. laiv: I do nol ac¢b'Pi or assun)¥ respx)nsibilin' to 4nik)n¥ oth￿ than th¥ ¢harits'. th¢
cliaTJI!'s ni¢tnb¢rs 45 8 bryJN and th¢ charili. s tritsie¢s a5 a btyjs" mi" independent euminty % uDrk. fi)r this
r¥porl. or for the optiiiot15 1 havc firmed_
Respectlve Responslblllties of 'In￿le¢S Lxamlner
i¢ uharitV% tr11sle¢s Hre re%p(m8ihl¢ r()r th¢ w¢￿[￿171)n i)rth¢ a¢¢iNlnts. The charits's trw%lee8 ihAt an
al￿11 i% iiot reqiiirknd fnr this l'ear iLnd¥Y s¢xlion 144 of the ch3rities_.lct 2011 (th¥ charities_.lctl and that an
ilidknP￿I1dCjit exaJiiin8tion is nteda.
It is Eny responsibiltly" to:_
¢￿mine th¢ accounls w)d¢r sectiffl E45 ofihe ￿￿111¢5 Acl".
to folloiv the prOc￿￿reSISld do1￿ in the G¢n¢rdl D}r￿tiOnS giv￿ by the Charity C(￿￿1]Ssion
und¢r section 145{51(bl of lh¢ C(mpani¢s.4ct. aThl
to st&te Hhether p8rticiil8r mktttxs have cixne to mv &tt&Jlion.
lknsis of independent euminees statement
NIN. ¥Nurnination M"115 Larried oiil in accordance ii'ith the Genernl Directims gtlLm b%. CTharilN' Conimission.
Illi examijiatioll include5 a Ftview. of the accounling ￿C(￿dS kept bN' tht chaiili- and a CUrnPaTiS(K] ofihe
accounls prbsclltd ii'ith those ￿COrdS. li also include5 consideration of ILIIU5ual iltm5 or disclosure5 in the
accoiinis, and seekifto eN)lanatI￿$ Irom as trust￿ concttning ani. such nmtters. The pr(wlur
uiiderlaken do nol provide all the thidence thai iiould be r¢quired in an audit. and ¢onwu¥llt]i' no Opinit￿ is
given as to ith¢ther th¥ ac¢oiints prestnt a'tue and fair i'iai, and the retKrt is lÈmited toth05t n￿tt￿S set out in
t]ie statement below.
ITHlependent examiner's statetnent
111 conn¢¢tioii ￿1th m}. ¢Aaminati(>n, no m&tL7ial maltu4 havt c(xne io mv allenlion th.ch gkves me cause io
bcli6ve that iii. an). nialerial ie%p¢ct'.
accounting rbcirds not kept in of th¢ charit), as wuirtd by section 130 of the
Act: or
b)
Ihe accounts do nol accord ￿lIh Ihos¢ r<￿￿1& or
Ihe a¢counls Mol ¢{￿p1>. Iiiih th¢ appli￿ble rquircmcnts conctsyning th￿ form and conleni
ot accout]Is set oul in the ChaTilits IAcc(xJnls and Rew¥ts) Regiilaiions 2VO¥ other than ani,
T¢quirement thdt tht accounts gii-e a 'true and fasr I"jill" iithich is Rol a n￿ller considerth as
part of an indepe￿￿nI examination.
I have no c￿L¢m$ and have come a¢ro&s mallers in ¢￿nectI￿1 with the examination to ￿lI1¢h 8ncnliiMJ
shoiild bL dTaMm in Ihi5 rtp(*t in order to enAble a pro￿ understanding ofihe ac¢wnts lo be re4¢hed.
Kezia Ilenefer Tr"CC."A
Hiivhom" And Co
C.'hartered Certified .Iccouni#nts
anil Ilwlne55 .4dilserg
19 King Strt¥t
Klng's I,.Trnn
.I014'olk
Date:
Pag¢ 5