Malvern Hills foodb MALVERN HILLS FOODBANK Trustees. Annual Report and Financial Statements For the year ended 30 *tember 2021 Seeded by the trussell trust kwster¢d thority ￿ts.. 1151964 Registered in Eryl¢ind & Wol¢s Malvern Hills Foodbank The Trustees. Annual Report ¢YKI Financial Statements - Contents 30th September 2021 Pages I to 4 Trustees, Annual Report Page 5 Statement of Financial Activities Page 6 Balance Sheet Pages 7 to 9 Notes to the Financial Statements Page 10 Independent Examiner's Report ke9iSter¢d Lknty hkn*er: 1151964 Re9iStered in EThJIty￿ a Woles Malvern Hills Foodbank The Trustees. Annual Report 30th September 2021 The Trustees are pleosed to present their ninth ann￿1 report of the Malvern Hills Foodbank CThe Charity.) for the yery ended 30" September 2021. REFERENCE AND ADMINISTrATION INFORMATION Address and Registration Details ke9iStered chority number.. 1151964 Principal off ice= Unit 4, Sprrrg Court. Spriw Lane South, Malvern. Wk14 IA T Gift Aid.. The Charity is regrstered with HM Revenue and Customs Constitution The Charity is constituted os a charitable association and it is re9iStered as a chority with the Chority Commission in England and Wales. Trustees Unless otherwise stated. the followin9 have serned ihrou9hout the year and were Trustees as at 30 September 2021.. Peter Buchanan Anne Garner Chair Treosurer Gillian Butler 5tuort Edlin9ton Mike Hayes Amanda Hornsby Sondie Lillis Davrd Wareing Ro9er Watson Mary Williams Appointed 301h November 2020 In occordonce with the Charity tonstitution Peter Buchamn. Anne 6arner and Dovid Wareirg retire by rotation at the annwl general meetiTh3 and shall be eligible for re-election. by the members, ot that meeting. The Trustrees have received notice thot Gillian Butler and StLVJrt Edliryton will be retiring at the Omual general meetin9. The Trustees wish to record their thanks and gratitude for their contributron and commitment. Trust Secretary Ann Baker 8ankers HSBC 8ank pl¢ I Church Street Malvern Malvern Hills Foodbank The Trustees. Annual Report / c¢ntirwd th 30 September 2021 Recruitment of Trustees New Trustees are initially opproved by the Board of Trustees. In doing SO they are focused on individuals who will maintain o balance of professional skills and expersence. os well as beiry able to contribute towards the eff ective 9overrnnce and operotions of the Charity. Or9anisatiOMI structure The Trustees have a9reed to govern via a Board of Trustees and teom leaders. The team leoders. currently five in number, are responsible for rumin9 their duty sessions. All of the operatio￿1 responsibilities are shored between Trustees non-trustees. The food is distributed not only from unit 4. but also at The Lyttelton Well and the Uplon Boplist Church. The trustees thank these organisotions for their ongoir¥J support. OBJEcfs AND AcrrvITfES Objectives and public benefit The charity's objects are.. 'The relief of hordship amoryst people in the Malvern Hills district and the surrounding areo. or in other parts of the Vnited Kin9dom. in such ways the trustees f rom time to time think f it. in particular. but not exclusively by.. a) providin9 emergency food, essentiol toiletries. and household items to individuols and families in need and/or for distributton by charities or other oryanisations workiTr4 to prevent or relieve poverty.. and b) by such other meons. including (but not limited to) the provision of support or si9npostiry to releYGnt inf ormation and other advisory services." The trustees have due re9ard to the Charity Commission s public benefit guidance and this report demonstrates how the Charrty has carried out those purposes durir9 the year and contiFwes to provide o public benef it to the local community. Activities tind Truslees. Review The Charity is af f ilioted to the Trus5ell Trust whose 9uidelines are f ollowed in the operations and procedures of the Chority. Due to the pandemic the Trussell Trust annual support visit has not been undertoken. However. the trustees have worked closety with team leaders throughout lockdown and beyond by regular "zoom. meetirys to ernsure that standards and best service continue to be provided to the local community- Malvern Hills Foodbank The Trustees. Annual Report / ¢ontiNed 30th September 2021 AchieveffKnts 2020 - 21 4.308 2019 Food parcels provided Ftsod, toiletries and household goods dornted by local people and organisations (k9) Food, toiletries and household goods purchosed with cash donations (k9) Food. toiletries and household goods distributed - voucher and non-voucher(kg) Fresh f ood vouchers (£) Fuel top Ltp payments (£) Active Ref erral Agencies workin9 as distributors of vouchers Volunteers 3,411 38,168 44,046 4.619 3,687 46.381 35,013 32,355 11.178 48 4,805 3,415 59 35 43 The Charity has 48 re9lStered referrnl a9encies, of whbch 32 issued at least I voucher rn the year. These agencies accounted for 1,463 referrals arKI 3.782 food parcels. In addition. 32 ref erml agencies, which ore registered with other Trussell Trust food banks, issued vouchers which were fulf illed by Malvern Hills FoodbtJnk. These agencres accounted for 240 referrals and 526 f ood parcels. The main referral ogencies which accounted for 60% of all ref errols were Citizens Advice South Worcestershire, Job Centre Plus. Plotform Housin9 Group, Maggs Day Centre and WCC Social Services. We have only been able to achieve our objectives through the excellent support of l*lolvern and Upton Churches, the wider district Churches. and the locol community. Thank you f or oll of the donations of food and other items durirvj this diff icult time. In addttion we would like to record our thanks to Waitrose. Morrison's. the hvo Co-ops. Just So. Lidl, One Stop and Soinsbury for their permanent collection points. These have not only increased dO￿tionS but olso have enllbled us to communrcate to the public the needs and reosoFts for having tt food bonk. t)ue to the pandemic we have continued to use a mainly delivery service from our warehouse assisted by Community Action hlalvern. The Lyttelton Well and Upton Baptist Church have olso helped by providing increased access for the Charity food parcels. particularty when the warehouse is closed. Our partnership with the Lyttelton Well contiriLies to grow whereby they also provide f ree hot meals aFKI refreshments f rom their cafe to those in need. Malvern Hills FO(￿bank The Trustees. An￿￿1 Report i contirn*d 30" September 2021 6enepal In oddition to the receipt of dorKEted food QKI other iterns the Charity has reteived duriry the ye