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2022-12-31-accounts

Registered charity no. 1152247

“For when I was hungry, you gave me food, when thirsty, you gave me drink, when naked, you clothed me...” Matthew 25 v35

Ealing Soup Kitchen Accounts for the year ended 31st December 2022

Index Page
Trustees Report 1-4
Independent Examiners Report 5
Income & Expenditure 6
Balance Sheet 7
Notes to the Financial Statements 7

Ealing Soup Kitchen Trustees Report Year ended 31st December 2022

In 2022 we were delighted to return to normal with our weekly Saturday and Sunday sit down service to our guests every weekend throughout the year, although it has taken a while to get all the church teams and guest back into the pattern of “normal” soup kitchen after such a long period of just a takeaway service.

The Friday Hub likewise returned to normal service in providing a place of belonging and care with food and practical support for our guests with more time for individual needs than the weekend soup kitchen can provide and is another part of the weekly pattern of support throughout each week.

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Ealing Soup Kitchen Trustees Report (Continued) Year ended 31st December 2022

The Monday hub which is held at the Salvation Army Premises in West Ealing decided post COVID to continue their takeaway service due to size of the facilities in providing a sit-down service for all the guests; however most importantly they are continuing to provide home cooked food and act as a distribution point for food parcels supplied by City Harvest and clothes donated by the community.

For many years we have organized a summer coach trip to the coast for our guests and over the years we have visited many, if not most of the seaside towns in the South-East and some several times, but even before COVID this had stopped due to failing numbers. In 2022 with our new worker Angela in post this annual event was resumed with a day trip to Southsea, near Portsmouth and this was well received and appreciated by our many guests where we had lots of fun together.

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Ealing Soup Kitchen Trustees Report (Continued) Year ended 31st December 2022

As part of Queen Elizabeth’s Jubilee celebrations, we held both a Friday Hub afternoon tea with as one might expect with all the trimmings, bunting and flags, and Redeemer church on their weekend organized a Jubilee BBQ.

The celebration to mark the Birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ was a joy once again to have our traditional Christmas Day at the soup kitchen where we are open all day with an allday Christmas dinner with all the trimmings where many travel from across West London to spend the whole day with food, drink, films and most importantly company throughout the day. One guest commented that Christmas Day at the Ealing Soup Kitchen was his favorite day of the year, which is heartening as Christmas Day is often a hard time of year for our guests.

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Ealing Soup Kitchen Trustees Report (Continued) Year ended 31st December 2022

Financially we have been abundantly blessed during 2022 once again which we don’t take this for granted and thank the Lord Almighty for releasing in the hearts of so many the abundance He has blessed them with to provide for those in need and may they be blessed in being a blessing to others in His mighty name. Amen

We continue to give thanks to the Lord Jesus Christ for Ealing Soup Kitchen that He started through the churches of Ealing back in 1973 and the privilege of serving the King of all Kings.

Jesus says, “ Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me ” (Matthew 25:40)

Richard Sarson

Ealing Soup Kitchen Chairman 31st July 2023

ESK teams

Trustees

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Ealing Soup Kitchen Independent Examiners Report Year ended 31st December 2022

Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Ealing Soup Kitchen

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31st December 2022, which are set out on pages 6 to 7.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).

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 all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner's statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Name: Robert Kipling Address: 28 Airedale Road, Ealing, London W5 4SD Date: 21 October 2023

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Ealing Soup Kitchen Receipts & Payments Year ended 31st December 2022

Notes
RECEIPTS
Notting Hill School
Haven Green Baptist Church
Bless Community Church
St Stephen's Church
St Mary's Church
Nuveen
The Elim Hoare Trust
Grand Duo
Gabrielle Gray
St. Paul's
St. John's
St.Mellitus
Eleemosynary
Fund raising events
Donations
Bank interest
Total Receipts
PAYMENTS
Rent
Events for clients
Cleaning
Food and drink
Worker With Homeless People
Equipment
Bank Charges
Hub expenses
Insurance
Total Payments
Surplus for the year
Balance B/F
Closing funds		 2022
£
4,352.11
1,000.00
120.00
2,800.00
100.00
-
-
4,000.00
-
-
2,600.00
1,000.00
1,800.00
245.00
30,033.50
81.37
48,131.98
3,150.00
1,150.00
75.00
10,129.17
32,767.92
528.22
81.00
10,135.23
578.71
58,595.25
(10,463.27)
150,753.86
140,290.59		 2021
£
-
-
180.00
2,800.00
-
7,321.18
10,000.00
4,000.00
3,000.00
75.00
2,600.00
500.00
-
-
38,069.93
0.22
68,546.33
653.50
-
75.00
24,470.70
2,207.13
-
96.00
6,965.82
578.71
35,046.86
33,499.47
117,254.39
150,753.86

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Ealing Soup Kitchen Balance Sheet

Year ended 31st December 2022

Notes
Assets
Bank - current account
Bank - reserve account
Net Assets
Financed by
Balance brought forward
Surplus for the year
Reserves
2		 2022
£
138,270.52
2,020.07
140,290.59
150,753.86
(10,463.27)
140,290.59		 2021
£
148,815.16
1,938.70
150,753.86
117,254.39
33,499.47
150,753.86

Julian Lloyd

Ealing Soup Kitchen Treasuer 16th October 2023

Ealing Soup Kitchen Notes to the Financial Statements Year ended 31st December 2022

1 Accounting Policies

These accounts have been prepared on a ‘receipts and payments’ basis and in accordance with Section 133 Charities Act 2011.

2 Basis of preparation

All funds generated by the charity during the year were unrestricted

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