foodbank
Barrow Foodbank Ltd
Financial Statements
for the year ending
31st March 2023
Company Reglstratlon Nurnber . 8382130
a)arity Registration Number . 1152753

Barrow Foodbank Ltd
Yw Ended 31" Marth 2023
Chairmarfs Statement
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Report of theTru5tees
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Independent Exami￿[5 Rep)rt
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Ststement of ￿nanCIal Acbylts￿ 11nd￿li1￿ Itxome aThl Exwiditure)
Statoment of Finandal l)09tion {Balan￿ Sheet)
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Notesto the Accoufrts
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CHAIRMAWS sfATEMEtIT
Before I sit down to write my annual l aw read prv4ious one. This has athntage of
reminding me whathappened in whith yÈ2r. Thi£ye3rh3g ￿>tbeenw￿t￿ut irrter8st-ts￿ cnstof living
crisis. water damage. all human life ig ￿Te.
On the posfitlve SKle we were lolr*d by Julie. our Admln ar￿ Ware￿￿Se Assistant vAK• is a real
a55etto theteam.
l am 8lad to say that we continue to enjoy the support of the wple of our area. Last year we saw
demaThl InC￿aSe. Thisyearthe trend Our stoc*s, whibt still at a decent level, are less than
they were. Indeed, baked bear￿ have gone onto Our.urgen￿ wanted IISL At one time we had an
aisle of baked beans. (known as one of the of a foodbanK and In our famlty con5Klered the
only item l L7n rellably t￿k1.
Across the world. food and enersy Pri￿ rose to le%Els r￿Ver reaTrrf seert bthjre. A lot of pople have
found it tt>u8h. and thanks to the Eenerogty irf people in thi5 area. h3bE been able to continue to
supportthosewlm) needed ￿ Butone Issuethat￿3ddreS￿￿lSthat*f. as3f￿￿￿￿ S￿Uldn't
realty need to exist anywav.
At times rt (an feel as rf we're a 5txkirE plaster applEd because ￿meb0ty. ￿Mewhere. hasn't got
round to doinB theiriob. They are doubtless0ve￿1retChed ar￿ underfunded. but in many ￿se$, they
are the people can l￿de far I0￿er-￿mi help to ourdients. So, we need to make even sreater
efftirts to set our dÈents the help they realty r*ed.
Yes. the f15tJd 15 im￿tan( at times vstslly im￿rtant But even nxire importrdnt 15 the'sign[￿tIng to
support our dtents so Lan find thosewho can help them 8ettheir lives ba(* on track. We merely
feed people. Out there are peopte WIM) (an heal W[￿e. rdin people, or at the very least ensure they
have the fijll beneffts are eTrtitfed to and get them OTr the road to employment and self-
sufficiency.
The th1￿ that tsy to do, 35 as feed and signwJ* our 15 treat them with re4)ect
depressed, they can be arery ata w)rkl that doeyrft to
As well asfeedH%than, there 15 else kn th. Wetry to lJEat pwleknith resp￿ winiheir trust.
and hets> them MOVÉ foNArd #i their In reabty been doitf ths wetty for as lo￿ as
volunteers as tt*y s*nKx)st d*nts ts) ¥rt*re Ite¥ slKKthI get but also to ¥nrk wrth the
or8anl*t￿ns to.
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The trustees who are also directors for the purposes of company lèw, syesart their report and the
ftnandal State￿nts0t the charttyforthe ￿areIKIed 3tst March 2023.
OBJECTIVES AND ACTNMES
ThÈ Char￿5 objectives are:.
To provide relief to irMl¥v*Juals aThJ famHles In CTlgs In Southwest Cumbria and SUTroundinB
areas, thro￿1 the provision of er￿rge￿V food wpplle5 either dkeclty or throW approved
partner agende5
To provfide p￿55C81. mentsl. and 5plrltual suwort either direcdy or by refffil to •pproved
portner agencies. to enable the ser4lce usersto avold future crtses
To invohe the communlty in food. ¥knich is then banked and used to ghe to local
people in f(xxl CTises
8arrow Foodbank walues dl¥eW, promotes equa￿ and dwllew dlscrfmln•tlon.
ACHIEVEMEKf AND PERFORMANCE
It has been a challer%in8year for the Foodbank in regard to the costof-Ilvln8 crfsi> The ¥wd fof our
Servi￿ inc￿Sed by 30% from preV￿u5 year and fed an additional 1.541 Individual& Without
allthe ¥olunteeY5*kn give theirtimesofaittrfth.the FoodlMnk¥rt)uld r￿tbeableto wovide a sepAce
to the community- 50 a thank goes to all those that 5UPKX%t Foodbank In whatew*r
capacity {lTrh0￿. remote. supemur*et ￿￿uTrtee￿ ￿Trtre coordinato￿ and the trustees). In totsl
our ¥olunteer hou￿ for tl* Fh)st fift&￿1 par e9￿ to 5524 whlth would ¢051 the Foodbanlr
£57,560IJ& We are very 8rateful to ourYolunteer4 old and new. forthelr dedleatlon. Some of thern
havè been wrth us from thè very star( Ixrt faced issues enr￿1￿ new volunteers to
fi118aps In our team whlch I bel*ve has been echt*d across Ihe Thlry1 Seaor.
Glven the thallenges around fecruftkE new volunteer5 and the expected Increase in need for our
seNKe. fundin8 was allO￿ted In summer 2022 by the Foodbank Boarf to emth an addltlonal staff
member atthe B4rrOw￿ntre. We initiallywekomedOINia totheteam in ￿ust2022. aNI following
htr resl8iiation in December. Julio Findlay ￿)ined the as an AAlmin and Warehou5È Assistant and
has Sin￿ then tompleted her probatk)nary perl(xl ar￿ Iw5 become an inte8ral part ofthe team.
We have made some si8nifKant tharees within ow dropin centre. to some IIo(Kling which
occurred beforechilstmas. Repalrswern (arried outand newlltKKiwwas laldalor8wlth reor8ani$in8
the fumltUTe and the ts lookny m￿h W)ter In¥kn￿ e$￿1￿ followln8 the donatlons
of x)me pkntsfrThn our￿luntee￿ We have a150 made s(￿e pogti¥e than8esto the Barrow centre.
During the pandemtc V￿ moved to a verytrar&actYJfial approath wh￿h both ￿lUnteerS aThl service
users have been accustomed to. We ￿￿W this needed to Il)ange and V•* were keen to revert to that
community enviromnent. Boih t￿ staff and volvrteers have been attending tralning to enwage wlth
seThlce user5 and encourd8e them to sit and chat. which in help5 U5to obtaln Infonnat￿n abo
th•ir situ4ts)n whith •nablas ugto slgnrA￿ftsr additx>nal SUPPOTL
In the 5ufflffler of 2022 Barrow Foodbanlr engaged th 3 panneTShlp wtth ￿Ule￿9 Bamiw (CAB)
anil rtpated a 12-rnO¥rth prosramn* of wpporL aients *re reterred to C4B the staff and the
partnershtp benefited frDrn:_
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TrU￿e￿ Ann{￿ Report Ilncorpo*the Dlrettorfs Rewtl
Year Ended 31 Marth 2023
The partnership has Ythv ended butwewlll contlnue to workcw with the CAB team in the future.
In the wlnter we weTE fortunate to recefve some fuTKlin8 from Tntssell Trust v•hich meant we were
able to offer blankets. hot water bottles and flasks to our serv1￿ users to help keep them warm and
reduce their utility billsoverthe harsh winter.
We received a £5.(MXI grant from Cumbria Community Foundation. who recogTrtsed the issue around
hygiene poverly Inthe UK which enable us to buytoiletries cleanlng product5to p355 on to those
Using the Foodbank.
Westmorland and Furness Council Ipreviou51y Cumbria Q)unty Counull provided a grant of £IO.CKIO
to enable the Foodbank to provlde fresh food voucher& The Foodbank also received a further £600
for pet food, as pet poverty was hi8hliBhted as an issue acros5 the area. Voucher5 can be redeemed
at a local pet store within Bam)w Marketwhere SeN1￿ u5ets (ould thoose £IO.LKlworth of petfood.
We are extremety gratefvlfor all the donations we r￿1ve. whether it 5sfrom corporate/re8ularlone-
off Indlvidual doW￿l0n5 from the seneral public. a charlty we rety heavily on the soodwill and
generosity ofthe community.
Annual Keures
As a foodbank. we work with our 187 refeFTal agencies to ensure that the referrals niade are both
appropr￿te and proportionate.
Key phndpks to Tecei¥e foodbank assistance are:
The cli¢nt thould in a 51atc of actual food poverty (that 14 having mininMI fo￿1 and
insufficient means to purchase 8d• fix)d in the 1￿mediate terni) or b¢
demotthbly at imminent risk nf king in the situalion
The client's sItU￿Rott should be the result of an identifiable. current QTiSi&
The client's cirCumstan￿S should k known &rcctly to the r¢foTing agency, or the
ag¢ncy should be expaiGuccd in a&￿51￿ tbc nee<ts of of the public and
Securi￿ confinmory evidellce (wher¢ apptoptiatc)
crisis. unlexs specific aTTBngemcDts for fiutb¢r support hqve been maae the
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. Addilional chatitable Sup1￿ elle￿￿ Vo￿kne￿ clothing voucher& white g(Nyls
The partnership has noweFKled butwe w*ll LA)ntim￿t0 with the CAB team in the fuwre.
able to offer blankets, hot T*Rter t￿Ittle5 and ourservi￿ tseys to keep them and
reduce their utikty bills oN*r the harsh winter.
We re(ptved a £5.tm grant from ￿Mb[sa Community Foundouon, recogni5ed the issue around
hygiene in the whKh ettable usto trKrytoletritsar41 dean1￿ woducts to passon tothose
using the Foodbank.
Westmorland and Furne55 0)uKil (pre¥K)￿ Curnbr￿ County Counttii provided a grant of £IOXKKI
to enable the Foodbank to prrwide fresh food voud*r& The F(Kxlbank akn r￿rITed a fijrther £6(X)
grant for w food. as W poverty was highlighted as an issue across the area. Vouchers ran be
of pet f(YJd.
We are extremety grateful for all the donat¥)ns we recer¥e. whett￿￿ it isfrom corporate/regU￿rIOne-
off indr¥Klual dOnatL)￿ from the general wthlic As a charity we ￿1¥ heavity on the goodwill and
generosity of the communty.
Annual fjgures
IL% a foodbank, ￿ work with our 187 reknl ager￿￿ to en5we tthit the referrnk made a￿ both
approprtate and pmportionate.
Key prinapks to r￿1Ve foodbank ass[stan￿ are:
The client should be in a state of actual fo(￿ [MY￿rty (that l& hwng minimal food and
insufficient mearLS to purdmse adeou*e food in the immedsaie term) or be (lemonstrably at
imminent rrt of being in s11￿￿)
clienys situat#M slN)ukl be result of an KkntIftsb￿, currentubsis.
The clieTrfs circumstsnces should ￿ known directty to the refErri￿ aÈeDcy. or the agen(ry
should be expeftèttced in ass￿1ftE the neods of members of the publ￿ and securing
confirmatory evidence Iwhere
The cllent t￿5 not alrea(ty recei￿¢ foodbank as51*ante three tvne5 the specific CFi5Tr4
unless speufic arr￿￿ements for further support have been made with the foodbonk Proiett
Manager
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free packed IwKI￿f0F thp Q￿￿Sju￿ In aKI of Jacotrs Joirf
Foodbank at the Falrlkkl kn FaYlW lane in Bafflx¥. cost of the
imess Cr•ft al￿ Gift F* held a vtrtsml aubjmn In of the
thM)Is aThJ churche5
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Barrow Foodbank Ltd
Trustee< Annual Report (Incorporatlngthe Directofs Report)
Year Ended 31 March 2023
ObJgcbv•s. StratO81•s and Acd¥ltl•s forthe Y￿r (tontinuedj
Last but Iiot at all least, a Sin￿rethank¥0￿ to the local communityfortheircontinuousdonationsand
all the 5uperniarkets that facilitate these donation5 for the foodbank- Tesco {Extra, Metro. Miliom
and Expres51, Morrison's. Asda. Booths. R005e C{>￿p and One Stop. And a special thanks to ASdi and
Gre885 who regu13Tly donate SUTpIu5 ftjod itemsforthe Foodbank to distribirte.
Clolre Coulthurst
Barrow Foodbank Manager
Barrow Foodbank In Ulverston
I took over as Coordinatorfor the 8arr4)w Foodban* In u￿rSt0￿ in N￿leM￿r 2022. Thè Sery1￿ has
been ￿tAY continued in the morrths Sift￿ Gillian Ran￿rn.$ departure try our very COTnpetent
volunteer groups who tPem h3ve nlany years of e￿rtise and local k*x7wI*: They have
SUPPDrted me most kindky in learningthe fole.
In the year April 2022-March 2023 we fuffilled I50vouthe￿ fed 202 adults and 112 thild￿n. gfve
out 16 Christmas hampers and r￿￿ed donated food totalling 1.461k8.
Trends in vouchers therefore Fetlert a near return to 2020 activity. although there is wKreaS1￿ need
from Single people (t￿COMI￿eveTh more p￿noUnCed ththequarterjustgon4 wSth one in twfj P3rTrls
being for this demo8raphic} and fewer chibjren. C05t of living weswres are cited try an Inryeasin8
number of dients.
UfveT5ton has been well supported bythe Foodshare project previousty based at the Parish Room5 in
Churth Walk aients tell us that the fi-esh food that they can obtaÉn from the project is most helpful
in keepirE their heads aljove water. The proiect is miftdFul of supporting signp)stirtg the
Mostvul￿rab1e. substdi5ed bythose WIM) can contrilxrte. Theyare inthe processof MWITY premise
and Tt 15 undearwhen theywill r￿Open. sothere m￿Well be greaterneed apparert (Nerthe summer.
aients a150 very much value the fresh food ?￿UChErS from a IEKal butther and a greengrocer. Low
Incomes make healthy eatin8 difficult. and thc¥ tell us that they find these voucFws helpful.
Donat￿1n$ ￿Main well bekn¥ 2020 and wevious Ilgures (th0￿h Glllkn have beep countir8 in
donatlons collected in Ul¥erston's B(M)ths supeTmarket, whpth V￿Uld have incTrèsed thè fgures to
sofflÈ extent). It is no￿b￿ that there are f￿r toile￿. fe*r treats and kn exp￿51{* proteins
comin8 in.
Re-opening to two days a ¥￿Èk was dearty 3 gr￿ decision. Most days we see clients and. on the
day4 when do no( tin* ts well 4Jent in diScussM￿ and stock rnanagemenL
Ihe Town C{￿￿11 and many smaller lo(al donor& We parttcularty apwttiate the3e curr¢ntly in
fatllTkntII6 Pur￿￿51￿3 nEte&soTiE5 IwlTr¥ to1￿1. We also plafi to r￿￿£3￿￿@ 'Èxtra
section of drnTrin area. to allow more peTh)nal dKJice and to replace agesne shÈt¥iTr
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Bethany Churth stKI alkn use tl*w free of and we think them frjr ts￿1r
8enèrosrty afKI supporL
Liz Goyder
Barrow Foodbank in Millom
We continue to recei* regukr f(K¥l &Jme k￿1 IThfWKl￿ls bèi5e with the
This continues to vrtvk very weu, with n￿re aThl nwe referral agencies us(ng this systèm to issue
vouthers. We are ifi the process of arrdr*iNx for a COU￿ more v0kMtee￿ to t* thined to use the
Sandside isthe only school routinel¥ UN￿thIs￿heMe. Aparentwith thHdren at • local infant school.
who use the foodbank duri1¥ 5th001 holiday5 is gosng to Speak to the head teacher of that SCI￿1 to
We still occasionally rE￿Ne enquiTies via Messerw on ow FacelK>ok page. It seems to be a t￿e￿I
way for some pe* to contact u￿find out more.
We a￿ still runrnr￿ with as few people zs po&slble to keep volunteer5 safe. u5inga delivery m(xlel.
We have recentty tsken on a newvolvnteer. which enables to open as a dropin again on a Friday.
We are also about to Interview another po55i1dew)kU￿to see iFtlxy can be as a back up for
Drop In
This has not ￿alty'ca[￿ht0rf. We are currently ￿le(l￿ onthe way fon¥ard.
Still a rteed forthe foodbaok in MillonL
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TralnlTra
On Tueth Il. were Introd￿d hrto 5www¥tsoiniTrd vrith ourvolunteers.
Work In th• Hau
ThroUg￿￿t the S￿Th￿erthe fixKlbank operated a5 MrnMI vAth the Ilwt were sn Pl•￿.
Sesslons
i(rJ
104
270
453
217
174
233
315
215
170
Voluntevs
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CarryirE Maintenan￿ of building
General fundraising a￿1 pffjmotK)n
We workwlthtTr￿fU￿d￿ts￿8 rÈgulatorwhosetand maintainthestandardsforcharitsble fundraisiryJ.
to pub
are clear aboutwho ￿ 3FE. T•halV￿{k> kw)wEtft 15 used
gfve a dear explaftatM)n of how you can make a and arnend a re£￿ar commllrnent
will not wrt urKlue pressure on to make a rfyou th) not ¥iant to th or wish to
If you tell us th&tyuu don* want usto in a partitiAarw. will not do 93
you are unhappy wrth anythw¥ we h6¥t doff whJe fvndrassir% you can contact us to makÈ 3
complainL We have a uynplaint w(￿￿ure, a copy of ¥thtc* is avallable on TequesL If we onnot
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Tru5tee< Annual Report (Incorporatlngthe tmrectorfs Report}
Year Ended 31 Marth 2023
H￿a￿la1 Review
The trustees are satlstled that the Charity has adequate re5erwes to cortinue its workforthe next
twelve months.
The Chartty follows the guidance Issued by the Charity Commission and Seeks to maintain adequate
reserve5to meetthe charrf5 Commitmen￿ Due to the nature and operntions of Barrow
Foodbank, the trustees aspire to hold an extra amount of £305XUI compristng of thè following.
al Contingency fund5- in a Situation where food is105t due to e& fk)o(ts- £50k
bl Relocation costs- O Tninim¥Jm o* £l(X)k
cl The Board tonstdered it prudent to set aside £65kfortwo yearfs funding forthe Flnancial
Intlusion programme.
dl Replenishment of food when stock run low- £30k
el 6 months operating tosts- £60k
Inv¢stsi)ent Polky
The ￿Commended level of rtsources vthich the charity 13rries in its current account ￿ maintsined at
not more than is requtred for a nomial mon￿$ actmty. A proportion of the remainin8 monies are
held in an Interest-bearing account givlng as high a rate of retum as possible whÉst retraining flexib¥ltty
to be able to drnw down wAMie5 as and when required. The fvnds designated for future investment
are placed in a rattge of investments. to achieve maximum interest (within an acceptable balan￿ of
risk}. so the organisation's strateElc development plans are achieved.
DDnatlornE Palky
The policy of the tharity is not to gkve grantsldonatlons to other chotittes or o￿a￿lS•t10n5.
As the end of the year approath￿ It became awiarent that million5 of househokls across the UK are
Struggli￿t0 makethelr IncomesStTetthto coverthe rWn8 Costof livin8. With inereaslrsg heatlng bllls.
food and fvel pri(* raises. many families must make difficult ch0￿S on how to manage their
diswisable income. The foodbank anticipates an increase of number5 who will re9uire help and
support to feed their familie& TTU5tees were detennined to make Sure that Bèrrow Foodbank could
continue to supwrt those in need and ha5 agreed to set aside reserves to maintain the current food
stock held, but also to provtde fresh meat and ￿getableS to those in need. Future plarL5 can only be
5ummorised as Barrow foodbankwill respond asfultyospracticalty possible toourcommunlt￿S needs
Yathin the financial constraints we may face.
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The Barrow Foodbank Ltd is a company limikd ty guawee and a r￿red thorlty gO￿rnd under
Twstèes are eletted at gènernl fi￿et1￿ aTr #p￿th￿dt0 the Boanl folkJwln8 rKunl￿ti0n
by member Organisat￿n& The Bam)w FrKyJbank hasiustt*Y> members narnety. The Barrow Deanery
Synod of the Church of E￿tsnd and (JMWCh￿ Together kn BanDW wlw) rnmknates three and four
trustees re5FELtivety.
The Tn￿lee Board re8ularty conducts a ski115 awlit of Boanl members and actl¥ely seeks Out new
TNsteesasapproprlate to ensure thp Board hasthemost useful sklll rnlx [￿sSI￿e0nd Isrepresentstfve
of the local commufilty.
All trustees are expected to be amkted ts the akns and p*Klples of OarnM7 FoOd￿fik and be
willin8 to tske an active role in the 8ovemance of Barrow Foodbank. Induction for all new Tru51ees
covers the 5trncwre. alms arxl prlnclple of 8aTrTrw Foodbanl legal ob1w￿5 under charlty and
company laW,theobJec￿and actfvltlesof Barrow Fo¢)dbankand current businessard development
plans.
Barrow Foodb•nk Is governed ty the Board of Tnsteek ThÈ Board is re5p)Mible for settlng the
strategic directKin of the organ150fjon and t￿5 ultknate re5wn4blllty for Conduct of Barrow
Foodbank and lor ensur1￿ that the d￿rIty satlsfies its le8a5 and contrartual obIl￿tIonS. BoawKI
meetlw are held btrmonthly with additiona meetiw as necesw. The IT￿ee9 meet annu4lly 19
carry out a full revlew to d￿erMIne the ftrture #rawic directknn of the or8anlsatlon. NortrTrustee
members may be c(fropted to attend Meeti￿ for a specific ex￿ brlffd for time IiFnited
perlods.
Operatlonal management of Barrow Foodbank fis d@leEated to the FoOd￿nk Manager. vlorks
closefy with the Assistsnt Foodbank Manager and w)lun￿rS to engwe delivery of all servke5.
se￿￿e$ ar@ deli¥p.rpd by a committed team ol paid Mxke15 ano wlunteers. It Is caknlated th* the
contrlbution made bythe b•Jlunteer5 equat£5 to£57S&MW perannum (based on national living w•8e
costs onty}.
Risk Policy
The Trustees have a55e5sed mai)r th to whth the (*grity is eX￿Sed aThJ are satlsfied that
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A mèior event for enmpk Ik)odi
al ThÈ Barn)w Foodbank is cwrenity I￿￿ed b￿effleftt of thE Ab￿￿V Road Baptirt Church
whth ha5 Multip￿ Iff*xMliTra was tD Otcur. Et pAThtld a s[m￿￿se0f replacing all
stock. The Barrow hokls on a¥erdge 20tonres of f(Mxl Th￿rth approxthia*ty £47.4K.
A spectaftsrfirm need w be bT¥IW in kn dearthe stte. then a full in depth clean would
be required. repa1rlrephcen￿￿t of equipmert and stor3PF faLail*& and of course. a full
roSt(KL Plus of cours4 a t￿￿￿13ry would ￿ wded. The Board has c0nserw4tr￿1y
eSllmated the c05t & a minimum £50L
bl The Barww FL￿db￿Trk tU￿enttyenJv¥S accomT>)odthn *thich is of sufficient size and se¥vi¢ed
to just mÈet Barrow FoodbanV5 ne￿ at le55th3n commerrial rates. If rek%ation berame
neCe￿ry lerther pknned or due to emewEency). the Foodbank woukl have ErEat difficulty
Internal risks a￿ minimi5ed bythe implernell￿ Ofpro￿d￿esfOT authorisknn of all traI￿rtionS
and proiÈcts aFxI to ensure consiS￿￿t quafty of de￿￿ry for all operation* aspEcts ofthÈ charit3ble
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YearEnded ￿ Marth 2023
Barrow Foodbank
Charlty reCIstrn￿0Tr number
1152753
8382130
Prfnclpal fjffi￿ and r*tqrnd
Abbey Road Ba￿St Church
Comer Abbey ftoad and Park Drfve
Barrow-in4urness
LA13 9BD
Jim Webster ia)air)
Jack-Knill Jor￿$
Peter Gardner
Paul Burden
Karen Edmondson
Martin Cooper {Apwinted I"April 20221
Welma Robin50
Claire Coulihurst
Matthew Burden
Judy Findlay
Welma Rob1[￿
Project Manager
Asgitsnt Project M3n3gerlW3rehouse Manager
Admln and Warehouse A55iStant
Treasurer
VoluntÈerCoordln3tor
Ub￿r5[0￿ coordinator
Miuom Coordlnator
Millom Coordinator
Newsletter Editi)rand Face1￿0k Coofdinatoi
Fund￿￿1r￿ Coordinator
Carol Warwi(&
Llz Gowler
Jean Liney
Clare Brlnd
Jayne Moor
Paul Burden
Knox Accounting limited
The Old Fire Station
l Ably R(
Barrow in ￿me$S
LA14 IVIY
Natwest Bank
Dalton Road
Bam7w lo Furne55
LAU IWY
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the trustee< re￿rt afHI the fina[￿la1 Statements irs acco¥datKe with appknble arul Unlted
Kfjn8dom Accountlr£ slar￿arlIs {Unfted ￿ngdoM fjenerdlty Accepted knuntirY8 Practice}.
Company law requiTesthe charity tntsteesto preparefinan(ial strte￿￿ for each year which gNe a
true and fair view af the skte of affairs of the dHrskbk company a￿1 the inownir¥ rts3urces and
application of resou¥tes, 1th1￿the wKome and expenthre. tsthat peri(Ml.
select suitable acroun11￿ tK)Ixies aThJ apTAythem con5i5tently
observe the mettM)d5 and prinLiples In the applkable Charities 50RP
make arml accountirE ertimates that are reaso¥Fable ar￿ pr￿nt
explain the that1￿S tra1￿c￿ 2nd dsctose with reasonab￿ accurary at any tiFne ts financia
position of the charity al￿ enable them to ènsure th* the finantial wements comply with the
cornpanles Act 2c￿. Tlw are a150 ￿SpO￿tile 5ateyMrding the assets of the chartty aFTd hen
for reasonable 5tep5ftwd* arnl detettmm offraud other kTegulaTltle5.
In so faras the t￿￿e￿S are aware:
unaware: and
is unawdre: and
they havetaken all stepstF0tt*￿tOhaYe￿kenas atnsteeto Snakettr￿￿Ive$awère
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This report has been wepèred in attordaTKe with the prov15M￿ to companies entitled to
the 5rnall umip8nid exuTyb
and signed on behalf of the board of biL5tee5 trr.
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T￿￿t￿o￿ An￿￿1 Reprt {IncOrw￿nz the Dlrettorfs Report)
Year Ended 31 Marth 2023
Independent Examiners Reportto the Trustee5 of Bamjw Food Bank ilmtted
Set Out on Page5 Z to 4
The tharitws tfU5tees are restKJnsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charitrfs trustees
¢onsldÈr that an audlt Is not requlred under 5ectÉon 144 of the Charities Act 2021 lthe Charltles A￿>
and that an independent examination ¥% needed. It is my responsibility to..
examine the aceounts under section 145 of the Chartties ACL
follow the procedures lald down In the genernl Dtre£tions given by the Charlty Comm5ssion
(undersection 14515lb of the Charities Act). aThl
to state whether particular matters have come to my 3ttention.
PAY e¥aminatton VRS carried out in accordan￿ with general Dlrectlons 8iven by the Charity
Commissson. An examination tndtKles a re¥￿￿ of the aetotsntl￿ fernnls kept by ￿ chafity and a
comp3Ti50n of ￿ 3cmunts pre50nwl with those record& It also inrhjdes u)nsideraTIDn of anv
unusual irem5 or disLI0￿ in the acc[￿￿$ and wkÉrg explanatiOW15 fnjm the trust￿ con(*rninB
any sud) matteTr The ￿￿o￿vreS undertaken do notprovide alltheevidence that ￿ld be reqiiirpd
in an audiL and consequentty w oplnlon is gr￿1 asto wlknthe accounts presem a and fair
Vie￿ aYMI tr* retKKt 15 linited to those matter5 Set out In thE Staiement below.
In connectlon wlth my examinatton, no matter has ￿rne to rny attention:
(i)
(a)
(b)
to prepare at(x￿￿ts whkh accord wlth the accounting records and Lompty with the
nandal Rel￿￿ Staithrd for Smaller Entitie5 leffectr4e Apr4 21XJBI and the
Statement of RecommeTKkd Practio, Accounts￿ and Repow 141 Charitks ISORP
20￿).
(2)
to Wh￿￿ ITr myoplnm attention ththild bedown in ortsrto enabk 6 wopwwMlerstarnIis
Unit 2The Flro SfAtlon
l Abbey Road
Barrow In Fumess
Cumbria
LA14 1 XH
31-July 102*
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10,781
172,714
183,495
20,6C(i
3,105
158,099
(3,458)
Grants
i)fvtdeKI Inojne
Interest
3,105
26
Totrl
176
Purchase5
terlng
PackaglTWJ
Fum￿￿ and ap￿lar
5thrles
17734
22,991
87
277
4,186
39,638
1,372
15.fJLKI
1,536
149
2.747
3,470
196
li
2,764
30.597
906
87
2TI
3J82
39,638
1,372
15,000
1,536
149
2,422
2P37
Consultw f
VehKle runnlng
TraveblirrfJ cctsts
t￿n￿lyj ststswwy ar￿ publ
2,626
129
1,050
325
125
2367
1,$61
11.29)
3.137
1.561
li￿)
13,833
192
150
150
4Jl
571
4)J
571
902
33
115
147
89 123 109 489
654
1,610
3ffl3
1148
2.148
20
96.sn
85,866
attho startdtheywr
47
770 51Z1182

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10,740
47J15
257,073
169,452
J5A81
£41
474,770
37
si
I ￿ I1￿1r tthy ty:

31
iQ.45
Tr￿ Tn
At i Ap￿ 2022
67
18.167
At 31 March 2023
At l 2022
7,427
7.427
At 31 2023
At 311*th Z523

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