Trustees. Annual Report for the period Peri(xl aart date P70d end date From Section A Referen and administration details Charty name Atherton & Leigh FI)dbank Other names charity is known by Registered charity number {rf any) Charity's principal address cjo St John the Baptist C of E Parish Churth Market Pla ATHERTON Postcode M46 ODD Names of the charity trttees who manage the charity Trustee name Olkn (rfany) Name of person (or bt#Jyl Èntitlèd rfan Rev Reg Sinclair David Hughes Chair Secretary & Treasurer lan Gardiner Gail Slater Karen Slayen 2511012020 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Names of the trustees for the charity. rf any. (for example. any custodian trustees) Name Dates acted if not for wIle year
Names and addresses of advisers (Optional inforn)ation) pe of adviser Name Address Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information) Section B Structure, governance and management Description of the charivs trusts CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 2%10712013 AS AMENDED ON 23104114 Type of goveming document How the tharity is cstitUted TRUST Trustee selection methods APPOINTED BY EsTING TRUSTEES Additlonal govemance issues (Optional infonnation) The FocKlbank consists of a Board of Trustees all involved in local thurches a1 with extensive t¥js1$S knoyledge. There are currently 2 paid empbyees the Prgect Manager and a driver. The charity operates as a Franchise of The Trussell Trust and consequently benefrts from both advertising a)d support. You may choose to include additional irth)rmats"on. where relevant. about" policies and prcdureS adopted for the induction training of Irustees; the charity's organisational structure and any wider neOrk with which charity works.. relationship with any related The ch2rÈty also woths altYtgsMJe other organisations run surgeries at the Foodbank distrTbution centres. However this last year owing to the outbreak of CovMk19 the restrtckns plawl from Mar¢h 24 2020 these aCh"veS were suSpded. Major risks to the charity are firsdy furKling and secondly volunteers. As the work of the thanty continues to increase so do both its funding and volunleer requirements vthere conb.nual new initiabves are being created. trustees, consideration of major nsks and the system and procedures to manage them. Section C Objectives and activities TO A&8IST PERSONS IN ATHERTON. TYLDESLEY AND LEIGH AND S SURROUNDING AREAS, WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS (-BENEFICIARIES°) IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT, IN PARTICULAR BIN NOT ECLUSIVELY. BY PROVISION OF FOOD TO ENSURE A HEALTHY AND NUTRITIOUS DIEr Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document
OVER 66 TONNES OF FOOD COLLECTED OVER 58 TONNES OF FOOD DISTRIBIJtED The distnIx.on is Organi ac(X)ing to Trussell Trust practices with people being referred by a professicK)al agency detemiinir¥J the neèd and providing a voucher. That vouther is then redeemed over a drink and a chat and a minimum of 3 days VIrth of meals for the kthoEe family is provKled. Many of peopfe that have been helped retum as voknnieers. Over k)cal Professional BOdS act as Agents Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefft in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that twstees have had regard to the guidancè issued by the Charity CommissM)n on public benefit) Local &)vemment are still reducing their services owng lo reductions in Govemmenl Fundir¥J and local C(neIS are even more reliant on charities. Govemment Statistics show Ihat out of 12 Regions analysed the North West was by far the hitrst percentsge of need. Statistically many of tfE MBC wards are rated in the poorest in the UK especjalty those in Atherton. Lh East and Leigh Wesl. The annual retum on irNestments via food donaiion. voluntary working warehousing distribubL¥) is in eXSS of £250.000. Total nUnr of dients assisted in the last 12 rrM)nths Vre Adulis 2693 Children 1453 These fureS do not give a complete piclllre. During Covid many homeless e taken into Local Authority hotd provision and many more pop w) food charities came into bng. In order to protect our staff and volunteers we O)ubled the amount of foc#J lo 6 days worth and thus redUd the number of visits. Overall (yjr totsl fcx)d distribution increased whereas the number of aclual referral visits decreas Addilional details of objectives and activities (Optional information) Unfortunatety owir¥J to Covid most of our sihnpostiig activtties were pul on hold. Normally The thanty has tÉ&) SucssfiJl in many of its signrK)sting actmtses with the charity using its loc21 contacts to provide homeless people with ovWnit accommodation. some women into refuge shelters after relationship break(), referrals to debt assistan aThJ also drug and alcohol referrals. This has ntInued bul at a muth more limited wovision. You may choose to Irlude further ststements. where relevant, about.. policy on gra)tmaking" ptcY progrdmme related investmen(. contribution made by volunteers. Many of our volunteers beiro eldety were forced into self-lsolab.c but the Ynger more acb.ve voknnteers doubled and trebled their time commtiment to ensure Ihat evéryone who needed to be fed could be fed through tt)e Foodbank. They ve magnificent.
Section D Achievements and performance Summary ofthe main achievements of the charity during the year Continued to develop and improve Services where possib. Sttll maintairEd all 4 Distribution Centres fully opeTrtional in 3 local towns dunng the Covid l¢xkdowns. Much appreciation to our laThJlords for ensuring that their buildings Cld remain open following Govemment guidelines. We are now recDgnised as more than a Foodbank and more of a local SpOrt hub. Ahhough were facirvJ a p)tentsal funding s)rtage at the start of the financial year a substantial grant from 5 local councillors plus a Covid grant has overcome that situation. Wrth a new fldraISing partner for the next iwelve months the charity is confKlent of its future. We slill maintain a strong brand image in the Eocal community.
Section E Financial review The Charity's reseprfes rx)licy is for 12 months continuation with no income. Ho%%ever the cuent situation providing there is no further Covid ckdown has provisK)n for the next 3 years costs with plethJed income and fiJTrJrdising. Brief statement of the charity's policy on reserves Details of any funds materially in deficit Further financial review detsils (Optional infonnation) You may choose lo indude additional infomiation. where relevant about: the chartiy s principal sources of funds (Induding any fundraising)., how expenditure has supported tt)e key cl)jectives of the charity". investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment wlicy adopted. Section F Other optional information Section G Declaration The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees, report al)ove. Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees Signature(s) Full name{s) Position leg Secretary, Chair, etc) David Hughes Secretary Date 1010912021
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLANO AND WALES Alh¢rton arnl Leigh Foodtyank Receipts and payments accounts CC16a Forthe period 2020 3110312021 Section A Receipts and payments Unrèstrictèd funds Restricted Endowment funds Totsi furKI$ Last year to the tWP5k£ to the nBaTrst£ to it tothtr fiÈaregt£ A1 Rttpts DONATIONS CoLLEcNs GRANT5 REcVED SPONSORSHIP INSURANCE C SALE OF FIXED ASSETS SVNDRY114W $7.818 6,478 54865 57m &478 $4465 29,259 5286 9.942 11X) 100 Sub totsl{Gro&s income for AR) 114931 118,931 44.825 A2 Asset and Investment sales. (see table). Sub total 118.931 118.931 44,825 ments EMPLOYMENT COSTS TRUSY ADMINISTRATION PRIPfflNG AND STATIONARY EauipMENT CLONNG HOLIDAY CLUB 31.772 746 122 122 832 179 2.445 13,576 379 379 tS,4S6 YdAJiEHouse COSTS TFiANSPORTCOSTS 300 X312 Sub total A4 Asset and invE$1Th purchases, see table PURCHASE OF FIXED ASSEtS 8AOO Sub tot•1 62,368 4312 et of recwpW(paymentsJ A5 Transfers between fvnds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this yr end 56,563 56,563 9,487 24.691 81, 24,691 81.254 34.178 24,691 CCXX Rl armjnts ISSI 1310712021
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment fijnds lo no8r•gt£ to nparp5t£ B1 Cash funds RBS AGGOLwr 8f,121 133 Total cash funds 81.254 ¥1 Endo%wnent fund$ to T$t£ runds funds Fund to hi¢h Costlookn tlorta FuThJto ¥thich C<tltytionall ¢urrentval B4 Assets rotained for the charity's own use IAOTOR V&UCLES.01r21 UNRESTRICTED 8A COWLrtER-glf3 UNRESTRIC7ED UNRESTrICTED Fwyl tOvJh*h Amourrtdup When due B5 Liabilittes SBnBd tsy or iw) truste85 on behaifol all the trustegs Prdrt NamÈ Date of DAVIDW. HUGHES REVEREND REGINALD SINCLAIR 1310712021 1110712021 CCXX R2 alxounts ISSI 1310712ff21
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinevs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report lo the trusteesl members of ATHERTON AND LEIGH FOODBANK On accounts for the year ended 31ST MARCH 2021 Charity no (if any) 1153333 Set out on pages One I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charÉty (Ihe Trusf) for the year ended Responsibilities and basis of report As charrty's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ("tt)e Acr). I rep)rt in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carned OLrt under section 145 of the 2011 Ad and in carrying Out my examination. I have followed all the applicab Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5}{b) of the AL*. Independent examiner's ststement I have completed my exafflination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection wth Ihe examination (other than that disdosed below ") which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect.. the accounting records were not kept in accordan with section 130 of the Chafities Act: or the accounts dKI not accord wth the accounting records" or I have no canmS and have come across no other matters in connection th the examination to which attention sh¢)uld be drawn in this report in order to enab a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. . Please delete the wonts in the brackets rfthey do not apply. Signed: Date: 131h July.2021 Name: lan Thomas Relevant professional qualification{s} or body (rfany): ACMA.. GCMA Address: Firs End, 4 Firs Road. Botton BL5 1EZ IER Oct 2018