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Charitable IncorPorated Organisation |
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| How the charity is constituted |
Foundation Model whose only voting members are trustees |
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Slough Foodbank has a trustee induction programme, which includes overview ofthe constitution, finances and identifying potential conflicts interest. |
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Slough Foodbank is part ofthe foodbank network ofthe Trussell Trust. |
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| training of trustees; |
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| ~ the charity's organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; |
The trustees are responsible for the overseeing ofthe risks faced by the foodbank. Risks are identified, assessed and controls established throughout the year via a risk register. The most significant risk is potential change to no rent lease arrangements on warehousing space. Part ofthe |
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reserves is used as a contingency for funding commercial rated warehousing if notice were given by the current landlord. |
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A formal review ofthe charity's processes is undertaken annually by |
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| major risks and the system | representatives ofthe Trussell Trust. |
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| and procedures to manage |
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| Object | |||||
| The object of Slough Foodbank, is the prevention or relief of poverty in |
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| Summary ofthe objects ofthe charity set out in its governing document |
United Kingdom but primarily in Slough and the surrounding area in particular but not exclusively by providing emergency food supplies to individuals in need, as motivated by the principles ofthe Christian Faith. |
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| Summary ofthe main activities |
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| benefit in relation to these |
Slough Foodbank supplied food parcels containing three days supply of |
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| objects (include within this | nutritionally balanced food to everyone referred to us who is in food |
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| section the statutory | poverty crisis for whatever reason. |
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| declaration that trustees have |
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| had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity |
Within the constraints ofthe COVID 19government restrictions, Slough Foodbank collected donated food from the local community to enable |
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| Commission on public benefit) |
those people referred to Slough Foodbank to receive a food parcel. During |
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| 2020, these food donations were supplemented with purchases offood |
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| Slough Foodbank maintained its network of referral agencies amongst |
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| caring professionals in Slough, to ensure that everyone who is in food |
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| poverty crisis is referred to Slough Foodbank. |
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| In response to the government lock down in March 2020 Slough Foodbank |
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| was obliged to change our operations. During 2020, some established |
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| volunteers were obliged to shield and therefore more reliance was placed |
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| Slough Foodbank Trustees Annual | Report 2020 |
| on employee hours. The preparation ofthe Food parcels was moved from |
on employee hours. The preparation ofthe Food parcels was moved from |
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| distribution centres to a second warehouse, and delivered to collection |
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| centres throughout the year, for collection by referred clients. Also, some |
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| more vulnerable clients received deliveries ofthese pre-packed food |
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| parcels. | ||||||
| Slough Foodbank ran a fuel bank operation during 2020.Assistance was |
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| given to clients who did not have sufficient gas or electricity to cook the | ||||||
| food Slough Foodbank provided, and those whose fuel is paid for on a pre- |
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| payment key. |
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| Additional details ofobjectives |
and activities (Optional information) |
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| Slough Foodbank currently does not make grants to third party good |
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| causes, unless agreed with individual donors. No cash grants were made |
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| in 2020. Some food surpluses did get passed to other foodbanks or |
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| charities that feed people, to avoid food waste. | ||||||
| Polic on Investment of Funds |
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| During 2020, Slough Foodbank received substantial financial donations, |
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| community organisations and companies based in the Slough area |
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responded to the Covid crisis. Additional bank accounts were opened to maximise the security offunds under the FSCS bank protection limit. Contribution Made b Volunteers |
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| relevant, | about: | About thirty additional temporary volunteers were recruited at the |
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| policy | on grantmaking; | beginning ofthe COVID crisis to replace the 50% or so ofexperienced volunteers who were shielding. |
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| policy | programme related |
Volunteers were engaged in collecting food donations, warehousing, |
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| investment; | prepacking food parcels, delivering food parcels, transporting food parcels |
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| contribution volunteers. |
made by | to distribution centres and administering the referral system. Some ofthese volunteers were able to support Slough Foodbank because |
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| ofthe Government furlough scheme and returned to work as the COVID |
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| situation gradually eased. New volunteer recruitment and training began |
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| the autumn to resource ongoing operations. Chan eto0 eratin S stems with Assistance of Referral A encies |
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| The paper-based voucher system that Slough Foodbank used since its |
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| launch, became untenable due to the risk of virus spread. Therefore, |
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| through the hard work ofstaff and the referral agencies, during the year, |
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| the referral system was changed from a paper-based system to an |
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| electronic s stem rovided and maintained b the Trussell Trust. |
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| Summary ofthe main achievements ofthe charity during the year |
Referrals of Peo le in Food Povert Slough Foodbank received 3023 referrals during 2020. During the period, 176agencies in the Slough area referred clients to Slough Foodbank, including homeless charities and housing associations, jobcentres, |
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| probation services, local government agencies schools and other |
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| children's agencies, surgeries churches and other charities. |
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| Distribution of Food arcels |
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| Slough Foodbank provided 6530emergency food parcels during 2020. |
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| These food parcels helped feed a large number of people, 2365 ofthese | ||||||
| were children. The vast majority ofthis food was distributed through |
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| distributions centres across the Slough area. During 2020, Slough |
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| Foodbank operated four distribution centres. One distribution centre |
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| opened twice a week, the remainder opened once a week. |
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| Unlike previous years, food deliveries to homes were required during |
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| 2020, due to individuals shielding. Ofthese food parcels, 1280were |
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| delivered to people's residences. |
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| Food Donations Received |
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| Slough Foodbank received 88.8tonnes offood during 2020 from local | ||||||||||
| churches, schools, shops, businesses and private donations. Slough |
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| Foodbank distributed 80.6tonnes to support people experiencing food |
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| crisis. Special measures were required to receive donations and |
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| quarantine food in line with government COVID guidelines. |
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| Fuel bank | ||||||||||
| Slough Foodbank operates a fuel bank for those in fuel poverty, to |
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| prevent people having to make a choice of between eating and staying |
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| warm. During the first quarter ofthe year the fuel bank operated by |
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| Slough Foodbank funded emergency power to 63 homes amounting |
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| to E2,500.The fuel bank was not able to operate again until it was |
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| moved to the Charis online fuel system, in response to Covid restrictions |
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| on personal contact. Using that system, the fuel bank funded emergency |
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| power for 53 homes, amounting to 62262 during the remainder of2020 |
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| and transferred funds to the Charis system for fuel vouchers to be issued |
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| the following year. |
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| Christmas Bazaar |
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| In the run up to Christmas, instead of issuing Christmas hampers, clients |
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| were invited to a socially distanced event to select Christmas treat items, |
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| warm clothin and to s. |
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| The reserves provide Slough Foodbank with adequate financial stability |
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| Brief statement | ofthe | and the means for it to meet its charitable objectives for the foreseeable |
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| charity's | policy | on reserves | future. | |||||||
| It is our policy to hold cash reserves equivalent to at least twelve months |
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| operational costs or a minimum of680,000, to ensure we are able to |
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| meet our financial obligations despite the irregularity of income or |
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| unplanned incremental costs. When uncertainty is high, the trustees |
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| allow the reserves to rise well above these minimum limits. |
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| This level ofreserves provides a degree of protection for any unexpected |
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| falls in level ofdonations offood, any significant increase in clients or |
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| material change in the requirements of how the foodbank operates due to |
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| changing situations. The increase in warehousing requirements in 2020 |
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| increased the scale of our primary financial risk.Our reserves policy is |
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| reviewed at least annually. The level ofactual reserves is reviewed at |
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| each Trustees meetin . |
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| Details ofany in deficit |
funds | materially | No funds are materially in deficit |
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| Further financial | review | details | (Optional information) |
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| You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about: ~ the charity's principal sources offunds (including any fundraising); |
Income rose to five times that ofthe revious ear The COVID 19emergency triggered generosity from donors, proving unrestricted income at levels never experienced by Slough Foodbank. This was underpinned by Slough Foodbank's high profile in the community, built up over the previous years. One off gifts from community groups and corporations were twelve times |
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| ~ | how expenditure | has | higher in 2020 than the previous year. |
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| supported | the key | objectives | No direct grants from central or local government were received, and no |
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| ofthe | charity; | furlough grants were received. Online giving, through the CAF plafform |
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| ~ | investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy |
was over ten times higher in 2020 than 2019. Corporate donations routed through the Trussell Trust, which was previously comprised of distributions from supermarkets, rose to over six times the level in 2019. |
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| Slough Foodbank | Trustees | Annual | Report 2020 |
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| Unrestricted | Restricted | Endowment | |||||||||||||
| Categories | Details | funds to nearest S |
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funds to nearest 8 |
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| B1Cash | funds | Current Account (Bank) | 45,282 | 29,427 | |||||||||||
| Petty Cash | 289 | ||||||||||||||
| Savings Account | 114,()64 | ||||||||||||||
| Total cash funds | 159,635 | ||||||||||||||
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| Unrestricted | Restricted | Endowment | |||||||||||||
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| Details | to nearest R | to | nearest r. | to nearest 8 | |||||||||||
| B2Other | monetary assets | ||||||||||||||
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| B3Investment | assets | None | |||||||||||||
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| B4Assets retained for | the | ||||||||||||||
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| Details | llablll | relates | o tlonal | tlonal | |||||||||||
| B5Liabilities | |||||||||||||||
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| CCXXR2 accounts (SS) | CEC./4 | I Pt yCog | 08/11/2021 |
| FY2020 | Bank | Petty | Cash | Other Accounts | Total | |||||||
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| N Gift Aid | 12,445.31 | 12,445B1 | Annual Return Receipts & |
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| Gift Aid | 15,230.77 | 15,330.77 | A2 Receipts | |||||||||
| Online CAF |
73,171.56 | 73,171.56 | Volontary | Income | 244867.06 | |||||||
| Online Crowd | 35,345.11 | 35,345.11 | Activities for Generating | Ft | 0.00 | |||||||
| GASDS | 0.00 | 190.15 | Investment | Income | 190.56 | |||||||
| Grants | 12,580.00 | 12,580.00 | A1subtotal | 245057.62 | ||||||||
| One-off gifts | 70,100.62 | 70,100.62 | ||||||||||
| Trussell | 22,137.68 | 22,137.68 | A2 | |||||||||
| Tax reclaims | 591.54 | 591.54 | Asset &Investment | Sales | ||||||||
| Petty Cash | 2,974.32 | 2,974&2 | ||||||||||
| Interest | 190.56 | A3 | ||||||||||
| Total Income | 245,057.62 | Cost of Fundraising | 0.00 | |||||||||
| Food | 6,841.10 | 33.37 | 6,874.47 | Charitable | Activities | 98415.66 | ||||||
| FVouchers | 7,580.00 | 7,580.00 | Governance | costs | ||||||||
| Salary Sue | 20,268.84 | 20,268.84 | A3 Subtotal | 99315.66 | ||||||||
| Salary Bev | 8,945.06 | 8,945.06 | ||||||||||
| Tax)NI | 7,786.74 | 7,7S6.74 | A4 | |||||||||
| Pension | S,970.81 | 8,970.81 | Asset & Property | |||||||||
| Accounts | 531.90 | 531.90 | ||||||||||
| Petty Cash | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||||||||
| Travel | 65.88 | 65.88 | ||||||||||
| Phone | 1,021.66 | 1,021.66 | ||||||||||
| Mobile | 338.26 | 338.26 | ||||||||||
| Postage | 123.60 | 123.60 | ||||||||||
| PC purchase | 2,405.96 | 2,405.96 | ||||||||||
| Equipment | 7,175.67 | 7,175.67 | ||||||||||
| Motor | 2,693.28 | 2,693.2S | ||||||||||
| Electricity | 1,644.93 | 1,644.93 | ||||||||||
| Water | 57.56 | 57.56 | ||||||||||
| Bus Rates | 200.00 | 200.00 | ||||||||||
| Insurance | 375.64 | 375.64 | ||||||||||
| TTrust | 900.00 | 900.00 Governance | costs | |||||||||
| Other bank Accounts | 112,802.22 | |||||||||||
| Van Purchase | 21,355.40 | 21,355AO | ||||||||||
| Total Expenditure | 99,315.66 |
| Petty Cash | 289 |
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| Coop Current | 39,709 |
| Metro Current | 35,000 |
| Coop Savings | 50,000 |
| Metro Savings | 50,064 |
| Redwood Deposit | 14,000 |
| Total Cash Balances | 189,061 |