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governance
issues (Optional
information)|||||| |You may choose to include
additional
information,
where
relevant,
about:|||Slough Foodbank has a trustee
induction
programme,
which includes
overview ofthe constitution,
finances and identifying
potential
conflicts
interest.|an
of|| |~
policies and procedures|||||| |adopted
for the induction
and|||Slough Foodbank
is part ofthe foodbank
network ofthe Trussell Trust.||| |training
of trustees;|||||| |~
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||| |~
relationship
with any related
parties;|||reserves
is used as a contingency
for funding
commercial
rated
warehousing
if notice were given by the current
landlord.||| |~
trustees'
consideration
of|||A formal review ofthe charity's processes
is undertaken
annually
by||| |major risks and the system|||representatives
ofthe Trussell Trust.||| |and procedures
to manage|||||| |them.|||||| ||||Object||| ||||The object of Slough Foodbank,
is the prevention
or relief of poverty
in||the| |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.||| |Summary
ofthe main activities|||||| |undertaken
for the public|||Main Activities||| |benefit
in relation to these|||Slough Foodbank
supplied
food parcels containing
three days supply of||| |objects (include within this|||nutritionally
balanced
food to everyone
referred
to us who is in food||| |section the statutory|||poverty crisis for whatever
reason.||| |declaration
that trustees
have|||||| |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||| |Commission
on public benefit)|||those people referred to Slough Foodbank to receive a food parcel.
During||| ||||2020, these food donations
were supplemented
with purchases
offood||by| ||||Slough Foodbank.||| ||||Slough Foodbank
maintained
its network of referral agencies amongst||the| ||||caring professionals
in Slough, to ensure that everyone
who is in food||| ||||poverty crisis is referred
to Slough Foodbank.||| ||||In response
to the government
lock down
in March 2020 Slough Foodbank||| ||||was obliged to change our operations.
During 2020, some established||| ||||volunteers
were obliged to shield and therefore
more reliance was placed||| |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| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||distribution
centres to a second warehouse,
and delivered
to collection|| ||||||centres throughout
the year, for collection
by referred clients. Also, some|| ||||||more vulnerable
clients received deliveries
ofthese pre-packed
food|| ||||||parcels.|| ||||||Slough Foodbank
ran a fuel bank operation
during 2020.Assistance was|| ||||||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-|| ||||||payment
key.|| |Additional
details ofobjectives|||||and activities
(Optional
information)|| ||||||Slough Foodbank
currently
does not make grants to third party good|| ||||||causes, unless agreed
with individual
donors. No cash grants were made|| ||||||in 2020. Some food surpluses
did get passed to other foodbanks
or|| ||||||charities that feed people, to avoid food waste.|| ||||||Polic
on Investment
of Funds|| ||||||During 2020, Slough Foodbank received substantial
financial
donations,|as| ||||||community
organisations
and companies
based
in the Slough area|| |You may choose
further statements,||||to include
where|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|| |relevant,||about:|||About thirty additional
temporary
volunteers
were recruited
at the|| |policy||on grantmaking;|||beginning
ofthe COVID crisis to replace the 50% or so ofexperienced
volunteers
who were shielding.|| |policy||programme
related|||Volunteers
were engaged
in collecting food donations,
warehousing,|| |investment;|||||prepacking
food parcels, delivering
food parcels, transporting
food parcels|| |contribution
volunteers.|||made by||to distribution
centres and administering
the referral system.
Some ofthese volunteers
were able to support
Slough Foodbank because|| ||||||ofthe Government
furlough
scheme and returned
to work as the COVID|| ||||||situation
gradually
eased.
New volunteer
recruitment
and training
began|in| ||||||the autumn
to resource ongoing operations.
Chan
eto0 eratin
S stems with Assistance of Referral A encies|| ||||||The paper-based
voucher system that Slough Foodbank
used since its|| ||||||launch, became untenable
due to the risk of virus spread. Therefore,|| ||||||through
the hard work ofstaff and the referral agencies,
during
the year,|| ||||||the referral system was changed
from a paper-based
system to an|| ||||||electronic s stem
rovided
and maintained
b
the Trussell Trust.|| |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,|| ||||||probation
services, local government
agencies schools and other|| ||||||children's
agencies, surgeries
churches
and other charities.|| ||||||Distribution
of Food
arcels|| ||||||Slough Foodbank
provided 6530emergency
food parcels during 2020.|| ||||||These food parcels helped feed a large number of people, 2365 ofthese|| ||||||were children. The vast majority ofthis food was distributed
through|| ||||||distributions
centres across the Slough area. During 2020, Slough|| ||||||Foodbank operated
four distribution
centres. One distribution
centre|| ||||||opened twice a week, the remainder
opened once a week.|| ||||||Unlike previous years, food deliveries
to homes were required
during|| ||||||2020, due to individuals
shielding.
Ofthese food parcels, 1280were|| |SlouhF|o|odbank||TrusteesAnnual|Report
2020|| |||||||||||delivered
to people's residences.| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||||||Food Donations
Received| |||||||||||Slough Foodbank received 88.8tonnes offood during 2020 from local| |||||||||||churches,
schools, shops, businesses
and private donations.
Slough| |||||||||||Foodbank
distributed
80.6tonnes to support
people experiencing
food| |||||||||||crisis. Special measures
were required
to receive donations
and| |||||||||||quarantine
food in line with government
COVID guidelines.| |||||||||||Fuel bank| |||||||||||Slough Foodbank operates a fuel bank for those
in fuel poverty,
to| |||||||||||prevent
people having to make a choice of between
eating and staying| |||||||||||warm.
During the first quarter ofthe year the fuel bank operated
by| |||||||||||Slough Foodbank funded
emergency
power to 63 homes amounting| |||||||||||to E2,500.The fuel bank was not able to operate again
until
it was| |||||||||||moved to the Charis online fuel system,
in response
to Covid restrictions| |||||||||||on personal contact. Using that system, the fuel bank funded
emergency| |||||||||||power for 53 homes, amounting
to 62262 during
the remainder
of2020| |||||||||||and transferred
funds to the Charis system for fuel vouchers to be issued| |||||||||||the following
year.| |||||||||||Christmas
Bazaar| |||||||||||In the run up to Christmas,
instead of issuing
Christmas
hampers,
clients| |||||||||||were invited to a socially distanced
event to select Christmas
treat items,| |||||||||||warm
clothin
and to s.| |||||||||||The reserves
provide Slough Foodbank
with adequate
financial
stability| |Brief statement|||||ofthe|||||and the means for it to meet its charitable
objectives for the foreseeable| |charity's||policy|||on reserves|||||future.| |||||||||||It is our policy to hold cash reserves
equivalent
to at least twelve months| |||||||||||operational
costs or a minimum
of680,000, to ensure we are able to| |||||||||||meet our financial
obligations
despite the irregularity
of income or| |||||||||||unplanned
incremental
costs. When uncertainty
is high, the trustees| |||||||||||allow the reserves to rise well above these minimum
limits.| |||||||||||This level ofreserves
provides a degree of protection
for any unexpected| |||||||||||falls in level ofdonations
offood, any significant
increase
in clients or| |||||||||||material
change
in the requirements
of how the foodbank operates due to| |||||||||||changing
situations.
The increase
in warehousing
requirements
in 2020| |||||||||||increased
the scale of our primary
financial
risk.Our reserves
policy is| |||||||||||reviewed
at least annually.
The level ofactual reserves
is reviewed
at| |||||||||||each Trustees
meetin
.| |Details ofany
in deficit||||funds|||materially|||No funds are materially
in deficit| |Further financial||||||review|||details|(Optional
information)| |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| |~|how expenditure|||||has||||higher
in 2020 than the previous year.| ||supported||the key||||objectives|||No direct grants
from central or local government
were received, and no| ||ofthe|charity;||||||||furlough
grants were received.
Online
giving, through
the CAF plafform| |~|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.| |Slough Foodbank|||||Trustees||||Annual|Report
2020| ## |~|s|||~|~|e|~|~ ~|||s||e|e|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||||Unrestricted||Restricted||||Endowment| ||Categories||||Details||||funds
to nearest S||to|funds
nearest f|||funds
to nearest 8| |B1Cash|funds||||Current Account (Bank)|||||45,282|||29,427||| ||||||Petty Cash|||||289|||||| ||||||Savings Account|||||114,()64|||||| ||||||||Total cash funds|||159,635|||||| ||||||(agree|balances vith receipts and payments|||||||||| |||||||||account(s))|||||||| ||||||||||Unrestricted||Restricted||||Endowment| ||||||||||funds|||funds|||funds| ||||||Details||||to nearest R||to|nearest r.|||to nearest 8| |B2Other|monetary assets||||||||||||||| ||||||||||Fund|to which|||||Current value| ||||||Details||||asset|belon|||||o tlonal| |B3Investment||assets|||None||||||||||| ||||||Details||||Fund
asset|to which
belon
s||(|8|l)|Current value
tonal| |B4Assets retained for|||the||||||||||||| |charity's|own|use|||||||||||||| ||||||||||Fund|to which|Amount|||due|When due| ||||||Details||||llablll|relates||o tlonal|||tlonal| |B5Liabilities|||||||||||||||| |Signed by one or two trustees
behalf of all the trustees|||on|||Signature||||Print|Name||||Date of
a
royal| ||||||||||||||||f2 II %/| |CCXXR2 accounts (SS)|||||||||CEC./4||I Pt yCog||||08/11/2021| ## ## |FY2020|Bank|Petty|Cash|Other Accounts|Total|||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||E|E||E|E|||||||| |N Gift Aid|12,445.31|||||12,445B1|Annual
Return Receipts &|||||Payments| |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| |---|---| |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|