2021-08-31-accounts - House Of Bread

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period Period start date Period end date 01 09 2020 31 08 2021 From To Section A Reference and administration details Charity name House of Bread Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1155425 Charity's principal address Unit 124 Staffordshire Technology Park Stafford Postcode ST18 0GB

Section A Reference and administration details

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year
Chris Knight	Chair
Peter Barrow
TraceyCook
Ron Davis
Franziska Herring
Jane Whitney- Cooper









Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
Name		Dates acted if not for whole year

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

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Type 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 charity’s trusts

Type of governing document

Constitution

(eg. trust deed, constitution)

How the charity is constituted

Charitable Incorporated Organisation

(eg. trust, association, company)

Trustee selection methods

Appointed by trustee body

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
relationship with any related parties;
trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
Policies - continued to make use of Trustee expertise for policy development. Trustee appointment and environmental policies were completed and added to the range of policies already in place. We developed a deeper use of monthly engagement data to help us monitor the effectiveness of different policies
Organisational structure - we ceased to employ a youth caseworker. We employed a caterer as an additional member of the leadership team. Our senior casework manager identified 4 volunteers who are being trained to carry out casework
Relationships - we were able to host some lateral flow testing and vaccination clinics. This enabled us to keep our staff and volunteers safe with regular testing and also allowed some "hard to reach" people to engage with these services
Major risks - COVID presented the major risk during this time. Trustees and leadership adopted flexible plans that allowed for our cafe to be open in limited way at times when government guidelines allowed and risk assessments showed it was safe to do so

Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

The charity’s objectives shall be to relieve financial hardship, sickness and need for persons in Stafford and the surrounding area, in particular but not exclusively by the provision of food and advice.

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The main access points to HoB services are through regular meals and other ad-hoc events. We also run a food bank and clothes bank. The Trustees understand and accept the responsibility to ensure the charity operates for public benefit.

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

We are grateful to all our volunteers who give up so much time and energy to support the friends who use our services.

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

Distribution of food bags ranging from 40 up to 120 per week. As the pandemic eased, we saw a decrease in home deliveries as more folks became able to collect their bags from the café.

Conversations and friendship - we were able to offer these forms of support for 40 - 100 people per week.

Casework - our tracking data showed that each month we were able to support people to engage with agencies or to resolve an average of 30 individual issues each month. Issues include debt, housing, substance or alcohol abuse, access to benefits.

We were able to provide lunches for vulnerable children attending Summer School activities in August 2021.

Trustees began to formulate plans to adapt our building so that it could better serve casework alongside our drop-in sessions and structured group activities. Work will continue on this.

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Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the

charity’s policy on reserves

The charity reserves policy is to have sufficient funds in hand to wind down the activities of the charity should this be necessary. This means keeping sufficient funds to cover the minimum notice period of any contractual obligation.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;

Our main sources of income were : Donations – 70% Restricted grants – 17% Unrestricted grants – 6% Fundraising activities – 3% Gift Aid – 3%

Our main expenditure was : Staff – 63% Rent and occupation costs - 22%

investment policy and House of Bread is a charity which relies on the community to meet our objectives including any aims. ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Full name(s) Christopher Knight Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chair etc)

Date 22/06/2022

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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Houso of Braad 1155425 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the pgriod from 01109020 3110812021 Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted funds ¢oth• ne•r¢$t Restricted lun+y$ Endowment funds Total funds Last year to th• n•ar•sl £ lo Ihe noAr•st E to th• n•wr••t£ to th• n•arMi£ A1 R¢¢•i OonatH)n8 Grallls Fundraising Cash lor Cloth95 Bank Inr*St Gift aid receipis 73.128 5,950 3,513 1,271 73.121 23,743 3,513 84.0S9 44.1 6,167 2.237 20 2,62¢ 17,793 3.311J 3.310 Sub total(Gross Ancom& for AR) 87.IT5 17,793 104,96B 139.J02 A2 As$gt and Investmont salos, Ise8 table). Sub total Total r•e•lpt$ 87,175 17.793 101968 139.302 A3 Paym¢nts EouipnEllt RÈWITS M3intfjn8nce Food and Bèvèfa9a- Aeiivity Costa Staft rernuneiabon Mobile and Tebphone Iniemel IT 8xp8nses MaTkeung ar Publiuty In8urane8 Equipmeni Hire and Fu Admin and Mkscellanpgus Exp9DSg5 Rent and Ottupalion Cosis 554 3,334 47.ZQ1 450 816 168 1,013 4.352 1,971 20.U82 80.341 1.419 1.973 1.813 4,172 58.872 541 775 759 994 5.050 S,926 25,578 104,478 14158 61.359 816 1,013 4.555 3,060 21.2M 97,9e 203 1,489 378 17.147 Sub total A4 A55et and investfflent urchases. (see table) Sub total Total payments 80,341 17,647 104.478 Net of recelpts/(payments) AS Tran$fers t>etween funils A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this ènd 6.834 145 6.980 34.824 42.070 48,905 14,430 14,576 56,$01 63,481 21.677 56,501

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestrlcted fund5 to TrleSt £ Restricted fund$ lo ar•t e Endowment fund$ lo n•arMI£ C.?logorics 81 Cash funds Cash al bwk 48,905 14.S76 Total Cash lund$ 48,905 14,576 14w¢¢bgIarKg$thl&pLsY payr Unrestrlcted funds to nle•t Restrlcted funds Endowm¢nt funds Details to n•arqst£ B2 Other monetary a$$ets Fund to whlch A•t bBID ¢yrr•n1val• lon Details Co*t (OPOnI1) B3 InY•stm•iit assats Fund to whlch Details Shelvi Co#t ltytlon•ll cunI valu• 84 As$èt$ r&tainod for the charity's own use Unresliiclg KltchFn Extrèetor Unresliicied Van Unrestti¢ied Fund to whlch r•lats• unt due Wh•n Details B5 Llabllltl•s zaa• Signed by one or Iruslees on b9half of all tho trustoes Da¢e of rtsvèl Signa¢urè Print Naffle 15 21

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report lo the trusto981 mombers of House of Bread On accounts for the year ended 3110812021 Charity no lif any) 1155425 Sel out on pages ID iii¢.'IiJ(fg. th8 ntsmtJ.Ar< lil &iildinnal I report lo the Iruslees on my examination of the accounts of th6 above charity ("the Trust") for the year ended 31108 12021. Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are rest)onsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 Ilhe Act"). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in ¢8rrying out my examination. I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145{5llb} of the Act. 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.. accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do nol accord with the accounting records Independent examinerfs statement I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable 8 proper un¢erslanding of lle accounts lo be reached. Slgned: Date: 0910212021 Nama.. r Christopher Dryer Relevant professional qualifi¢ation(s) or body Ilf any): ICAEW Address: 16 Dewsbury Crescent Stafford ST18 OYW IER October 2018

Section 8 Disclosure Only complete If the examiner needs lo highlight matters of concern (see CC32. Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). Give here brief details of any items that the gxaminer wishgs to disclose. IER October 2018