## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date 01 09 2024 31 08 2025 **From To** ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** House of Bread (HoB) **Other names charity is known by** **Registered charity number (if any)** 1155425 **Charity's principal address** Unit 1B Romford Rd Stafford **Postcode** ST16 3DZ ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** ||1
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**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |||Chris Knight|Chair||| |||Peter Barrow|||| |||Ron Davis|Treasurer||| |||Lydia Price|||| |||David Haig-
Ferguson||Appointed 15/10/24|| |||Franzi Herring||Left 25/03/2025|| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| |||**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)** March **2012** **TAR** 1 **Type of adviser Name Address** ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** Will Morris - Director ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Appointed by trustee body Trustee selection methods (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** - Policies – we continued to make use of Trustee expertise for policy - You **may choose** to include development. We have a rolling programme to ensure all our policies - additional information, where are up to date and fit for purpose - relevant, about:  policies and procedures  Organisational Structure – we regularly review our structure. During adopted for the induction and this period, we employed a part-time senior case worker to take a training of trustees; lead on casework and support our volunteer case workers - the charity’s organisational  We have continued to develop good relationships with other - structure and any wider network with which the organisations in both the public sector and other charities serving the charity works; needs of our friends and they often hold drop-in clinics on our premises. - relationship with any related parties;  Major risks are considered at the Trustees’ meeting, and we agree - trustees’ consideration of action to mitigate the risks. Each month we also review any major risks and the system incidents that have occurred and discuss any follow up action and procedures to manage necessary. them. ## **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. March **2012** **TAR** 2 The main access points to HoB services are through our open access cafe which provides regular meals for our friends. We run activities, by invitation only, for those that are vulnerable e.g. Bread Church where participants meet and share together while making two loaves of bread - one for themselves and one to give away. We also provide a food bank, clothes bank and advice and support. 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. March **2012** **TAR** 3 Section D Achievements and performance **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** The HoB continues to successfully help support the homeless and vulnerable in Stafford and surrounding areas, making a real difference to people’s lives. We not only provide practical support in terms of food and clothing but build trust with our friends and are able to journey with them in getting the support from the statutory agencies they need to give them opportunity to get back on their feet. This year has continued to see the development of partnerships. This has included our local statutory providers and related charity partners. We have continued to discuss and progress a partnership with the charity Turning Point and a local NHS Trust by providing a Crisis Cafe with the aim of reducing A&E attendances. We have also entered into a service agreement with Waythrough charity to provide support to their local tenants. The ongoing partnerships and relationships have allowed us to deliver more help at the point of crisis and develop casework support. However, the number of friends who we support has also increased, stretching our services. We are also aware of the heavy demands placed on statutory providers’ already pressurised provision, which then impacts on the charity. The building of resilience within the organisation has continued to be a major focus providing greater assurance to the trustee body and building on the lived experience of our 15 years. March **2012** **TAR** 4 ## **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** None ## **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 – 51% Grants – 29% Fundraising activities – 9% Traded services – 8% Gift Aid – 2% - **Our main expenditure was** : Staff – 49% Rent and occupation costs - 17% Equipment hire and fuel costs – 15% - investment policy and objectives including any House of Bread is a charity which relies on the amazing generosity and ethical investment policy commitment of the community to meet our aims. 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)** March **2012** **TAR** 5 Date 2210612026 TAR Maich 2012 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Hou$0 of Bread 115S42S Recei ts and ments accounts CC16a Forthe period fro To 0110912024 31m812025 Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricl•d fvnds Restricted fund¥ Endowm*nt fvnd$ toth• n•ar•¥tÉ Total funds Last y•ar toth• n•or05t £ trtth•n8ar•st£ to th1n9a￿t£ totho M•rest£ A1 Re¢el ts Dortation5 62.263 15,26 111,789 9,949 73A96 31237 35.269 10.709 .9 Fundrni5ing Trjded ser¥lv3 Gift aid rec8ipts 157fj ross income AR) 1111.838 121,￿8 I2#￿25 nves en ¢$, see table . 101,83 o,ooo IZI,BJ 123,O2S A3Pa ents Equipmeni Repair5 ana Malni8n8n6 FoDd and eevetag8-AciFvl Costs Stsff remunerabon Jobile and T81@phtsno Int¢rnet Ènd IT cxp¢rM5 arkettng 2nd Pubb(ity surance EauiDrnÈnl Hirs and FL Admin and mi4(￿11￿n￿￿1LR Fxpons8s Rentdhd 1.000 5.971 84170 555 1.951 450 1,392 19,112 14.190 22.466 131.918 5,971 S3.342 55S 1.951 996 8D,559 477 4,024 2.696 1.20$ 20.678 5.6Q2 2&33S 151,6S9 10.B28 1,392 19,1B2 14.180 22866 121,1190 Sub totsl 1Q,828 A4 Assel and Inv95kn*nt Sub total 121,090 10.82 1JI,91B 151,659 Net of reGeipts/(paymenls) AS Transfers boiwo•n funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end 19,251 9,172 10.079 28,634 65.515 4fj,264 64343 56,204 977 10,000 61,J43 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestrfded Restrl¢t¢d Endowment fundg lo nvdr•st£ Categorie5 fund to n•aMt£ funds to n•ar•51£ B1 Cash funds Cash atbdnk 4213 10.QOO Cash hand 51 Total cash funds 46.264 10.00 (agr•sb*•rn￿i￿ie¢*￿SThJpaYffl￿s ¢¢L￿￿5}I Unres¢rl¢ted fvnds t• n••r•*t£ Re$trl¢ted funds t• nAar4st£ Endowment fvnd¥ Detalls to n•arMt£ Fund towhlch $•t ￿lon Det311s ¢o%tlopdon*ll Cur¥•ntwdlu• onal Fund towhfch •s$qt bqlbn un￿trIcted Detalls ShelwtvJ eoxt{opeonarJ ¥rr•nt¥•l¥¢ onal B4 Assets retained for the chariV$ ¢wn u$& Kftchen Extractor Unreslrkted Vgn UnrestrScted C¢mrneidal Cooker UnreslKted FundtowNGh ountdu• When d D0t?115 •nxl B5 Llabllltles Siqnad byon8 ortsvo trust8&son behalfof all Ihe trus*e$ Dale ol roval SigThature Print Name # # ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ##