R•port ofthoTn*•u •nd UMudlt•d Anandal St•t•m•nt8 forth• yrend 31rt D•c4rnb•r 1025
Cheadle & Dtstrlrt Foodb4nk Indexto the Flnandol Statements forthe Year Ended 3tst December 2025 Independent Examlners Report Recelpts and Payments Account ststement of Assets and Uabllltles
Cheadle & Dlstrkt Foodbank Trustees Report For the Yelr Ended 3111 Oecembw 2025 Trustees present thelr report wlth the flnanclal statements of the company for the year ended 31" December 2025. Name: theadle & Dlstrlct Foodbank Stttus: Charftable Incorporated Or8anlsatlon Charlty Number. 1156477 Addrnss: Gulkl Hall. Tape Stree¢ Cheadle. Staffordshlre STIO IBG Contact Address: 15 Wlndmlll Drtve, Marthln8ton, Uttoxeter, Stsffordshlre sr14 8JP AccountsnL. Rlce & Co Umltrf Chartered Accountants 148 Market Pl8¢e, Uttoxeter, Staffordshlre, sr14 8HP Trustees $eNlng dur1 the yearwere as follows: Dlane Whlts {Chalrpersonl Heather B)tes Andrew Cartar Dorothy-Ann Sherratt Robert Sunderland Anthony Whlte The organlsatlon Is • charltsble Incorporated or8anls•tk*n and Is govemed by Its constltutlon dated 8th January 2014 as updatsd 14th May 2021. Trustees are appolnted by volunteers expresslng an Interest In the advertlsed posltlon. Followlng an Intervlew, obtalnlnA refereKes and a voluntsry trlal perlod, a ¥ots Is tsken at a meetlng of the Trustee& Rlskstatsment The Trustees malntsln a reBlster of the major rlsks to whlch the organlsatlon ts exposed. Thls reglster Is revlewed annually. Systems are In place to mltlgate any rlsk$ as far a$ Is posslble, wlthln practlcal and financlal coThstralnts. Pa8e I
Cheadle & Dlstrlct Foodbank Forthe Yr Ended 31# Oewnber2025 The general obJectlves for the organlsatlon are to collect and dlstrlbute food Items to those In need vla a voucher referral system as dlctsted ty the Trussell TrusL Vouchers are Issued by referfal a8encles whlch subscrlbe to the Trussell Trust operating model. In Settl our objectlves and plannlng our actlvltles. the Trustees have glvén careful consideratlon to the Charlty Commtsslon's general 8uldance on public benefiL No charge Is made to cllents for the f¢)od Item5 provlded. The organlsatlon Is afflllated to the Trussell Trust whl¢h operates a voucher referral system for glvlng outfood to those In need. The actlvltles and achlevements durlnq the year are as follows: The provlsion of aY ernergenry food parcels contsinin8 drled and tlnned food to cllents Identlfled In need. We are wholfy rellant upon donatlons. elther finandal or foOdluChe Durlng 2025 we: Fed in excess of 609 peopk. o Fulfilled 309 fijod VouCr& o Welcomed cllents who were referred by some of the 68 agencles. Locally we have been able to Increase the number of servlce provlders offerfng foodbank vouchers and have therefore Increased the numbers glven. prlmarlly due to the economic sltuation. This has resulted In fewer Instsnces of food poverty. provlslon of a slgnpostlng support seNlce to help dlents try and Improve the clrcumstances that have led to the need for emer8ency fi)od provlslon. Durlng 2022 we were successful In obtslnlng fundlng from the Trussell Trust for a tWQuyear proje¢ delfvered In partnershlp wlth Leek & Olstrfrt Foodbank and atlzens Advlce, to support cllents In maThaglng thelr flnanclal sltuatlon. Thls project cornmenced In Decernber 2022 and further fundlng was obtalned durfng 2023 to allow the projert to be extended by a further two years. Thls fundlng ceases in May 26. Our plans forthe future are slmple: To contlnue to provlde our exlstlng servke. ensurlng we have sufficlent food donatlons to do thls and therefore nOne In the area we serve goes hungry. To obtsln fundlnB to continue with the flnanclal Induslon seThlce to provlde IrKome and debt-management advlce to as many cllents as p055lble. Wlth the support of Cltlzens Advlce self4undln& we have now In a posltlon to contlnu• offerlng the servlce wlthout foodbank fundlng untll November 26. We have also been successful In obtalnlnB a match fundlng grant from the Tru55ell Trust for a further 12 Page 2
Cheadle & Dlstilrt Foadbank Forthe Yqw Ended 31" Da1)¢r 2025 months. Durln8 thh tlme we shall (ontlnue to pursue other fundln8 Oplxlrtunltles to se¢ure a longer-temi future for our cllent flnandal support *postlng seThlc¢. Flnanclal donatlons recelved durln8 the year lor food parcels decreased to £14,571 from £10 In 202& Costs Inueased to £1576 compared to £16525, r•sultln8 In In unrejtrlcted defftlt of £¥003 12024- £4,352 surplus). Durlng 2025 we recelved re5trfcted flnandal Induslon yants of £49.428 {2024- £74y61 to add to the unspent balance at 3111 D•¢•mber 2024 of £49.803. Costs of £69,052 (2024 - £56.3941 w•rn Incurred, leavln8 a bill¢ to b• spent In 2026 of £30,179. Cash funds at 3111 Decemlxr 2025 ¥rnounted to £nA22, spIIt between restrlcted funds of £30.179 •nd unrertrlrted funds of £47,243. It Is th• Trust•rfs •lm to malntsln reser¥w •t a level to •nsur• fundlng requlr•ments for the forthcomlni y•ar can be met and to s•fe8u•rd the oryanlmtlon lylnst unforeseen clrcumstsnus. Approved by th• Board of Trustees on: ........ .. . . ... And slqned on Its behalf by Page 3
We have exaffllntd the r•celpts and payments accourrt statement of ass•ts ind Ilabllltles on p•8es 5 and& The ¢harliVs tNstees aFe responslble for the preparailon of the accounts. The charftr<s trustees conslder that an audit Is not reQuIr for th15 year under secllon 14412) of the Charlttes Act 2011 (the 2011 Art) and that an Ind•pendent examlnatlon ts needed. It ts oui responslbSlltyta: • examlne the accounts (under s¢¢tlon 145 ofthe 2011 Act): • to follow the procqdures lald down In the Genernl Dlrectbns thn by the CrIty Cwmlsslon und•r 5ertion 14515)Ib) ol the 2011 Art; and • to state whether rtkUlar matters hm c¢me to owattentkl Bath of 1ndlndtt •xamlners stst•ment Our examlnatlon was carrled out In accwdance wth Gen•rnl Dlrectlons 8lven by the Chlrfty Commlsslon•rs. An examlnatlon Includes a TleW of the a¢untIng records kept by the drIty and comparlson of the accounts presented wlth those records. It also Indudes conslderatlon of any unusu•l Items or dlsclosures In the accounts, and ekIng explamtlons from the trustees COemInI any guth matters. The FYocedure$ undertaken do rt provld• •U th¢ evldence that w)uld b• requlred In an aud nd consequentty no oplnlon Is Blvon as to whether the accounts present a tru¢ Ind falr vlew and tho report Is Ilmlted toth05• mrtters set out kn th• slatsment b•lty. In connectk)n wlth our exaffllnakn, no mateflal matters have u¥ne to our •ttMtlon whkh us cause to bdlev• that In, any materlal respecL. the accountln8 Tecords w•re not kept In KcordarKe wlth sectlon 130 of the crft5eS Ac¢" or • the Kcounts dld not accord wtth the a¢¢ounthg r•cords; or the accounts dld not comply wlth the applkabh fequlrements Concern1 the fomi and content of accounts set out In the Charliles (Accounts and Reports) Re8ulatlons 21)08 other than any requlrement that the accounts 8lve a 'true and falf vlew whlth Is not a mattor consldered as part of •n Indepwd•nt examlnk•n. We have no concerns arKI have mme auoss no other matters In connectlon wlth the examlnatlon to whlch attentlon should be drawn In thls report In order to enable a proper understandlng of the accountsto be reached. Matthew Glbbs FCA For and on behalf af Rk• & Co Llmlt•d Chartered Ac¢ountsnts 14A Market Pl•ce Uttcxeter stsfftirdshlre sr14 8HP Pap4
Clwdle & Dlslrfrt Foodbank Receipts and Paym* Acc4wnt forthe Year Ended 3tst Decwnber 2025 unrest Restrtrted Total Funds Funds Funds 2025 T•Xal nds 2024 Rttelpts Grants and donatlons 8ank Interest recelved 14,571 302 49,428 63,999 302 95,423 Totsl rttdpts 14A73 49A28 64.301 95,423 Insurance Statlonery Room hlre 118 52 3,599 996 118 52 399 996 175 171 3.160 776 12 125 rr equipment Donatlons Trussell Twstgrant payments to Leek and Dlstrict Foodbank Chrlstmas meawmeat vouchers Hnanthal incluslon project costs Sundrles Iso 7A54 L198 70.248 1,113 4A52 1?72 60.846 1,230 1.198 1,196 1.113 69,052 15,876 69.052 84.928 72,919 Exce95 01 recelpts owr payments ft¥r the ythr IL003) 119,624) {20.6271 22,504 Openln8 cash funds 48,246 49003 98,049 75.545 Ck>shw95h funds 47.243 30,179 77,422 98,049 These flnandal statsments have been prepared on a recelpts and payments bas1& Page 5
Cheadle & Dlstrlct Foodbank * 3tst Dacembor 2025 Unrestrf¢t¢d Rejtrlcted Funds FUMIS 2025 Total Funds Funds Cash funds Cash at bank Cash In hand 4676 267 30.179 77,155 267 96,856 1,193 Total cash funds 47,243 30,179 98,049 Uawlfths Trade and other credltors 4.945 Approved by the Board of Trustses on.. and signed on Its behalf by Dlane Ite Page 6