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NANTWICH FOOD BANK Charitable Incorporated Organisation Registered Charity Number 1156950

REPORT & ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

NANTWICH FOOD BANK

Charitable Incorporated Organisation Registered Charity Number 1156950

Year ended 31 March 2023

Trustees Alan Brown David Emery (resigned 31 March 2023) Ceris Esplen Norman Jones Sue Pritchard Diana Taylor Garry Wareham (resigned 17 August 2022) Phil Boxhall (appointed 14 September 2022) Claire Flynn (appointed 14 September 2022) Tom Kennedy (appointed 14 September 2022) Colin Norman (appointed 17 November 2022) Project Manager Damien Gear Storeroom Manager Emily Vaughan Administation Assistant Caroline Brown Address: Market Street Church Market Street NANTWICH CW5 5DG Independent Examiner: Afford Bond Holdings Limited 31 Wellington Road Nantwich Cheshire CW5 7ED

NANTWICH FOOD BANK

Charitable Incorporated Organisation Registered Charity Number 1156950

Report of the Trustees for the Year ended 31 March 2023

The Nantwich Food Bank started in 2012 for the relief of poverty in Nantwich and the surrounding areas in particular by providing emergency food supplies to individuals and families in need. In the year under review we supported 2,220 people comprising 1,237 adults and 983 children issuing 50 tonnes of supplies principally in Nantwich, Audlem, Bunbury and Wrenbury. This was an increase of 26% over the preceding year and 14% up on pre-pandemic numbers. There has been an increase in first-time referrals and in the number of children fed. In addition to standard parcels we supplied 133 emergency boxes. Requests on behalf of clients were received from 51 referring agencies during the year.

We have spent £17,150 (2022 £10,521) on additional items for our parcels which included £6,220 (2022 £3,008) for fresh produce so that clients regularly receive bread, eggs, fruit and vegetables as well as dry and tinned goods and toiletries. Items for small children including nappies are provided as required. We have also introduced occasional Aldi shopping vouchers so that families and individuals can choose items more suitable to their needs. The vouchers do not allow the purchase of tobacco, alcohol or lottery tickets.

At Christmas we provided gifts for the guests who attended the Christmas Day lunch organised by Churches Together in Nantwich and to residents at the YMCA and clients of the Probation Service. We also distributed Christmas parcels to families nominated by the agencies that we work with.

The governance of the Food Bank is under under regular review and we have developed a long-term strategy. We have a full range of operating policies which are regularly reviewed and kept up-to-date. The Trustees confirm that they have had regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit.

We have over fifty volunteers. All the volunteers who have interaction with clients have had DBS checks.

All our Trustees are volunteers with a variety of skills. Following advertising locally we have been successful in recruiting four new trustees to extend the competency of the board. We have adopted a 3 Year corporate plan and the Trustees have received training from an external provider.

We are grateful for the contribution over the years made by our retiring Trustees, David Emery and Garry Wareham.

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NANTWICH FOOD BANK

Charitable Incorporated Organisation Registered Charity Number 1156950

Acknowledgements

The Trustees are grateful to the wonderful volunteers without whom the Food Bank could not operate. We acknowledge the dedication and hard work of our Project Manager, Damien Gear, our Storeroom Manager, Emily Vaughan and Caroline Brown our administration assistant.

The Trustees are indebted to Boot Property , our landlord, who gives us unstinting and generous support.

We continue to be humbled by the generosity of local individuals and businesses donating money and food and hygiene supplies which enables us to help the people of Nantwich and surrounding areas.

Special Thanks

To all the Churches locally for supporting us financially, for being collection points and as well as ongoing prayer support.

To the Nantwich Churchwardens’ Merged Charity for their generous financial support.

To Nantwich Town Council for their ongoing financial support.

To the Julia and Hans Rausing Trust for funding the Aldi shopping vouchers.

We thank Sainsburys, Morrisons, Tesco, Co-op (Stapeley) and M & S for allowing us to collect donations at their stores and for taking collections for us through the year.

We are also grateful to the Nationwide Building Society branch in Nantwich who operate a collection point for food and financial donations for us.

To Afford Bond for undertaking the scrutiny of the Accounts.

To the many local groups who raised funds for us and to the businesses for generous financial support

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NANTWICH FOOD BANK

Charitable Incorporated Organisation

Registered Charity Number 1156950

RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT For the Year ended 31 March 2023

£ 5,000 500 61,135 0 1,660 706 8 69,009 20,671 10,520 2,211 10,521 618 4,712 325 1,699 0 310 689 1,173 0 1,644 2,409 57,502 11,507 119,193 £130,700 Previous Year ended 31 March 2022	Notes Income Grants received 1 Grants for Specific Purposes 2 Donations Gift Aid Refund Trussell Trust 3 Fundraising Interest received Expenditure Salaries Warehouse Rent 4 Delivery Van 5 Food and Other Supplies Fuel Poverty Support 2 CAB Debt Counsellor Telephone Postage Insurances Equipment Fees and Suscriptions Volunteers Travel & Subsistence Sundry Expenses Restricted Funds repaid 6 Net Movement in Funds Balance of Funds at 1 April 2022 Balance of Funds at 31 March 2023 Printing, Stationery & Computer Supplies		£ 5,000 60,412 5,155 1,414 1,171 441 Unrestricted Funds	£ 5,000 60,412 5,155 1,414 1,171 441 Unrestricted Funds	£ 6,500 Restricted Funds	£ 6,500 Restricted Funds	Total £ 5,000 6,500 60,412 5,155 1,414 1,171 441
				73,593		6,500	80,093
				20,928 12,000 2,094 17,150 433 2,101 11 365 619 877 13 640		2,000 147 0	20,928 12,000 2,094 19,150 147 0 433 2,101 11 365 619 877 13 640 0
				57,231		2,147	59,378
				16,362 128,087		4,353 2,613	20,715 130,700
			£144,449			£6,966 £151,415

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NANTWICH FOOD BANK Charitable Incorporated Organisation Registered Charity Number 1156950 BALANCE HEET 31 March 2 31 March 2022 Notes 130,700 Bank & Cash Balance5 151,415 £130.700 £151,415 Represented by.. 79.615 18,472 98,087 30,OCIJ Bdance brought forward Surplus lor the Year Bdance carried forward 98.087 16.362 114.449 Julia and Hans Rausing Fund Emergency Wnier Fuel Fund Cheshire Easi grant 156 2,457 2,457 6,966 £130,700 £151,415 Fixed Assets for Chanty Use Office Equipment Storeroom Equiwenl Delivery Van Ac￿sS Ramp 1.314 8.106 13,750 6.591 £29,761 1.813 8.106 13.750 6.591 £30.260 The notes on pages 6 fom) pan of ihese accourns The Trustees declare that they have approved the Trustees. Repon on Pages l and 2 and the Accounts and Notes on Pages 4 to 6. Signed on behalf of the Trustees Ceris Esplen (frustee) Alan Brown (T<ureT) Date- 28 September 2023 Page 5

NANTWICH FOOD BANK

Charitable Incorporated Organisation Registered Charity Number 1156950

Notes to the Accounts for the Year ended 31 March 2023

• 1 During the year the Food Bank received grants from Nantwich Town Council and the Nantwich Churchwardens’ Merged Charity.

• 2 Grants for Specific Purposes (Restricted Funds) Grants to provide low value supermarket gift vouchers in food parcels have been obtained from the Julia and Hans Rausing Trust.

There is a small balance remaining in the Emergency Winter Fuel Fund. The grant from Cheshire East Council towards the provision of debt counselling was only partly disbursed before the scheme was closed. We are holding the balance of £2,457 and have contacted the Council about refunding the amount.

• 3 The Trussell Trust Each Foodbank in the Trussell Trust network is allocated a proportion of the financial donations given by partner supermarkets based on the weight of donations collected in their stores. In our case this relates to collections at Tesco, Crewe.

• 4 Sue Pritchard, who is a Trustee, is a part owner of the premises where the Food Bank supplies are stored.

• 5 Delivery Van

The running costs of the van for the year cover fuel, maintenance and insurance.

• 6 Restricted Funds repaid (2022) The unspent amount of the Trussell Trust ASDA Grant to provide debt counselling amounting to £2,409 was repaid to the Trussell Trust.

• 7 Reserve

• The Trustees have created a reserve fund in view of the irregularity of the Charity's income and the time needed to take action if income should fall below requirements and to allow an orderly winding-up of the Charity should sources of income cease. It is held in a dedicated account with the Charities Aid Foundation.

• 10 Donations in Kind

We continue to be supported by the people of Nantwich and district who donate food and toiletries through the collecting boxes at St Mary’s Church office, Nationwide Building Society and Sainsburys and Morrisons supermarkets in the town, at the Co-op in Stapeley and at Tesco supermarket in Crewe. Schools, churches, community groups and local companies also provide donations for us in both cash and kind. We are grateful for the cash donations which enable us to buy supplies to cover shortages as they occur. We have been able to help neighbouring food banks by donating items that were in surplus in our storeroom.

11.The stock situation at 31 March 2023 is set out here:

Quantity Supplies received in the Year 51,578 kilograms Items distributed in the Year 50,875 kilograms Stock held at 31 March 2023 7,432 kilograms	Value £122,240 £122,944 £17,614

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