NANTWICH FOOD BANK Charitable Incorporated Organisation Registered Charity Number 1156950
REPORT & ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
NANTWICH FOOD BANK
Charitable Incorporated Organisation Registered Charity Number 1156950
Year ended 31 March 2025
Trustees Phil Boxhall Alan Brown Claire Flynn Jamie Hull Sue Pritchard Anna Bates (appointed 19 February 2025)
Project Manager Damien Gear Administation Assistant Caroline Brown (until December 2024)
Address Stapeley House London Road NANTWICH CW5 7JW
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 2025
We have been a valued member of the Trussell Trust food bank network since our formation in 2012 supporting the mission for the UK of “Ending hunger together”. Our purposes as set out in our Constitution are the relief of poverty in Nantwich and the surrounding areas in particular but not exclusively by providing emergency food supplies to individuals and families in need and/or charities or other organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty.
We are grateful to the people and businesses of Nantwich and surrounding areas for providing emergency food supplies for us to help individuals and families in need. The collection points in local supermarkets provided 78% of supplies donated (2024: 73%) with the balance coming in from schools, churches, individuals and businesses. An additional quantity of supplies were purchased as necessary to cover shortages.
In the year to 31 March 2025 we issued 1,353 food parcels (2024: 1,734) equivalent to 28,000 meals and helped 250 households (2024; 307) comprising 832 adults (2024: 1,033) and 521 children (2024: 701). In addition at Christmas 2024 we provided parcels for 407 (Christmas 2023: 501) people of whom 218 (Christmas 2023: 188) were children.
As in the previous year there has been a reduction in the number of people referred to us. The number of individual households helped fell by 19%. However, households that had never visited us before made up 45% of referrals although overall referrals were down by 13%. Food Banks in adjoining areas have also seen a reduction while numbers have increased in other areas of the country.
There has been a diminution of donations of 14% which has matched the reduction in food parcels. Where we have an excess of particular items we are able to pass them on to other Trussell Trust Food Banks as well as to St Paul’s Pantry, Lighthouse, Chance Changing Lives and Motherwell so nothing goes to waste.
Clients are referred to us by as many as 58 different agencies including Citizens Advice, Nantwich Library, all the local schools and colleges, Cheshire East Council and other organisations dealing with substance abuse, domestic abuse, mental health and homelessness. Client’s needs are identified so that they can be signposted to agencies able to help them resolve their difficulties. Dietary requirements are identified so that the appropriate food is given and waste is
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NANTWICH FOOD BANK
Charitable Incorporated Organisation Registered Charity Number 1156950
reduced as far as possible. We are able to issue fresh vegetables, bread and eggs in our food parcels which is greatly appreciated.
The Trustees have received training from outside agencies on Safeguarding and GDPR and continue to review and refine Governance procedures. Volunteers have received training in Health and Safety and goods handling as required. We are exploring improved systems and processes for supporting volunteers in the management and monitoring of donations received and issued.
The Trustees confirm that they have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit when reviewing the charity's aims and objectives and in planning future activities.
Acknowledgements
The Trustees are grateful to the 56 hard-working volunteers without whom the Food Bank could not operate.
The Trustees are indebted to Boot Property , our landlord, whose generous support enables the operation to run smoothly.
The Trustees express their Special Thanks
To Nantwich Town Council for their ongoing financial support.
To Nantwich Library for holding emergency parcels for us and acting as a location where clients can collect their food parcels.
To Sainsburys, Morrisons, Tesco, Co-op (Stapeley), Nationwide Building Society and Marks & Spencer for allowing us to collect donations at their premises and for taking collections for us through the year.
To all the Churches locally for supporting us financially and with donations, for providing premises, and for ongoing prayer support.
To St Mary’s Church office, St Anne’s Catholic Church and Nationwide Building Society for providing collecting points.
To the Nantwich Food Festival Committee for organising the Reverse Advent Calendar drop and go.
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NANTWICH FOOD BANK
Charitable Incorporated Organisation Registered Charity Number 1156950
To local Schools for remembering us at Harvest Festival.
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 including:
Ableworld (Mike Williams) Nantwich Film Club Applewood Independent Nantwich Food Festival Audlem Methodist Chapel Nantwich Methodist Church Baddiley Consolidated Charities Nantwich Sequence Dances Bridgemere & District WI Nantwich Town Council (Mayor’s Charity) Brindley & Fadley Parish Council Rotary Club of Nantwich Broomhall & Sound Methodist Church St Mary’s Wistaston Bunbury Parish Council Unsworth Sugden (David Walton Homes) Nantwich Christadelphians Wybunbury PCC
And apologies to any we have omitted.
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Charitable Incorporated Organisation
NANTWICH FOOD BANK
Registered Charity Number 1156950
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT For the Year ended 31 March 2025
| £ 2,400 6,500 70,014 4,312 2,500 1,984 1,693 89,403 24,788 17,000 1,747 19,390 580 2,135 29 693 1,174 640 50 2,825 1,415 60 72,526 16,877 151,415 £168,292 Previous Year ended 31 March 2024 |
Income Grants received Grants for Specific Purposes Donations Gift Aid Refund Trussell Trust Fundraising Interest received Expenditure Salaries Warehouse Rent Delivery Van Food and Other Supplies Telephone Postage Insurances Equipment Fees and Suscriptions Volunteers Travel & Subsistence Sundry Expenses Training Bank Charges Net Movement in Funds Balance of Funds at 1 April 2024 Balance of Funds at 31 March 2025 Printing, Stationery & Computer Supplies |
Notes 1 2 3 4 5 |
£ 1,000 0 51,016 67 1,870 1,719 2,011 Unrestricted Funds |
£ 1,000 0 51,016 67 1,870 1,719 2,011 Unrestricted Funds |
£ Restricted Funds |
£ Restricted Funds |
Total £ 1,000 0 51,016 67 1,870 1,719 2,011 |
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| 57,683 | 0 | 57,683 | ||||||
| 21,967 18,000 1,739 11,256 435 2,678 0 749 12,543 940 0 843 1,015 60 |
2,466 | 21,967 18,000 1,739 13,722 435 2,678 0 749 12,543 940 0 843 1,015 60 |
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| 72,225 | 2,466 | 74,691 | ||||||
| (14,542) 165,826 |
(2,466) 2,466 |
(17,008) 168,292 |
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| £151,284 | £0 £151,284 |
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NANTWICH FOOD BANK Charitable Incorporated Organisation Registered Charity Number 1156950 BALANCE SHEET Imar 02 31 March 2024 168,292 Bank & Cash &ilances 151.284 £168,292 £151,284 Represented by: 114.449 21,377 Balance brought forward Surplusl(Deficit)for the Year Increase of Reserve Fund Balan carried forward 135,826 (14,542) (30,CQO) 91.284 135,826 8alance at 31 March 2024 Transfer from Accumulated Fund 30,0(KI 60.(K)O Emergency IAfjnter Fuel Fund Cheshire East Grant 2.457 £168.292 £151.284 Fixed Assets for Charity Use Office Equipment Storeroom Equipment Delivery Van Access Ramp Access road Surfa stats'lisation Banners 2,296 8,303 13.750 6,591 8,974 13,750 6,591 11,072 £30,940 £43,358 The notes on page 7 lorm pan of Ihese accounts The Trustees dedare that they have approved the Trustees. Repcyt ( Pages i 10 3 arKI the Accounts and Notes on Pages 5 to 7. Signed on behalf of the Trustees Claire Flynn rUSlee) Date: Alan Br crreasurer)
NANTWICH FOOD BANK
Charitable Incorporated Organisation Registered Charity Number 1156950
Notes to the Accounts for the Year ended 31 March 2025
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1 During the year the Food Bank received a grant from Nantwich Town Council.
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2 Grants for Specific Purposes (Restricted Funds) The grants for specific purposes have been fully utilised during the year. Last year we received from grants to provide low value supermarket gift vouchers from the Julia and Hans Rausing Trust and from Storengy Limited. In the year under review these have been provided from other donations received.
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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.
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4 Sue Pritchard, who is a Trustee, is a part owner of the premises where the Food Bank supplies are stored.
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5 Delivery Van
The running costs of the van for the year cover fuel, maintenance and insurance.
- 6 Reserve
The Trustees have set a policy of maintaining unrestricted reserves roughly equivalent to one year’s expenditure. This is 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. The amount was increased after the previous year end from £30,000 to £60,000. It is held in a dedicated account with the Charities Aid Foundation.
- 7 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, St Anne’s Catholic Church, Nationwide Building Society and Sainsburys, Morrisons and Marks & Spencer 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.
- 8 The stock situation at 31 March 2025 is set out here:
| Quantity Supplies received in the Year 35,617 kilograms Items distributed in the Year 38,157 kilograms Stock held at 31 March 2025 4,401 kilograms |
Value £93,673 £100,353 £11,565 |
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