## Batley Food Bank
Charity number 1157520
Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 30 September 2021
## Batley Food Bank
Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 30 September 2021
|**Contents**|**Page**|
|---|---|
|Trustees' report|2 to 3|
|Examiner's report|4|
|Receipts and payments account|5|
|Statement of assets and liabilities|6|
|Notes to the accounts|7 to 8|
**Prepared by West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO**
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## Batley Food Bank
## Trustees' report for the year ended 30 September 2021
## **Reference and administrative details of the charity, its trustees and advisors**
The trustees during the financial year and up to and including the date the report was approved were: **Name Position Dates**
**Name Position Dates** Catherine Pinder Chair Tracey Race Secretary Wendy Russell Treasurer Caroline Jones Helen Wilde Bilal Mayat Resigned 4 February 2021 Barbara Martin **Charity number** 1157520 Registered in England and Wales **Registered and principal address Bankers** Town Hall Annexe Lloyds Bank plc Co-operative Bank Batley 75 Commercial Street 47 Low Lane WF17 5DT Batley Batley WF17 5EQ WF17 9EY **Independent examiner** Helen Galvin FCCA **West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO** Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW
## **Structure, governance and management**
The charity is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) formed on 18 June 2014 and governed by a foundation constitution adopted on 18 June 2014.
## **Method of recruitment and appointment of trustees**
The trustees of the charity are appointed by the members at the AGM.
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## Batley Food Bank
## Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 30 September 2021
## **Objectives and activities**
## **The charity's objects**
To alleviate the effects of food poverty and specifically to create and operate a food bank for the people of Batley and its environs.
## **The charity's main activities**
Operating a food bank providing emergency food aid to people resident in an area of the North Kirklees local authority area covering Batley, Heckmondwike, Cleckheaton, Liversedge, Birstall and Birkenshaw, along with parts of Dewsbury including Mirfield.
## **Public benefit statement**
In setting our objectives and planning our activities our Trustees have given serious consideration to the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit and in particular alleviating the effects of food poverty in our local area.
## **Achievements and performance**
Usage of the food bank is increasing month on month as more people are affected by cost-of-living pressures. The food bank operates to assist people at a time of crisis and provide a safety net until their personal circumstances improve. The sheer increase of service users demonstrates the need for and the benefit of our service.
## **Financial review**
The net receipts for the year were £25,381, which were all on unrestricted funds.
Covid 19 has had a significant impact on the food bank as we have had to move to a predominantly delivery service. Referrals have increased month on month, and it is expected that this trend will continue.
Thankfully donations have continued, and we have been able to apply for funding to support a delivery driver on a short-term contract. Long term the food bank is planning to return to collections for most of the clients.
The long-term viability of the food bank has yet to be determined and our organisation is seeking advice from experts to assess the way forward long-term.
At the time of signing these accounts the charity has been impacted by the global Covid-19 virus. The trustees have reassessed the charity’s ability to continue for at least 12 months from the date that the accounts are approved and conclude that no material uncertainties exist that cast significant doubt on the charity's ability to meet its liabilities as they fall due.
## **Reserves policy**
The charity's free reserves at the year end were £102,512.
We do not have a formal reserves policy though this is under discussion.
Signed on behalf of the board of trustees on 01/06/2022
C. Pinder (Trustee)
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## Batley Food Bank
## Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Batley Food Bank
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the CIO for the year ended 30 September 2021, which are set out on pages 5 to 8.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity trustees of the CIO you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act').
I report in respect of my examination of the CIO's accounts as carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act. In carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1 accounting records were not kept in respect of the CIO as required by section 130 of the Act; or 2 the accounts do not accord with those records.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed: …………………………………… Name: Helen Galvin FCCA
01/06/2022
## **West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO**
Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW
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## Batley Food Bank
## Receipts and payments account
## for the year ended 30 September 2021
|Notes
**Receipts**
Grants and donations
(2)
**Total receipts**
**Payments**
Salaries NI and pensions
Food and consumables stock
Freelance workers
Telephone
Insurance
Stationery
Equipment
Subscriptions
IT services
Repairs and maintenance
Bank charges
Fixtures and fittings
Volunteer expenses
Training
Professional fees
Moving expenses
Rent and utilities
**Total payments**
**Net income**
**Fund balances brought forward**
**Fund balances carried forward**|2021
Total
funds
£
106,177
106,177
15,592
46,428
2,693
1,927
435
103
2,763
159
794
5
-
-
135
2,304
1,658
400
5,400
80,796
25,381
77,131
102,512|2020
Total
funds
£
78,297
78,297
-
12,950
7,232
1,872
240
713
383
61
1,007
143
10
1,240
-
-
-
-
-
25,851
52,446
24,685
77,131|
|---|---|---|
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## Batley Food Bank
|Statement of assets and liabilities
as at 30 September 2021
**Cash funds**
Cash at bank
Cash in hand
**Total cash funds**
**Amounts owed to the charity**
HMRC - overpayment
Prepaid rent and utilities
**Assets retained for the charity's own use**
Catering fridge and two upright fridges
Three chest freezers and one upright freezer
Computer tower, keyboard and monitor
Two printers
Shelving units
Two office desks
Henry vacuum cleaner
**Liabilities**
Independent examination
Pension costs|2021
Total
£
102,389
123
102,512
£
267
3,600
3,867
£
540
41
581|2020
Total
£
76,946
185
77,131|
|---|---|---|
The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees on 01/06/2022
C. Pinder (Trustee)
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## Batley Food Bank
## Notes to the accounts
## for the year ended 30 September 2021
## **1 Accounting policies**
## **Basis of accounting**
The trustees have taken advantage of section 133 of the Charities Act 2011 and have prepared the accounts on a receipts and payments basis.
There has been no change to the accounting policies since last year.
No changes have been made to the accounts for previous years.
## **Taxation**
As a charity the organisation benefits from rates relief and is generally exempt from income tax and capital gains tax but not from VAT. Irrecoverable VAT is included in the cost of those items to which it relates.
## **Fund accounting**
All the funds of the CIO are unrestricted which are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity.
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## Batley Food Bank
## Notes to the accounts continued
## for the year ended 30 September 2021
|**Grants and donations**
Kirklees Council
Freemasonary & Lieutenanices Partnership Fund
Independent Food Aid Network (IFAN)
One Community
Rockstar Games donation
Donations|2021
Total
funds
£
60,262
2,000
-
-
-
43,915
106,177|2020
Total
funds
£
13,685
-
100
10,000
20,000
34,512
78,297|
|---|---|---|
## **2 Grants and donations**
## **3 Related party transactions**
## **Trustee expenses**
No trustee received any expenses during this year or the previous year.
## **Other transactions with trustees or related parties**
|**Other transactions with trustees or related parties**
Anna Russell
Wendy Russell
Trustee
Consultancy work
**Name of trustee**
**Relationship to**
**Description of transaction**
Daughter of trustee
Administration work done as
freelance worker and then
as an employee|2021
£
13,801
315
14,116|2020
£
6,086
-
6,086|
|---|---|---|
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