## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 01/08/23 Period start date To 31/7/24 Period end date** **Charity name: CHEDDAR VALLEY PLUS** **Charity registration number: 1157959** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**The prevention of relief of poverty in the**
**Cheddar Valley and the surrounding**
**area, in particular, but not exclusively,**
**by providing emergency food supplies**
**to individuals in need.**| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**Provision of food parcels (food plus**
**additional toiletries and/or household**
**cleaning products where needed) food**
**vouchers and Christmas vouchers, for**
**people in need in the Cheddar Valley**
**and surrounding area, a radius of 8**
**miles**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees have had regard to the**
**guidance issued by the Charity**
**Commission on public benefit.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference| |---|---| ||Para 1.38| |Policy on grant making|| ||Para 1.38| |Policy on social investment|| |including program related|| |investment|| ||Para 1.38| |Contribution made by|| |volunteers|| Other ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**893 food parcels were distributed in this**
**financial year. Demand for food parcels**
**continues due to the significant**
**increase in the cost of living. In**
**addition, supermarket vouchers were**
**issued to families for Christmas Food.**
**The foodbank worked closely with**
**several local agencies, schools, medical**
**centres, and Village Agent to ensure**
**that local people in need could obtain**
**food parcels. emergencies. Talks to**
**schools and local voluntary**
**organisations about the work of the**
**foodbank were undertaken.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**There has been a decrease in the**
**number of donations from the general**
**public due to the current economic**
**climate which is also reflected in a 28%**
**fall in monetary donations.**
**However, the foodbank remains in a**
**good financial position to be able to**
**continue to support the significantly**
**increased number of clients.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**An amount is held in reserve to cater for**
**any major unexpected events that could**
**affect the foodbank. This sum also**
**covers rent, utilities, and purchase of**
**additional food stock.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£12,000**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**Not applicable**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**Not applicable**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**There are currently no uncertainties**
**about the charity continuing as a going**
**concern.**| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**No actual fundraising has taken place**
**however, we have received a number of**
**donations from local charities, local**
**businesses and individuals.**| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**The principal risk to the charity would**
**be any long-term significant reduction in**
**financial donations received.**| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Charitable Incorporated Organisation**
**(CIO)**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Election to post**| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Cheddar Valley Plus| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1157959| |Charity’s principal address|Tamarisk, Round Oak Road, Cheddar, Somerset, BS27 3BN| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
2
3
4
5
6|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Elaine Reynolds|Treasurer||||Trustees/CIO| ||Penelope Cooke|Secretary||||Trustees/CIO| ||Katherine Bishop|Trustee||||Trustees/CIO| ||Nigel Lakin|SafeguardingOfficer||||Trustees/CIO| ||PhilipHolden|Trustee||||Trustees/CIO| ||Julie Morris|SafeguardingOfficer||||Trustees/CIO| ||Corporate trustees– names of||the directors at the date thereportwas approved|||| ||**Director name**|||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of Name Address adviser Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** P A COOKE **Full name(s)** Penelope Ann Cooke **Position (eg Secretary,** Secretary **Chair, etc) Date** 28 February 2025 |**CC16a**
01/08/2023
31/07/2024
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~~ee ee ee ee_~~| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||||| ||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted**
**funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**||**Total funds**||**Last year**|| ||**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**|| |**A1 Receipts**||||||||||| |Donations, Trusts & Local Giving|**33,031**||**-**||**-**||**33,031**||**45,576**|| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|_(Gross income for_
_AR)_**33,031**||**-**||**-**||**33,031**||**45,576**|| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total receipts_ 33,031**
**-**
**-**
**33,031**
**45,576**
~~——_————~~||||||||||| |**A3 Payments**||||||||||| |Unit Rents|**4,528**||**-**||**-**||**4,528**||**4,500**|| |Insurance|**255**||**-**||**-**||**255**||**241**|| |Food & food voucherpurchases|**37,956**||**-**||**-**||**37,956**||**30,193**|| |Subscription, Stationeryand Telephone|**699**||**-**||**-**||**699**||**540**|| |Sundries|**326**||**-**||**-**||**326**||**417**|| |Water & Electricity|**613**||**-**||**-**||**613**||**550**|| |Unit Maintenenace|**3,136**||**-**||**-**||**3,136**||**-**|| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| |**_Sub total_ **|**47,513**||**-**||**-**||**47,513**||**36,441**|| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total payments_ 47,513**
**-**
**-**
**47,513**
**36,441**
~~—__—_———~~||||||||||| |**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|**- 14,482**
**-**
**- - 14,482**
**9,135**
**-**
**- -**
**-**
**-**
**45,718**
**- -**
**45,718**
**36,583**
**31,236**
**-**
**- 31,236**
**45,718**
~~SSS$]~~|||||||||| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 04/02/2025 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
**Details**
**Details**
Bank Account
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||**31,236**||**-**||**-**| |||**-**||**-**||**-**| |||**-**||**-**||**-**| |||**31,236**||**-**||**-**| |||||||OK| |||||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**When due**
**(optional)**| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||Date of
approval| |||||||| |||||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 04/02/2025 2 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of Cheddar Valley Plus On accounts for the year ended 3110712024 Charity no (if any) 1157959 Set out on pages CC16A I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity ("the Trust") for the year ended Responslbilitles and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basls of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ("the Act") I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention (other than that disclosed below ') in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect.. accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records Independent examiner's statement I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. Signed: Date: Name: Gerald Cox Relevant professional qualification{s) or body (Sf any): FCCA Address: Ripple Farm Henton BA51PD Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts.. directions and guidance for examiners). IER October 2018 Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. IER October 2018