2022-03-31-accounts - Tipton Food Bank

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Report ofthe Trustees
Independent Examiner's	Report
Statement ofFinancial Activities
Balance Sheet
Notes tothe Financial Statements		5	to 9

COMPARATIVES FORTHE STATEMENT OFFINANCIAL ACTIVITIES	COMPARATIVES FORTHE STATEMENT OFFINANCIAL ACTIVITIES	COMPARATIVES FORTHE STATEMENT OFFINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total
	fund	fund	funds
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM
Donations and legacies	6,894		6,894
EXPENDITURE ON
Charitable activities
Food purchases	697		726
Grants to other food banks	2,000		2,000
Other	1,717		1,717
Total	4,414	29	4,443
NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)	2,480	(29)	2,451
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Total funds brought forward	13,605	29	13,634
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED
FORWARD	16,085		16,085

		SORP reference
Summary ofthe purposes ofthe charity as set out in its governing document		Para 1.17	TO RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP PRIMARILY AMONG PEOPLE LIVING OR WORKING IN SANDWELL, DUDLEY,
			WOLVERHAIIPTON AND WALSALL IN
			THE WEST IIIDLANDS MAINLY BY
			PROVIDING SUCH PERSONS WITH
			FOOD WHICH THEY COULD NOT
			OTHERWISE AFFORD THROUGH LACK
			OF MEANS
Summary ofthe main activities in relation to those purposes for the		Para 1.1?and 1.19	WE OFFER FREE FOOD TO THOSE WHO ARE IN POVERTY OR NEED VIA A VOUCHER BASEDSYSTEM WHERE
public benefit, in			VOUCHER-HOLDING AGENCIES
particular, the activities,			ASSESSNEED AND ISSUE
projects orservices			ACCORDINGLY. VOUCHERS, WHEN
identified in the accounts.			PRESENTED TO THE FOOD BANK, WILL
			ENTITLE THE CLIENT TO 3DAYS OF
			FOOD. THIS CAN BEDONE 3TIIIES.WE
			ALSO SIGNPOST AND OFFER
			ADVOCACY IN RELATION TO DEBT
			COUNSELLING AND RELIEF.
Statement confirming		Para 1.18	WE HOLD REGULAR TRUSTEE
whether the trustees	have		MEETINGS AND ATTEMPT ALWAYS TO
had regard to the			MONITOR ACHIEVMENT AND KNOW
guidance issued by the			THAT WE ARE ACTING WITHIN THE
Charity Commission	on		REIIIT OF OUR CHARITABLE STATUS.
ublic benefit

				Para 1.38
Contribution	made by
volunteers
Other
Achieveme	nt	s	and Performance
				SORP reference
					Volumes and numbers ofpeople
					attending the food bank was back to
					normal annual averages around August
Summary ofthe main achievements ofthe				Para 1.20	2021,showing that both would exceed the normal annual total by around 20%.
charity, identifying the
difference the		charity's			The trustees agreed that the food bank
work has made			to the		should open an extra day and sourced
circumstances			ofits		volunteers for opening on INonday,
beneficiaries		and any			Tuesday and Friday each week.
wider benefits		to society
as a whole.					Demand across the network offood
					banks was very high. The Trustees
					agreed to a monetary gift to another
					food bank to help purchase food.
					Issues and receipts offood and non-
					food items has remained at historically
					high levels and will continue well into
					2022 at the same levels.

Achievements against	Para 1.41
objectives set
Performance offundraising activities against objectives	Para 1.41
set
Investment performance	Para 1,41
against objectives

Financial Review
Review ofthe charity's	Para 1.21	The Charity has sufficient reserves to
financial position at the end ofthe riod		meet its current obligations.
Statement explaining the policy for holding	Para 1.22	We do not have a specific policy on reserves
reserves stating why they
are held
Amount ofreserves held	Para 1.22	No s cific olic
Reasons for holding zero	Para 1.22	Not applicable
reserves
Details offund materially in deficit	Para 1.24	Not applicable
Explanation ofany uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern	Para 1.23	There is no uncertainty about the charity going forward. The Trustees agree that the charity is a going concern looking twelve months forward. There is no cash
		concern.

Description ofcharity's
trusts:
Type ofgoverning	Para 1.25	Foundation	Ilodel Constitution
document
How is the charity	Para 1.25	CIO
constituted?
Trustee selection methods including details ofany constitutional provisions e.g.election to post or name ofany person or	Para 1.25	Apart from the first charity trustees, every trustee must be appointed for a term ofthree years by a resolution passed ata properly convened meeting ofthe charity trustees.
body entitled to appoint one or more trustees		In selecting individuals for appointment as charity trustees, the charity trustees
		must have regard to skills, knowledge
		and experience needed		forthe effective
		administration	ofthe CIO
Additional information (optional)
You ma choose to include further statements		where relevant	about:
Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction	Para 1.51
and training oftrustees
The charity's organisational
structure and any wider	Para 1.51
network with which the
charity works
Relationship with any related	Para 1.51
parties
Other

ame	s ofthe charity trus	tees who manage t	he charity
	Trustee name	Office (ifany)	Dates acted ifnot forwhole ear	Name to a	ofperson (or body) entitled int trustee ifan
	Mr Michael Peter	Trustee and
	Reynolds	Chair
	Mr Peter Harold	Trustees and
	Bradley	Treasurer
	Mr John Spencer	Trustees 8
	Blewitt	Secretary
	Mrs Heather	Trustee
	Pearce
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20

Co rate trustees —names ofthe directors at the date the re ort was a	roved
Director name
NONE

Trustee	name	Dates	acted	ifnot	for	whole	ear
NONE

Names an	d addresses ofadv	isers (Optional information)
Type of	Name	Address
adviser
Name of	chief executive or names ofsenior staff members		(Optional	information)