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||||||2023|2022|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total|
||||fund|fund|funds|funds|
|||Notes|||||
|INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM|||||||
|Donations
and legacies|||4,315||4,315|8,497|
|EXPENDITURE ON|||||||
|Charitable
activities|||||||
|Food purchases
Grants to other food banks|||6,880||6,880|3,156
4,000|
|Other|||1,817||1,817|1,435|
|Total|||8,697||8,697|8,591|
|NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)|||(4,382)||(4,382)|(94)|
|RECONCILIATION|OFFUNDS||||||
|Total funds brought forward|||15,991||15,991|16,085|
|TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD|||11,609||11,609|15,991|
|||||2023|2022|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total|
|||fund|fund|funds|funds|
||Notes|||||
|CURRENT ASSETS||||||
|Cash atbank and in hand||11,609||11,609|15,991|
|NET CURRENT ASSETS||11,609||11,609|15,991|
|TOTAL ASSETSLESSCURRENT||||||
|LIABILITIES||11,609||11,609|15,991|
|NET ASSETS||11,609||11,609|15,991|
|FUNDS||||||
|Unrestricted
funds||||11,609|15,991|
|TOTAL FUNDS||||11,609|15,991|
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|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|8,497||8,497|
|EXPENDITURE ON||||
|Charitable
activities||||
|Food purchases|3,156||3,156|
|Grants to other food banks|4,000||4,000|
|Other|1,435||1,435|
|Total|8,591||8,591|
|NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)|(94)||(94)|
|RECONCILIATION
OFFUNDS||||
|Total funds brought
forward|16,085||16,085|
|TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED||||
|FORWARD|15,991||15,991|
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|MOVEMEN||T IN FUNDS|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||||Net||
||||||||movement|At|
|||||||At 1.4.22|in funds|31.3.23|
|Unrestricted||funds|||||||
|General fund||||||15,991|(4,382)|11,609|
|TOTAL FUNDS||||||15,991|(4,382)|11,609|
|Net movement||in funds, included|||in the above are as follows:||||
|||||||Incoming|Resources|Movement|
|||||||resources|expended|in funds|
|Unrestricted||funds|||||||
|General fund||||||4,315|(8,697)|(4,382)|
|TOTAL FUNDS||||||4,315|(8,697)|(4,382)|
|Comparatives||for movement||in|funds||||
||||||||Net||
||||||||movement|At|
|||||||At 1.4.21|in funds|31.3.22|
|Unrestricted||funds|||||||
|General fund||||||16,085|(94)|15,991|
|TOTAL FUNDS||||||16,085|(94)|15,991|
|Comparative|net movement||in|funds, included in the above are||as follows:|||
|||||||Incoming|Resources|Movement|
|||||||resources|expended|in funds|
|Unrestricted||funds|||||||
|General fund||||||8,497|(8,591)|(94)|
|TOTAL FUNDS||||||8,497|(8,591)|(94)|
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||||Net||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||||movement|At|
|||At 1.4.21|in funds|31.3.23|
|Unrestricted|funds||||
|General fund||16,085|(4,476)|11,609|
|TOTAL FUNDS||16,085|(4,476)|11,609|
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|||Incoming|Resources|Movement|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||resources|expended|in funds|
|Unrestricted|funds||||
|General fund||12,812|(17,288)|(4,476)|
|TOTAL FUNDS||12,812|(17,288)|(4,476)|
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|||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|---|
|Summary ofthe purposes
ofthe charity as set out in||Para 1.1?|TO RELIEVE FINANCIAL
HARDSHIP
PRIMARILY AMONG PEOPLE LIVING OR|
|its governing
document|||WORKING
IN SANDWELL, DUDLEY,|
||||WOLVERHAMPTON
AND WALSALL IN|
||||THE WEST MIDLANDS
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 BASED SYSTEMWHERE|
|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 TO3DAYS OF|
||||FOOD. THIS CAN BEDONE 3TIMES.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||INEETINGS AND ATTEMPT ALWAYS TO|
|had regard to the|||IIONITOR ACHIEVMENT
AND KNOW|
|guidance issued by the|||THAT WE ARE ACTING WITHIN THE|
|Charity Commission|on||REMIT OF OUR CHARITABLE STATUS.|
|ublic benefit||||
|Additional||information|information|{optional)|{optional)|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|You ma|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||||||||
|Achieveme|n|ts||and Performance||||
||||||SORP reference|||
|||||||Driven by the accelerating
inflation|rate,|
|||||||we have seen a 57%jump in demand
food and non-food items.|for|
|Summary ofthe main
achievements
ofthe|||||Para 1.20|Simultaneously
we have seen a
decrease
in the donations
received;|we|
|charity, identifying
the
difference the charity's
work has made to the||||||presume because purchases
are now
more expensive, so donors buy fewer
items.||
|circumstances|||ofits|||The future looks evermore to be an||
|beneficiaries
wider benefits||and any
to society||||increasing
cycle ofinflation
and
demand
at foodbanks.||
|as awhole.||||||The trustees took the decision to||
|||||||purchase
food from Asda during Jan||
|||||||2021 to fill the deficit in donations
and||
|||||||this continued
through
the year 2022-||
|||||||2023.Purchase offood increased||
|||||||significantly
affecting the cash balance||
|||||||and the situation
continues.||
|||||||We have noticed that there isa marked||
|||||||change
in circumstances
in client||
|||||||resilience;
many present with an||
|||||||underlying
debt problem,
which||
|||||||threatens
to lead to other dire||
|||||||consequences.||
|||||||lNost serious ofall we have seen an||
|||||||increase
in women who have been||
|||||||abused attending
the food bank —an||
|||||||increase ofover 40%.||
|||||||Also, in the year, we have seen an influx||
|||||||oflegal refugees who have no status|to|
|||||||receive state benefits.||
|||||||All in all, this was avery busy and||
|||||||worrying
year and things do not look||
|||||||bright on the horizon.||
|||||||As a team, we are very proud ofour||
|||||||efforts to combat many ofthe||
|||||||devastating
changes
in our community.||
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|Achievements
against|
|---|
|objectives set|
|Performance
offundraising|
|activities against objectives|
|set|
|Investment
performance|
|against objectives|
|Other|
|Financial
Review|||
|---|---|---|
|Review ofthe charity's|Para 1.21|The Charity has sufficient reserves to|
|financial
position at the
end ofthe
eriod||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 ecific
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.|
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|Description
ofcharity's|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|trusts:|||||||
|Type of governing|Para 1.25|Foundation
Model Constitution|||||
|document|||||||
|How is the charity|Para 1.25|CIO|||||
|constituted?|||||||
|Trustee selection methods|Para 1.25|Apart from the first||charity trustees,|||
|including
details ofany
constitutional
provisions
e.g.election to post or
name ofany person or||every trustee must be appointed
for a
term ofthree years by a resolution
passed at a properly
convened
meeting
ofthe charity trustees.|||||
|body entitled to appoint||In selecting
individuals|||for appointment||
|one or more trustees||as charity trustees,||the charity trustees|||
|||must have regard to skills, knowledge|||||
|||and experience needed|||for the 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|||||||
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|ames|ofthe charity trus|tees who manage t|he charity||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Trustee name|Office (ifany)|Dates acted ifnot for whole
ear|Name
toa|ofperson (or body) entitled
int trustee
ifan||
||Mr Michael Peter|Trustee and|||||
||Reynolds|Chair|||||
||Mr Peter Harold|Trustees and|||||
||Bradley|Treasurer|||||
|3|Mr John Spencer
Blewitt|Trustees 8
Secretary|||||
|4|Mrs Heather
Pearce|Trustee|||||
|5|||||||
|6|||||||
|7|||||||
|8|||||||
|9|||||||
|10|||||||
|11|||||||
|12|||||||
|13|||||||
|14|||||||
|15|||||||
|16|||||||
|17|||||||
|18|||||||
|19|||||||
|20|||||||
|ame o|ftrustees
holdi|ng
title to prope|rty
b|elongi|ng|to the|ch|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Trustee|name|Dates|acted|ifnot|for|whole|ear|
|NONE||||||||
|Funds held as custodian|Funds held as custodian|trustees on behalf ofothers|
|---|---|---|
|Description
ofthe assets||NOT APPLICABLE|
|held
in this capacity|||
|Name and objects ofthe||NOT APPLICABLE|
|charity on whose behalf|the||
|assets are held and how|this||
|falls within the custodian|||
|charity's objects|||
|Details ofarrangements|for|NOT APPLICABLE|
|safe custody and|||
|segregation
ofsuch assets|||
|from the charity's
own|||
|assets|||
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|Names an|d addresses ofadv|isers
(Optional
information)|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Type of|Name|Address|||
|adviser|||||
|Name of|chief executive or names ofsenior staff members||(Optional|information)|
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