## **Ledbury Food Bank**
## **Annual report 2023**
2023 has proved to be even more challenging than the previous year and has again been the busiest year in the history of the food bank.
Some statistics:
By the end of October 2023 we had exceeded the total number of visitors that we had in 2022. It is entirely possible that by the end of 2023 we shall exceed the total number of visitors for 2019,2020 and 2021 combined.
We are supporting approximately 150 different households every month. We have had more than 110 new households seek our support this year already and we have supported more than 300 households this year.
In 2021 we spent approximately £21,000 on food, in 2022 it was about £54,000 and in the year ended 31[st] October 2023 we spent more than £73,000.
Notwithstanding these figures we have managed to maintain our financial position.
The Lead Team have continued to innovate and develop our services.
We are working in partnership with Herefordshire Council as a Talk Community Hub and have had more than £50,000 in Household Support Fund grants which have been used to fund our two Citizens Advice workers for 12 months and to purchase supermarket vouchers to distribute to those in need. This funding is part of the Government’s support for the most deprived households.
The long lease of the second unit, adjacent to the food bank was completed earlier this year. We are developing the services that can be provided by other organisations from the unit. Turning Point (the local drugs and alcohol support charity), MIND, Ledbury Refugee Support and AgeUK are regular users of the unit. We are hoping to secure funding to improve the property and create a Super Hub through a grant from Herefordshire Council although this stream of funding is in doubt following a change in the administration at County Hall following May’s local elections. We shall look to other sources to realise this ambition if necessary.
The work of the food bank is made possible by the generosity of donors, personal, charitable and from local businesses. We are incredibly grateful for all of the support we receive in both financial and food donations.
Ledbury Food Bank is run entirely by volunteers. We have a team of approximately 80 people who help with our work. The increase in the volume of visitors, the nature of the work and the increasing stress that this can cause makes the work of volunteers ever more challenging. We are extremely fortunate to have such dedicated people working for us.
It is difficult to see that there will be a reduction in demand over the next year and this Winter could be even more challenging than last year. Inflation may be easing but that is of scant consolation to those on fixed incomes, particularly as the evidence suggests that food inflation is proving more difficult to reduce.
We shall continue to deliver our services in the best way we can and look to develop relationships with other organisations to support those who come to us for help.
20[th] November 2023
## **Ledbury Food Bank Statement of Financial Activities (Income & Expense)**
## **November 1, 2022 to October 31, 2023 (compared to November 1, 2021 to October 31, 2022)**
|_Income_
Income and Endowments
**Total Income**
_Expenses_
Expenditure
**Total Expenses**
**Net Resource Movement**
**Net Movement in Funds**
**Total Funds Brought Forward**
**Total Funds Carried Forward**|**Unrestricted**
126,528|**Restricted**
85,242|**Endowment**|**Total**
211,770|**Prior Total**
74,422|**Difference**
137,348|**% Change**
185%|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**126,528**
111,889|**85,242**
49,298|**0**|**211,770**
161,187|**74,422**
91,689|**137,348**
69,498|**185%**
76%|
||**111,889**|**49,298**|**0**|**161,187**|**91,689**|**69,498**|**76%**|
||**14,639**|**35,944**|**0**|**50,583**|**-17,267**|**67,850**||
||**14,639**|**35,944**|**0**|**50,583**|**-17,267**|**67,850**||
||**54,356**|**-25**|**0**|**54,332**|**71,384**|**-17,053**|**-24%**|
||**68,995**|**35,919**|**0**|**104,914**|**54,117**|**50,797**|**94%**|
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**Ledbury Food Bank Income & Expense - Detail November 1, 2022 to October 31, 2023**
## _Income_
|Income and Endowments
Corporate donations
Corporate Donations
Grants received
Household support income
HSF4 Income
Income from Donations and Legacies
Donations for use of Premises
Gift Aid Received
Gift Aid donations
Non Gift Aid Donations
Other donations
Paypal donations
Investment Income
Interest Received
Other income
**Total Income**
_Expenses_
Expenditure
Charitable Activities
Charity Management & Administration
Citizens advice
Food Purchases
Eggs (Gurney)
Fruit and Veg
Other Food Supplies
Other Supermarkets
Sainsbury
Household support
Other Expenditure
**Total Expenses**
**Operating Profit/(Loss)**
**Total Other Income/(Expenses)**|29,868
21,150
49,771
35,471
40
11,763
26,562
17,540
2,730
15,047
1,576
252|
|---|---|
||**211,770**
31,418
12,609
2,895
14,242
999
1,515
54,514
42,780
214|
||**161,187**|
||**50,583**|
||**0**|
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**Ledbury Food Bank Income & Expense - Detail November 1, 2022 to October 31, 2023**
**Net Profit/(Loss)**
**50,583**
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## **Ledbury Food Bank Charity Commission Registration Number 1159727 Balance Sheet - Comparative As at October 31, 2023**
|_Current Assets_
Cash At Bank And In Hand
**Net Assets**
_Funds & Reserves_
Restricted Funds
Unrestricted General Funds
_Other_
Suspense Account
**Funds Provided**|**31 Oct 2023**|**31 Oct 2022**|
|---|---|---|
||104,914|54,332|
||**104,914**
35,919
68,995
0|**54,332**
-25
54,356
0|
||**104,914**|**54,332**|
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CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examiner's
report on the accounts
Section A
Independent Examiners Report
Report to tho trusteesl
mombers of
Ledbury Food Bank
On accounts for tho year
ended
31 $1 October 2023
Charity no
(rf any)
1159727
Set out on pagos
14
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity Ilhe Trusl'} for the year ended 3111012023.
Responsibilities and As the charity Irustees of the Trust. you are responsible for the preparation
basis of report of the accounts in accordan wilh the requirements of the Charities Act
2011 ("the Act-).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trusl's accounts carried out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examination, I
have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145(5Xbl of the Act.
I have completed my examination. I confimi that no malerial matters have
come lo my attention (other than that disclosed below ') in connection with
the examination which gtves me IUSe to believe that in. any material
respect:
accounting records were not kept in accordan with section 130 of
the Act or
the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
Independent
examinerfs statement
I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection
with the examinalion to which attention should be drawn in order lo enable
proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
' Please delete the words in the brackets rflhey do not apply.
Slgned:
(a I
Date:
I" February 2024
Name:
Luke Keegan
Relevant professional
qualification{sl or body
(rf any):
Associate Member, Chartered Institute of Management Accountsnts
Address:
Greendawn Accounting Limited
1A The Homend, Ledbury, HefOrdShIre, HR8 1BN