## **Trustees’ Annual Report** For the period 1/4/21 – 31/3/22 ## **Contents** A) Reference & Administration Details ............................................................................................ 1 B) Structure, Governance & Management ...................................................................................... 1 C) Objects & Associated Activities .................................................................................................. 2 D) Achievements & Performance .................................................................................................... 3 D1) WAREHOUSING & TRANSPORT OF STOCK .................................................................... 3 D2) STOCK DONATIONS ............................................................................................................ 4 D3) STOCK DISTRIBUTION ........................................................................................................ 5 D4) MORE THAN EMERGENCY FOOD .................................................................................... 12 D5) VOLUNTEER PARTICIPATION .......................................................................................... 14 D6) REFERRAL AGENCY PARTNERSHIPS ............................................................................. 14 E) Financial Review ...................................................................................................................... 15 F) Final Comments from the Chair(s) of Trustees ......................................................................... 17 G) Trustee Declaration .................................................................................................................. 17 ## **Bradford North Foodbank is partnered with:** _Registered Charity Number 1160060 | Registered in England and Wales_ Bradford North Foodbank Trustees’ Annual Report 2022 ## **A) Reference & Administration Details** **Charity Name:** Bradford North Foodbank **Registered Charity Number:** 1160060 **Charity’s principal address:** Unit 12, Newlands House Two, Inspire Bradford Business Park, Bradford, BD10 0JE ## **Charity Trustees for Period of Report:** |**Trustee**
**Name**|**Office**
**_(if any)_**|**Term(s) of Office**|**Appointed / Re-appointed by:**| |---|---|---|---| |Shuna Hartley|Trustee Board
Secretary|24/01/2017 – 23/01/2020
24/01/2020– 23/01/2023|Board of Trustees| |Moira Crotty|Charity Secretary|13/02/2018 – 12/02/2021
13/02/2021 – 12/02/2024|Board of Trustees| |Cheryl Barnes||07/06/2018–06/06/2021|Board of Trustees| |Pete Criddle|Treasurer|15/01/2019 – 14/01/2022
15/01/2022–14/01/2025|Board of Trustees| |Ben Clymo|Acting Chair
_(25/01/22 – 24/07/22)_|04/04/2019 – 03/04/2022
04/04/2022–03/04/2025|Board of Trustees| |Mark Cahill|Chair
_(On sabbatical_
_25/01/22 – 24/07/22)_|20/04/2020 – 19/04/2023|Board of Trustees| |Jackie
Marshall||18/01/2021 – 17/01/2024|Board of Trustees| |Denver
Thompson||25/01/2022 – 24/01/2025|Board of Trustees| _**Summary:** Cheryl Barnes resigned at the end of her first term of office. Pete Criddle and Ben Clymo were reappointed during the year. Denver Thompson was appointed during the year. Mark Cahill was granted a six-month sabbatical for health reasons; Ben Clymo was appointed acting chair during this period._ ## **B) Structure, Governance & Management** Type of governing document: Constitution How the charity is constituted: _(e.g. trust, association, company)_ Trustee selection method: _(e.g. appointed by, elected by)_ Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) Appointed for a term of three years by a resolution passed at a properly convened Trustee Board meeting. The trustees delegate the day-to-day management of the charity to a **Management Team** made up of salaried staff and volunteers who take on leadership or management roles within the charity. For this reporting period, the team was as follows: _Page 1 of 18_ _Registered Charity Number 1160060 | Registered in England and Wales_ Bradford North Foodbank Trustees’ Annual Report 2022 ## **Management Team for 2021 - 2022** ## Salaried Staff |alaried Staff||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |**Name**|**Job Title**|**Hours per Week**|**Start Date**|**End Date**| |Franco Biancardo|Foodbank Manager|25*|16/09/2019|ongoing| |JulieRainer|Signposting Coordinator|12|01/02/2021|31/01/2022| _* increased to 35hpw April-Dec 2020 because of the Covid-19 pandemic_ ## Volunteers with Leadership/Management Roles |**Name**|**Role**| |---|---| |Martin Butterworth|Data Manager & Team Leader at Shipley FBC| |CarolBest|Warehouse Manager&AssociateTeam Leader forStLuke’sFBC| |Linda Gibson|Team Leader at St Luke’s Foodbank Centre (until 31/12/2021)| |Heather Ayrton|Teamleaderat Churchonthe WayFoodbankCentre| |Pete Lambert|Team Leader at Trinity Rawdon Foodbank Centre| |Helen Thomas|Team Leader at Windhill FBC & Christmas Hamper Project| |Sophie Cliff|VolunteerCoordinator| |Shuna Hartley|Christmas Hamper Project Coordinator (& Trustee)| ## **C) Objects & Associated Activities** ## **CHARITABLE OBJECTIVES** To relieve persons in the North of Bradford and the surrounding area that are in financial hardship in such ways as the trustees from time-to-time think fit, in particular, but not exclusively by: - (1) providing emergency food, essential toiletries, and household items to individuals and families in need and / or for distribution by charities or other organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty - (2) such other means, including (but not limited to) the provision of support or signposting to relevant information and other advisory services. ## **ACTIVITIES IN RELATION TO OUR CHARITABLE OBJECTIVES** During the reporting period, the charity interpreted ‘ _the North of Bradford and the surrounding area_ ’ to be: - Bradford: postcodes BD2, BD9, BD10, BD17 and BD18. Also, Allerton in BD15. - Leeds: postcodes LS19 and LS20. Also, the village of Calverley in LS28. ## Summary of the main activities this year: - Provision of emergency food and other essential toiletries / household items - Christmas Hamper Project - Support for other local organisations providing emergency food aid to local people in need. - Covid-19 restrictions continued to affect our ability to offer signposting services. Our foodbank centre pop-up cafes were closed for 11.5 months of the year, so the signposting offered was via a leaflet placed in each food parcel and via the telephone when discussing the provision or delivery of food parcels. _Page 2 of 18_ _Registered Charity Number 1160060 | Registered in England and Wales_ Bradford North Foodbank Trustees’ Annual Report 2022 ## **D) Achievements & Performance** This was our seventh full year in operation. We continue to be part of the national Trussell Trust Foodbank Network. Continued Covid-19 restrictions meant that no part of our service has been audited by the Trussell Trust during 2021-22. Continued Covid-19 prevention measures have also meant that the adaptations to our service during the 2020-2021 year have had to continue. Adaptations included: - _Closure of all our foodbank centre pop-up cafes_ : The foodbank centre team leaders met several times during the year to discuss the possibility of reopening the cafes, but each time decided that the size and layout of our venues meant it was not yet safe for the volunteer team or visiting clients. The cafes finally re-opened in mid-March 2022. The volunteer teams continued to issue food parcels at the main entrance door of each foodbank centre. - _Food-parcel delivery service:_ this continued through most of the year for those genuinely unable to collect their own food parcel. There were occasional gaps in this provision when volunteer delivery drivers were self-isolating or returned to work. - _Use of electronic food vouchers to replace hardcopy vouchers:_ The use of e-vouchers allowed our referral agencies to issue vouchers without meeting their clients in person. E- voucher use will continue going forward for environmental and administrative reasons. Information on our achievements and performance during 2021-2022 can be found under the following headings: D1) Warehousing and transport of stock D2) Stock Donations D3) Stock Distribution D4) More Than Emergency Food (Signposting; Christmas Hamper Project) D5) Volunteer Participation D6) Referral Agency Partnerships ## **D1) WAREHOUSING & TRANSPORT OF STOCK** We continue to base our day-to-day warehouse operations from the workspace unit at Inspire Bradford Business Park. We have an additional warehouse at Albion Mills which is organised for storing long-dated stock and running our annual Christmas Hamper Project. This two-site system is not ideal and the trustees, together with the management team, are looking at alternative warehousing arrangements for the future. The van donated by IFCO in 2018 continues to be an invaluable asset. The pandemic resulted in greatly increased stock donations from supermarkets, which have continued – far more than can be collected in a car. Current economic circumstances mean the demand at each foodbank centre has increased and the van makes the delivery of large restock orders manageable. _Page 3 of 18_ _Registered Charity Number 1160060 | Registered in England and Wales_ Bradford North Foodbank Trustees’ Annual Report 2022 ## **D2) STOCK DONATIONS** Lots of food, though not quite as much as in 2020-2021. The 2021-2022 total for food donated is 57,865kg compared to 68,117kg in 2020-2021. It’s safe to assume this difference relates to the initial response triggered by the Covid pandemic. Recognise this and the commitment behind the latest statistics is impressive. Looking at some detail of donations. - 7 donors gave more than 1,000kg. - These 7 donors are 5 supermarkets and 2 churches (both in Leeds). - Only 3 of the top 7 donors are in Bradford postcodes. - In 2020-2021 there were 12 donors of more than 1,000kg, whereas for 20212022 it is 7. - Supermarkets provided 55% of the total donations, the next largest contributing category was churches with 18% of total. See the pie chart below. - Over 50% of the donated food came from 5 donors, compared to 8 donors last year Our food donor base is very strong. However, we should give attention to our dependency on a small number of donors, particularly supermarkets, by: 1. Expanding or flattening our donor base to reduce dependency. 2. 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Food sources providing
more than 1,000kg 0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000
Morrisons 5LE 8094
Asda Shipley 8032
Morrisons Guiseley 6881
Tesco Covid-19 Fund 3849
Trinity Rawdon 3844
Morrisons Covid-19 Fund 3017
Morrisons Yeadon 2323
Coop Food Saltaire 2321
Inn Churches 2213
Guiseley Baptist Church 1745
Weight in kg
Shipley Baptist Church 1093
(out of 68117kg total)
Tesco Exp. Undercliffe 1054
Thackley Methodist Church 1049
Food sources by donor type
Education 8%
2021
Individuals 3%
Supermarkets Other 5%
56%
Charities 10%
Churches 18%
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_Page 4 of 18_ _Registered Charity Number 1160060 | Registered in England and Wales_ Bradford North Foodbank Trustees’ Annual Report 2022 ## **D3) STOCK DISTRIBUTION** **D3.1 Vouchers and meals provided** - **D3.2 Food donations and how they were used** - **D3.3 Direct distribution to clients of BNFB** - **D3.4 Distribution to other local projects** - **D3.5 Reasons for the issue of food vouchers** - **D3.6 Location of food recipients by Political Ward** **D3.7 Location of food recipients by Postcode** ## **D3.1 Vouchers and Meals Provided** This graph is a small part of the ongoing data for vouchers and meals provided. It intentionally covers the time period of official response to the pandemic, so April 2020 to March 2022. Notice that as the short-term response swung into action our numbers actually dropped. There were alternative sources of food with far fewer questions asked. But then in Spring 2021 the funding of a national response began to be phased out and need for our intervention started to climb. It continues and is now back to pre-pandemic levels and still growing. _Page 5 of 18_ _Registered Charity Number 1160060 | Registered in England and Wales_ Bradford North Foodbank Trustees’ Annual Report 2022 ## **D3.2 Food Donations and How They Were Used** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Food donations and how they were used
KEY
Contribution to warehouse stock 80000
Used within BNFB or destroyed 70000
Donated to other local projects 60000
Distributed to clients
50000
40000
30000
20000
10000
0
2017 2018 2018 2019 2019 2020 2020 2021 2021 2022
-10000
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Explanation (Yes, it’s a little confusing and pandemic influenced) First – look at the height of the columns: - Total height of column = total donations in kg - Slightly down from the previous year but still showing the response to the pandemic. Second – look at the coloured bars inside the columns: - See the _**KEY**_ above for what each colour represents - Most is given to clients: directly (blue), or via other projects (orange). - The remainder is food otherwise used internally and waste (yellow). - That leaves warehouse stock (green), which represents the change in stock level NOT the quantity of food donations or the quantity of food distributed. So, stock levels went up dramatically in 2020-2021 due to pandemic related contributions. _Page 6 of 18_ _Registered Charity Number 1160060 | Registered in England and Wales_ Bradford North Foodbank Trustees’ Annual Report 2022 ## **D3.3 Direct Distribution to Clients of BNFB** - The majority of our food parcels are issued via our foodbank centres: - Church on the Way, BD10, on Mondays - Christchurch Windhill, BD18 2, on Tuesdays - Trinity Rawdon, LS19, on Mondays - Shipley Baptist, BD18 3, on Mondays and Thursdays - St Luke’s Eccleshill, BD2, on Thursdays - The total for each FBC includes both food parcels and “help yourself” products. - A small number of food parcels are issued from our office / main warehouse on days when our foodbank centres are not open. - Christmas hampers and associated food parcels are distributed direct from our secondary warehouse. **----- Start of picture text -----**
St Lukes Eccleshill,
Shipley Baptist, 6229
13104
Foodbank Centres Trinity Rawdon, 855
- kg distributed Warehouse/office/other
2021-2022 FB, 1352
Christchurch
Church on the Way, 8436
Windhill, 4742
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The total Kg distributed for each FBC includes both parcels and “help yourself items”. The total number of vouchers or referrals is slightly down compared to the previous year. However, this is related to the pandemic so nothing that requires a response: **----- Start of picture text -----**
2500
Vouchers fulfilled
2000 2021-2022
1500
1000
500
0
2016 2017 2017 2018 2018 2019 2019 2020 2020 2021 2021 2022
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_Page 7 of 18_ _Registered Charity Number 1160060 | Registered in England and Wales_ Bradford North Foodbank Trustees’ Annual Report 2022 ## **D3.4 Distribution to Other Local Projects** The total donated to other projects during 2021-2022 was 24,916 kg out of the 67,143 kg total food distributed, so 37%, significantly more than the 13.4% donated in the previous year. The huge generosity of people during the covid-19 pandemic meant we were able to offer excess stock to other local projects that were supporting local people in need of emergency food. **----- Start of picture text -----**
Local Projects -
kg of food provided
2021-2022 0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000
Bradford Central FB Trussell Trust 8361
Bradford Metropolitan Council 7553
Bradford Metropolitan F B 2740
Caring for Life 1363
24,916 kg distributed to
Big Swing, Eccleshill (Play Bradford) 980 other local projects
Other organisations 3919
D3.5 Reasons for The Issue of Food Vouchers
The main reasons for people receiving emergency food are the same year on year, as is the
reality of long-term low income creating “chronic crisis”. This year debt has continued to
grow too. One unexpected trend is an increase in “benefit change”, mostly reflecting the
transition to Universal Credit.
Main Crisis Types
50.0
45.0
40.0
35.0
30.0
25.0
20.0
15.0
10.0
5.0
0.0
15-16 16-17 17-18 18-19 19-20 20-21 21-22
Benefit Changes Benefit Delays Low Income Debt Sickness
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The main reasons for people receiving emergency food are the same year on year, as is the reality of long-term low income creating “chronic crisis”. This year debt has continued to grow too. One unexpected trend is an increase in “benefit change”, mostly reflecting the transition to Universal Credit. _Page 8 of 18_ _Registered Charity Number 1160060 | Registered in England and Wales_ Bradford North Foodbank Trustees’ Annual Report 2022 Additionally, this can be presented as pie charts to understand the current causes of crisis: **----- Start of picture text -----**
Benefit Vouchers 2021 - 2022
Benefit delays Main cause of Crisis
13% Debt
changes
10%
13%
Homeless
Sickness 1%
8%
no recourse to
public funds
1%
Low income Domestic
52% violence
Others 1%
1%
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Vouchers 2021 - 2022
with "low income" split up into secondary crisis types
Debt
Benefit delays 11%
14%
Earning and
benefits
2% Benefit changes
Homeless
15% Sickness
1%
9%
Earning
and no
no recourse to
benefit
public funds
s Benefits only, no Low 1%
1% income, no
earnings
detail
33%
Domestic violence
given
1%
11%
Others
1%
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_Page 9 of 18_ _Registered Charity Number 1160060 | Registered in England and Wales_ Bradford North Foodbank Trustees’ Annual Report 2022 **D3.6 Location of Food Recipients by Political Ward** **In the table below the map** , it is interesting to note the changes in the ratio of _adults fed : children fed_ compared to 20-21 ^ _indicates an increase compared to last year_ Voucher numbers have reduced in some key wards. This is most likely to be because alternative sources of emergency food are available (e.g. community centres) in these wards. It is not due to a reduction in overall need for emergency food. |**Ward**||**2021 - 2022**|**2021 - 2022**|_Previous Year (20-21)_|_Previous Year (20-21)_|_Previous Year (20-21)_| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**Vouchers**|**People**
**Fed**|**Ratio**
**Adults:Children**|_Vouchers_|_People_
_Fed_|_Ratio_
_Adults:Children_| |Eccleshill|326|979|47:53^|480|1514|49:51| |Windhill &
Wrose|343 ^|716 ^|67:33^|324|656|73:27| |Shipley|301 ^|541 ^|69:31^|274|528|74:26| |Bolton
&
Undercliffe|152|349|64:36|185|467|57:43| |Idle
&
Thackley|157|385 ^|59:41^|184|357|65:35| |Otley
&
Yeadon|124|395|53:47|132|437|49:51| |Heaton|121 ^|255|70^:30|119|319|53:47| _Page 10 of 18_ _Registered Charity Number 1160060 | Registered in England and Wales_ Bradford North Foodbank Trustees’ Annual Report 2022 ## **D3.7 Location of Food Recipients by Postcode** Postcodes covered by Bradford North Foodbank: - Bradford postcode areas: BD2 BD9 BD10 BD17 BD18 & Allerton in BD15 - Leeds postcode areas: LS19 LS20 & Calverley in LS28 This map confirms that, as in previous years, people living in our three core postcode areas (BD2 BD10 and BD18) continue to receive over 75% of our support. _Page 11 of 18_ _Registered Charity Number 1160060 | Registered in England and Wales_ Bradford North Foodbank Trustees’ Annual Report 2022 ## **D4) MORE THAN EMERGENCY FOOD** Yes, we are a foodbank, but we have a variety of extras that mean we offer more than just emergency food parcels – hence the umbrella term ‘more than food’. Helping people keep healthy also encompasses helping people to keep clean, which we do by offering toiletries and household cleaning supplies. When available, we also offer dog and cat food, both to ensure that the meat/fish in the food parcel is eaten by people rather than offered to pets, but also because looking after a pet improves people’s mental health. ## **- D4.1 Signposting Service Users to Additional Support** Pre covid-19, we provided a safe, welcoming pop-up café-style space to sit, slow down and think about how best to tackle the circumstances that led to a food supply emergency. Volunteers were available to listen and offer signposting support. Covid-19 changed all that. Social distancing rules and the health and safety of both clients and our volunteers meant we had to close our foodbank centre cafes in early 2020 and either hand out food parcels at the entrance door or deliver them to the homes of those selfisolating. This situation continued throughout the 2021-22 year. In February 2021, trustees employed a part-time _Signposting Coordinator_ to develop alternative ways to signpost people during the pandemic and afterwards. As a result we have: - Updated all our signposting resources and developed a regular updating programme. - Created a small leaflet giving details of other sources of support, which was initially given out with every food parcel when we were unable to give signposting information during Covid-19. These leaflets have proved very popular and are still being updated and given out. - Reviewed and streamlined the literature used for signposting in the FBC and the warehouse. - Offered training to all volunteers prior to reopening the open access at FBC over 2 sessions. These were attended by over 40 volunteers. Further advanced signposting training has been delivered over 4 sessions to volunteers who are involved with signposting. - Further training will be given by Equality Together in June 2022 as part of the Financial Inclusion Project. - Given information and support to volunteers with challenging signposting queries. ## **D4.2 Financial Inclusion Project** The Trussell Trust has been aware for some years that signposting is insufficient support for many foodbank service users; instead, research shows that advisors on site able to provide immediate support is a better option. In response, the Trussell Trust first appointed area _Financial Inclusion_ officers to advise and support foodbanks in partnering with local advice agencies and second, established a grant scheme to fund such partnerships. _Page 12 of 18_ _Registered Charity Number 1160060 | Registered in England and Wales_ Bradford North Foodbank Trustees’ Annual Report 2022 Starting in autumn 2021, our local Trussell Trust _Financial Inclusion_ officer and our _Area Manager_ have worked with the three Bradford Trussell Trust foodbanks to set-up a threeyear Financial Inclusion Project with a local advice agency (Equality Together) to provide on-site advisors during foodbank centre sessions and a dedicated foodbank telephone referral service for our foodbank service-users. Bradford North foodbank will manage the grant money and liaise with the chosen local advice partner. The project started in late-March 2022, when our foodbank centre pop-up cafes reopened. The project has not been open long enough to provide any statistics for our 2021-22 reporting year. ## **D4.3 Christmas Hamper Project** This is our major annual effort to provide people with limited funds some of the seasonal food and drink that they would not otherwise be able to afford. For the first six years we partnered with the Bradford Cinderella Club _Gift Boxes for Children_ project, so that every child in a household given one of our Christmas Hampers also received a decorated shoebox filled with age-appropriate gifts. However, in 2020, the logistics for the Cinderella Club of making such a large number (487) of gift boxes for just one organisation (our foodbank) led to us agreeing that in future years we would ask referral agencies to contact the Cinderella Club directly to request gift boxes. Our 2021 hamper Project was the first year we operated this system. The advantages are that it has reduced admin and enabling us to make parcels for families earlier in December, which benefits the agencies delivering the parcels. Referral agencies nominate individuals or families for a hamper and, if appropriate, a standard 3-day food parcel to accompany it. As in 2020, we prepared the hampers and accompanying food parcels at our secondary warehouse. We used our van to deliver hampers and food parcels to the referring agencies for them to organise collection or delivery for their service-users. It continues to be a matter of regret that the project has grown to such an extent that the logistics of home delivery are too complicated, with the exception of a few late ‘crisis’ hampers. Both the recipients and the foodbank delivery volunteers appreciated the personal contact provided by home delivery in the early years of the project. **----- Start of picture text -----**
Christmas Hamper Project
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
Christmas Food Food Parcels with
Hampers Hampers
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
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_Page 13 of 18_ _Registered Charity Number 1160060 | Registered in England and Wales_ Bradford North Foodbank Trustees’ Annual Report 2022 ## **Quote from a referral agency that nominated families for Christmas Hampers:** _“I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone at Bradford North Foodbank for the generosity they showed to the families we work with over the Christmas period. My observations of the many families we gave the parcels to was one of being overwhelmed and really appreciative at what is an emotive and difficult time of the year, especially with the pressures that are on all families at this time.”_ [Aireborough Children’s Centre 2019] ## **D5) VOLUNTEER PARTICIPATION** We continue to remain indebted to our wonderful team of volunteers, without whom we would not be able to operate. Since early spring we have been transitioning back to a full volunteer schedule after running a reduced service during the pandemic. At present we have around 80 active volunteers across our foodbank centres, the warehouse and the office, supporting with the running of the centres, stock management, administration and delivery. As we return to normality and transition to operating as we did before the pandemic, a big focus for us has been on upskilling our volunteers and ensuring that they have all of the training needed to support our clients in the best possible way. Since March we have ran a number of training sessions on signposting which have been very well attended, and we are exploring future training opportunities to ensure the service we offer is as good as possible ## **D6) REFERRAL AGENCY PARTNERSHIPS** We currently have a wide range of referral agencies using the services for the foodbank. We have begun a project to review current referral agencies, to increase the number of referral agencies using the e voucher system and to increase the number of active referral agencies. As a result of this almost all the referral agencies are now using the e-referral system and we have registered aver 20 new referral agencies. This is very much an ongoing project which we will continue to prioritise over the coming year. We have continued to develop good relationships with our referral agencies and have been pleased to welcome some agencies to visit the warehouse. In addition, we have attended an event at the job centre which gave us an opportunity to meet with work coaches and clients. Most referrals continue to come from the DWP who are not registered as a referral agent with us, but we have agreed a process for making referrals, which at this time means taking direct phone calls from work coaches. The foodbank manager is in consultation with the DWP and their IT team to look at what needs to be done to make BNFB a trusted partner. _Page 14 of 18_ _Registered Charity Number 1160060 | Registered in England and Wales_ Bradford North Foodbank Trustees’ Annual Report 2022 **----- Start of picture text -----**
Referrals from agencies partnering directly with BNFB
2021-2022
0 50 100 150 200 250
JCP Bradford & Shipley 217
Windhill Advice Centre 173
BNFB Managerial Team 132
Aireborough Childrens Centre 98
BNFB COTW FBC 82
Rockwell Centre 67
Vouchers issued
BNFB Trinity FBC 56
(total 1613)
InCommunities 50
Horton Housing (Stay at Home…) 46
Church on the Way 43
BNFB Shipley Baptist Ch. FBC 25
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## **E) Financial Review** **Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves:** For the 2021-22 financial year our policy was to keep 3 months running costs in unrestricted funds available in a separate ‘reserves’ bank account, together with three month’s payroll costs and a contingency amount (set at £2,500 for the year). The total calculated reserve fund for 2021-22 was £14,922 and it is held at the Cooperative Bank. **Details of any funds materially in deficit:** No funds in deficit ## **The charity’s principal sources of funding this year:** |`o` 200 Club (regular donors)
`o` Donations from Individuals (not 200 Club)
`o` Gift Aid
`o` Churches
`o` Business / Other Groups
`o` Grants – restricted funds*
`o` Fund-raising activities
`o` Misc. (interest, SM top-ups, Utility Fund)
**Income:**|£ 16,101
£ 26,368
£ 7,966
£ 4,310
£ 12,619
£ 52.285
£ 336
£ 2,192
**£121,176^**| |---|---| _* Restricted grants included £41,592 relating to the Financial Inclusion project referenced elsewhere in this report_ _– it is fully grant financed by Trussell Trust with funds for 2022/23 received in March 2022. ^ Variance of £1 due to roundings._ _Page 15 of 18_ _Registered Charity Number 1160060 | Registered in England and Wales_ Bradford North Foodbank Trustees’ Annual Report 2022 **Banking:** accounts continue to be held with Cooperative Bank and Epworth. Deposit interest rates began to rise from early 2022. ## **FINANCE STATEMENT** ## In-kind Donations - _**Newlands Community Association**_ : continues to provide a significant discount towards the rent of our main warehouse in recognition of the support we provide to people living in the Newlands area (BD2 and BD10). - _**Local Churches:**_ Four churches generously provide rent-free accommodation for foodbank distribution centres: _St Luke’s_ in Eccleshill, _Shipley Baptist_ Church, _Church on the Way_ and _Trinity Rawdon_ . _Christ Church Ecumenical Project_ , in Windhill, provides space at a reduced rent. ## Financial Donations - **Regular Donations** _:_ our 200 Club had 117 (2021: 110) members at the end of the year, contributing £16,101 (2021: £12,956) (excluding Gift Aid), which covered 56% (2021: 59%) of our core expenses excluding payroll and capital costs. Continuing to increase our regular donations to cover more of our core costs is a key element in our foodbank’s financial resilience going forward. - **One-off donations:** from individuals, churches, schools, local businesses and community groups: local people and organisations continue to donate generously to our work – many corporate and irregular donors from 2020/21 continue to support us. - **Grants:** we received three Trussell Trust grants in the year – covering additional hours for our paid staff, enhancing volunteer capacity and the Financial Inclusion project. ## Expenses - Our expenses increased by 20% compared with last year. The primary causes of this increase are: - An increase in payroll costs (partially grant funded). - Operating the second warehouse for the full year. - Increased need to purchase food for clients. - Allocating funds to our foodbank centres to improve the service they offer to clients. - - Budget for 2022 2023 - We have sufficient end-of-year funds, regular income and grant funding to prepare a fully funded budget for the next year, including our payroll costs. - A financial plan is in place through to 2025. We are grateful to the Bradford North Methodist Circuit accountant for independently examining our annual accounts at no cost to us. _Page 16 of 18_ _Registered Charity Number 1160060 | Registered in England and Wales_ Bradford North Foodbank Trustees’ Annual Report 2022 ## **F) Final Comments from the Chair(s) of Trustees** There is little doubt that this was an unusual and difficult year. Well-documented external factors have led to increased need for our services, and the organisation has also faced challenges in terms of changing personnel, illness and upheaval. We have ‘weathered the storm’ extremely well and this is only because of our wonderful volunteers and trustees who have gone above and beyond to ensure that we continue to reach the people in need that we care about so much. We are so very grateful for this amazing group of people who give so willingly of their own time, week after week. Thank you to you all. You are such a blessing! Organisationally we are in a stronger position than twelve months ago and, although challenges remain, we are well placed to continue to meet the needs of those needing crisis food support across the North and East of Bradford. Mark Cahill and Ben Clymo – Successive Chair and Acting Chair of the Trustees. ## **G) Trustee Declaration** The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Original signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees: |**Trustee Name**|**Signature**|**Position**
_(Chair / secretary etc.)_|**Date**| |---|---|---|---| |Ben Clymo|**Ben Clymo**|Acting Chair|14/06/2022| |Pete Criddle|**Pete Criddle**|Treasurer|14/06/2022| _Page 17 of 18_ _Registered Charity Number 1160060 | Registered in England and Wales_ Bradford North Foodbank RECEIPTS Codè i-oi Annual Accounts 2021- 2022 Z019-Z020 6.211Ct) 8.416.22 1535.73 7.187.85 1197.92 I￿54.32 149.47 1546.(X) £ 11568.93 38.36 126.4? Z02&2021 12.955_64 51209.78 8.656. 5.745.26 28.891.58 1420.75 2161 16.141.21 20ZI-Z022 J6.IC(1.84 26368.38 7,965.76 4310.12 11618.60 1170.76 94.93 51W57 Doftatlons.. 2000ub Iregulèr d¢norsl DonatlonsfrDm indiwduals I￿￿￿1n8 thexoaubl Glft Ald Reo DunBtlonsfrom churthes Donation5 from other8roupslbusinesse5 SuperrnaretTopup (based on**)8htof S￿ dty)atyonsl FundtsislD8.' collertlort boxes Fundralsin8.' 8r3ntslexdudln8rearfcted A5da fund51 Re5trk%ed Ayja Fwvjs . exanlined by,. . Nl¢¢Sla cakn'erornNcNIA. 1-05 I￿8 Fundralsln8.' online IGhY A5 You livel Fundralslng.. ourevents Fundra151n8'. tertlk retydir Gros5 Interest Emergency Utlllty FuDd 15&74 125.15 IISSO i-ii k12 10.21 2r¥).c 4.92 TQTALREQPTS £ J27.364Ai £ UU75.69 PAYMÉltrs Dera115 Rent Id15COUntedl Se￿tt Char8e Depo$lt5 tes Idls(ountedl Elertrlc Phone & 8madb3nd InsuraTKe Franchlse Dats Prote￿On OIFto Admin Cost5 Offke Equipment PR & Marketing Repairs and MalntenarKe Purthased stockforolrtrfbufjonto fwd wNxheTredp12nts VolunteerExpetb5e5 Employee Eipenses IPayrDIII U5e¢f JoKgeAsdo GrontfvrFB MowespaymlleYperAses' Employee Expenses In￿11) Professlonal Fees Ta%es Capital Co5ts..c￿e Foodbankproyisi Use of smttllAsdo Gr(mtfrDlWIRtsou￿ty 201>2020 4.6fA).(X) I,￿￿.56 2021.Z022 ,661.C I￿￿6 5isned as a correct, recbrd b*..,t6e following trustees on béhalf.of.all trustees: E-01 EQ2 E-03 9.205.81 l￿3.56 624.% 526.61 371.01 1513.46 4.50 I￿￿.64 650A9 1.246.37 1.281711 E4)5 L12&03 1309.$1 360. 35.IM) 303.93 P4am2'. E4 35.(X) 419A4 84.93 35.C 463.80 120.57 3350 518rfure: E-10 E-ll E-12 E-13 E-14 E-IS E-16 213.70 2,426.45 266.40 2.474.69 9.923.64 384.39 2%A)5 3.21134 77.14 13.832.70 ,497.04 13059 43￿.61 2399.93 29,￿.18 NamE'. E-16a E-17 E-18 E-lg 8Thature.' 916.07 6.282.97 1330.77 1645.29 nsport ortr ro nin E-24 E-25 Proletts- Foodbank Improvement Projects- Flnancial Indusion L495.21 Account repatedb. .Pet r Crld le Itrèasurerl .f,on 0.810412022, . TOT￿PAyME1￿r5 £ 30,S51.0 50.78Z.16 61.147.88 BALANCESUMMARY ln Year5urplus KIDceErou8ht F￿rd.. IL67L40 31401.46 £ 44073J6 76￿125 44,073.86 61￿7.81 120,656.11 £ 181MJ.92 NOTES 'AsdtyTe4ue5tedwe shDW the useof the restThctedel¢n7ent of thelrgrontsinourunnual ALANCE CARRIED FORWAR9 REPRESENTED BY.. tsBCComm￿￿Ac¢￿n¢18￿8I É 30,504S3 FJnandollrnwo¥rmentgrant of£41592.54recelwdln Morth2022 fftlaUn9 to thefv veiKwryectCOStsfor2022.23. SBCCommwbtyAcmunt [de￿$Thated/ re5tr1ctedl Re5ervesActovnt'. HS8CiCTrL CTropukne 8usinessAuwnt (Kenwal lundsl ctrOper*￿e &tsinessAccouni (deser￿ed I re#rfrtedl Ew)rth De￿j￿t FurKJ Money hdd by brzdfons Cornmunity Payoll &Attounts Pettyca Pa￿MIrt$p*YjInl £ 7.730.82 E S.216.87 735DA5 22A74.01 14,924.91 59fi87.36 FMnchlSeFee202￿2l refimdEdtO Gllfoodbonksty TrL1%5ellTru5tlnAuw13021. 2S,480.71 6￿78.[X) 49,492.40 9,150.0) 24.25 582.55 73.65 941.56 £ ￿)￿11 £ 18L683.91 ChurityRegisrrotion Number.. 116LTr760 Regtsteredln Er471ondoftdWoks Poge 8radford North Foodbank Annual Accounts 2021- 2022 NOTES Reduced discounta8reed tor Chrlstchurch Wlndhlll rent in Aprfl 2021. 201>2020 45(X>. 202fy2021 4￿.(￿) 2021-2022 Rent Dlscounts IN-KIND GISTS NOTE5 Norie in p2rvJ VALUATION OF ASSETS WORTH OVER E500 at End of Finantial Year 3110312020 NOTES e tothp knwmlltdteand lo TIEh15tTaWedw*assume xir¥JnwllnDtdepFtcMte os raP￿ty ￿t>￿￿rS1￿WVehk ThertfOre,to&tÈn￿rt itsvalue tcrarcourtl￿￿rpose4weU￿t re￿Or￿ValUedeprt￿*1otysetèt IO%ofthe W￿￿31vaUÈ per nurn, J5wedonllt kno¥vthe 3V0312D21 ay031202Z Mercedessprfntervan p￿value..£5￿48Z (Ustprkt +comfvrt￿k+*fylIlll￿ E¥dtxtrsthth&rothlrwts Gndgmphlcs) £ XI.7W4 26.¥S7.% 23m.68 Chorlty Reglstrotlon Ntsmber.. 116C#J6Q Reglsteredin E￿I￿nd0nd Wole5 iadford North INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT ON THE ACCOUNTS Section A Independent Examlner's Report Report to the trusteesl membèrs of Bradford North Foodbank On accounts for the yoar ended 31At March 2022 Charity no (If any) 1160060 Sèt out on page(s) Respectlve r•sponslbllltl*s of The charity's trustees are responsible for thè preparation of the accounts. The charitvs trustee5 and examiner trustees consider that an audit is not requlred for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Chailtie5 Act) and that an independent examination is neèded. It is my responsibility to: Èxamine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities A¢t. to follow the procedures laid down in the geneial Diièctions given by the Charity Commission (under section 1451Sllbl of the Charities Act, and to state whether particular matters have come to my attention. Basls of Independent My examination was carried out in accordance with genèral Directions given by the Charitv examinerfs statement Commission. An examination includes a review of the accoufiting Tecords kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideratlon of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeklng explanations from the trustees con￿[01￿8 any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consèqvently no opinion 15 given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and falr, view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statemènt below. Independent examlner's In connection with my examination. no matter has come to my attention (other than that statement disclosed below ') l. which gives mè reasonable ¢au5e to believe that in, any material respect, the requlrements- to keep accountin8 records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act: and to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting record5 and comply with the accounting requirements of thè Charitie5 Act have not been met,. or 2. to which, In my oplnion. attention should be drawn in order to enable a pioper understandlng of the accounts to be reached. * Pleose delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. Slgned: Date: 16 Name: Rel•vant professlonal quallflcatlon(s) or body (If any): /¥c.wa Address: (kz Di￿. s z P8oe I Sectlon B DlsGlosure Only complet6 if th8 examin8r n88ds to highlight material problems. Give hera brief datails of any items that the •xamin•rwi5hes to dlsclose. Nl( P&u8 2