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2025-03-31-accounts

Trustees’ Annual Report and Financial Statements

For the period 01/04/2024 - 31/03/2025

Bradford North Foodbank is partnered with:

Contents

Reference & Administration Details 2
Structure, Governance & Management 3
Objects & Associated Activities 4
Introduction from the Chair of Trustees 5
Core Charitable Activity 6
FOOD DISTRIBUTION 6
VOLUNTEER PARTICIPATION 9
FOOD DONATIONS 9
Projects 10
FINANCIAL INCLUSION 10
SUMMER FOOD 11
CHRISTMAS FOOD 11
Reserves Error! Bookmark not defined.
Fundraising 14
Trustee Declaration 14

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Registered Charity Number 1160060 | Registered in England and Wales

Reference & Administration Details

Charity Name: Bradford North Foodbank Registered Charity Number: 1160060

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 Status
Maria Callaghan 15/11/2022-14/11/2025
Kelly Baynham 10/09/2024–09/09/2027 Appointed in year
Ben Clymo Chair
Safeguarding
04/04/2019 – 03/04/2022
04/04/2022 – 03/04/2025
04/04/2025–03/04/2028
Re-appointed in year
Pete Criddle Treasurer 15/01/2019 – 14/01/2022
15/01/2022 – 14/01/2025
15/01/2025–14/01/2028
Re-appointed in year
Moira Crotty Charity Secretary 13/02/2018 – 12/02/2021
13/02/2021 – 12/02/2024
13/02/2024–24/01/2026
Resigned after year end
Rachel Gregory 18/01/2025–17/01/2028 Appointed in year
Steve Pritchard 21/03/2023-23/01/2025 Resigned in year
Teagan Robinson-
Bell
19/11/2024 – 18/11/2027 Appointed in year
Hannah Workman 09/07/2024–08/07/2027 Appointed in year
Rachael Jones 24/01/2026–23/01/2029 Appointed after year end

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Registered Charity Number 1160060 | Registered in England and Wales

Structure, Governance & Management

Type of governing document: Constitution

How the charity is constituted: Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO)

Appointed for a term of three years by a resolution passed at Trustee selection method: 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:

Management Team for 2024 - 2025

Salaried Staff

Staff
Name Job Title **Hours per Week ** Start Date
Franco Biancardo Foodbank Manager 30 Sept 2019
Julie Rainer Signposting Coordinator 12 Feb 2021
Noah Hart Warehouse Manager 20 March 2025
Carla Eastwood Office Manager 24 Feb 2024

Team Leaders

Leaders
Name Foodbank Centre / Area
Moira Crotty, Eric White, Sarah Van Tol Warehouse
Martin Butterworth, Pete Criddle Shipley Baptist Church
Data (Martin)
Christine Crawford St Luke’s
Heather& StuartAyrton Churchonthe Way
Christine Crawford Christchurch Windhill
Pat Barker, Rose Bowman, Amanda
Meadows, Pete Thompson
Trinity Rawdon
Joanna Sugden GuiseleyBaptist Church
Julie Stephens VolunteerCoordination

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Registered Charity Number 1160060 | Registered in England and Wales

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:

Summary of the main activities this year:

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Registered Charity Number 1160060 | Registered in England and Wales

Introduction from the Chair of Trustees

As we review another year, we have spent some time as Trustees, staff and volunteers reflecting on why we are here. Not in an existential way, but why does the Foodbank exist?

The new Trusell five-year strategy builds on their previous one, and lays out their plans for:

You may have also spotted us using their phrasing in our communications that “we’re building a future where no-one needs emergency food, but in the meantime…”. This reflects our strong belief that the solutions to food poverty in the UK are not to be found in giving out emergency food – but we need to meet people’s immediate need for food whilst we work together to ensure that nobody needs to use our services in the future.

We know that we’re not going be able to stop giving out food tomorrow – or even next year perhaps(!) – but as Trustees our strategy and planning are informed by the urgency to meet people’s immediate needs, whilst ensuring that they don’t need our services for long. That’s why our wraparound services, including our financial inclusion work, are so important. With the initial three-year funding for our financial inclusion advisers coming to an end in the next year, we’re seeking out new funding to extend the provision as the results show that it is a key plank in our strategy of ensuring people don’t have to come back to us time and again – with more money in their pockets they can afford to shop for themselves, giving them back dignity and respect and enabling them to participate more fully in society.

We firmly believe that one of our roles as a charity is to speak up for those that don’t have a voice. One of the many reasons we’re delighted to partner with Trussell is the voice that it gives us to speak to those in power about how they might effect meaningful change to the structures of our society so that people have the resources they need to live. Earlier in the year a small group of Trustees, staff and volunteers attended Trussell’s “lobby day’ in Westminster, where nearly every MP was spoken to by foodbank representatives from their constituency – a really powerful voice in the ‘heart of power’. Locally too we have a voice in shaping the Council’s approach to tackling poverty, as well as in local and regional networks of community organisations and charities – where we can work together, we can effect more change.

Operationally, our big challenge this year was ‘moving home’ to our new warehouse at Albion Mills. As long-time followers will know, this has been many years in the planning, and it is testament to the planning and hard work of the whole team – including new Warehouse Manager Noah – that the move went so well and the new warehouse is functioning brilliantly. Along with Carla and Julie we are really lucky to have such a great staff team.

Finally, as always, we have to thank our volunteers. It’s such a cliché to say that we couldn’t do it without them, but we’ll shout it from the rooftops whenever we can – it’s not just the hundreds and hundreds of hours of time they put in, it’s their care, compassion and enthusiasm too that ensure that we can to the best job possible for our clients. Thank you!

Ben

Ben Clymo, Chair of the Trustees.

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Registered Charity Number 1160060 | Registered in England and Wales

Core Charitable Activity

This year we fed 6,068 people (2024: 6,959), of whom 37% were children (2024: 40%). This was a 13% decrease on the prior year, but still 17% higher than the pre-Covid year ending 31 March 2020.

Across the Trussell network 2.9 million food parcels were distributed, mirroring Bradford North’s experience of a moderate decrease, but remaining higher than 2019/20.

These figures are expanded upon in more detail below. Trussell’s network-wide data can be found in more detail on their website:

FOOD DISTRIBUTION

The big picture:

A total of 2,648 vouchers (2024: 2,855) or referrals were fulfilled. Each individual household (client) had an average of 2.1 vouchers (2024: 1.9), with 1,314 unique households supported (2024: 1,514). We continue to work to a normal limit of 5 referrals in 6 months, with further support offered where our referral partners indicate it to be necessary.

6% of households received more than 5 parcels in the full year (2024: 4%), representing 21% of parcels issued (2024: 16%). 85% of households received 3 or less food parcels in the year (2024: 87%) and 59% of households received only 1 food parcel (2024: 63%). 58% of clients in the year were first-time visitors to our foodbank (2024: 63%).

These figures indicate a gradual shift towards more households being regular users of the foodbank, however the vast majority are still infrequent and/or first-time visitors.

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Registered Charity Number 1160060 | Registered in England and Wales

Where:

The vast majority of clients live in the north Bradford or west Leeds areas. Clients living outside this area come to us because they work in our area, or because there is no Trussell foodbank open in their area on that day. Some referral partners only use the Trussell food bank network, so might refer clients from areas with an independent food bank to a more distant Bradford North foodbank centre.

The seven core postcodes in our area noted on page 4 contained 81% of people fed (2024: 81%).

The political ward of food parcel recipients is shown below. All wards in the Bradford area, with the exception of Baildon, are in the top 40% most deprived wards of England. Eccleshill ward is in the top 10% most deprived, per the latest (2019) indices of deprivation.

Ward Vouchers fulfilled
2024-25 (2023-24)
Shipley 484 (516)
Windhill and Wrose 474 (446)
Eccleshill 294 (369)
Heaton 217 (193)
Idle and Thackley 181 (204)
Bolton and Undercliffe 157 (153)
Otley & Yeadon 138 (171)
Guiseley & Rawdon 112 (153)
Baildon 76 (115)
Others 515 (504)

Why:

When people receive a referral for a food parcel, they are asked the main reason(s) why they need one, to enable the foodbank and Trussell to address the most pressing reasons in appropriate ways. Up to three reasons can be indicated on a referral.

The increased cost of living is a factor in 55% of fulfilled referrals (2024: 40%), followed by debt (36%, 2024: 30%), health (27%, 2024: 26%) and benefits (24%, 2024: 23%). These are all areas where we offer support to clients through our Financial Inclusion programme.

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Registered Charity Number 1160060 | Registered in England and Wales

Reason group for referral
includes:
Vouchers fulfilled
Cost of Living 1,465
Debt 961
Health 707
Benefits 636
Employment(change,loss) 254
Housing 120
No recourse to public funds 76

Referral partners:

We continue to be grateful for the efforts of our referral partners across the area. 215 different charities, agencies, schools, churches, healthcare services and more referred clients to us in the year (2024: 250).

Our staff team organised a Referral Partner Day in June 2024, bringing together professionals and volunteers from a range of agencies to talk about the service we offered, to share our vision and to talk about how we could better work together to support those in need in our local area. The event received positive feedback and plans are in place to run another day in June 2025.

The majority of referrals come from Help Through Hardship – a Trussell and Citizens Advice partnership, local advice services, medical centres and children’s centres.

Top 10 referral sources:

Vouchers fulfilled
Referral Source 2024-25 (2023-24)
Help through Hardship 692 (578)
Windhill Advice Centre 247 (277)
BNFB-issued referrals 215 (225)
Shipley Medical Practice 78 (55)
Gateway Centre 72 (48)
Aireborough Childrens Centre 59 (68)
Equality Together 54 (47)
New Vision Bradford 53 (42)
InCommunities 45 (34)
Church on the Way 39 (53)

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Registered Charity Number 1160060 | Registered in England and Wales

VOLUNTEER PARTICIPATION

Our volunteer numbers remained strong through the year, increasing in number both generally, and specifically with the opening of our new foodbank centre in Guiseley, with over 130 volunteers actively supporting our work.

Without this support we would not be able to deliver the support outlined above to our clients. Across our foodbank centres, the warehouse and the office we estimate that over 18,000 volunteer hours were given in the year. Collectively they support the running of the centres, stock management, administration and delivery.

Volunteers are supported through internal and external training – certified First Aid and Food Hygiene courses were delivered by third parties and our own staff or partners from Trussell ran several sessions on supporting clients in need and the basics of the welfare system.

In July 2024 the trustees organised an event at our old warehouse to thank our wonderful volunteers and to update them on the work of the foodbank, with the help of Waqas Ahmed from Equality Together, who provided some insight into the work they do with our clients. We continue to recruit new volunteers through word of mouth and our social media platforms.

FOOD DONATIONS

Total food donated in the year was 43 tonnes (2024: 46 tonnes). Food purchases remained at 12 tonnes to keep up with demand. This continues to have a significant financial impact, which can be seen in our accounts below, although a number of grants both large and small helped us to meet this need.

Maintaining a stable food supply and financing purchases where needed remains a priority for the trustees.

Our main food sources continued to be donations via (or from) supermarkets at 48% (2023: 41%) and local churches at 23% (2024: 29%). Donations from schools, particularly following Harvest or Christmas collections came to 13% of our total.

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Registered Charity Number 1160060 | Registered in England and Wales

The foodbank is incredible grateful for all those who donated food through the year, especially to those supermarkets, churches and businesses who hosted permanent donation points. Morrisons Enterprise 5, Sainsbury’s Greengates, Asda Shipley and Morrisons Guiseley are our most significant supermarket collection points. A great number of churches support our work through food donations, including St Peter and St Paul’s Yeadon, St Peter’s Shipley, Thackley Methodist Church, St Paul’s Shipley, Guiseley Baptist Church, Shipley Baptist Church, St Francis Eccleshill, Trinity Church Rawdon and St Andrew’s Methodist Church. Schools making donations included Titus Salt School, Rawdon Littlemore Primary, Thackley Primary, Benton Park School, Bronte Girls Academy and St Peter & St Paul’s Church School.

We recorded food donations from 172 different sources through the year (2024: 169) – this wideranging support helps sustain the service we offer.

Projects

FINANCIAL INCLUSION

Our welfare benefit advice service entered its fourth year in partnership Equality Together, Bradford Central Foodbank and Wyke Foodbank, offering one service across the Bradford district.

Confirmed financial gains of £81k were realised for our clients through the year, slightly below the target of £100k. The partnership as a whole delivered £238k in financial gains, again slightly below the target of £250k.

Expected gains – applications made with a realistic expectation of a positive outcome – exceeded £1m for the year across the area, with a total of 722 people supported.

The continued hard work of the team from Equality Together, alongside our volunteers and staff makes these achievements possible; the Trustees are greatly appreciative of this ongoing partnership.

It is estimated that 10% of clients who have seen an advisor through the year no longer need to use the foodbank and 28 people have been prevented from homelessness through the year, adding to the wider social value of the project.

Financial Inclusion KPIs 2024-25, Bradford North Foodbank only:

Annual Target Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Full year
New people 120 96 64 27 67 254
Financial Gains
(Confirmed) (£’000)
100 22 25 28 6 81
Financial Gains
(Expected) (£’000)
92 42 36 46 53 177

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Registered Charity Number 1160060 | Registered in England and Wales

WAREHOUSE MOVE

The trustees have been exploring new premises for some time. After ten years at Inspire Business Park, in early 2025 the foodbank moved its warehouse and office location to the Albion Mills Business Park, still in the middle of our operating area.

A larger building means more space for efficiently sorting and storing stock, holding events and operating in a safe manner. Franco and Carla led the work to relocate with the support of volunteers, with the work ongoing at the end of March.

A Warehouse Manager was appointed at the end of March 2025 to drive forward the new operating space, which the trustees expect to see reap rewards in the coming years.

The trustees are thankful for the long-term support of the team at Inspire Business Park, our first home since the foodbank opened in late 2014.

S UMMER FOOD

The summer of 2024 saw the foodbank run its first structured Summer Food project, with the aim of relieving the pressure on families with children not having school meal provision.

Fresh food items including bread, fruits, vegetables and lunchbox staples were purchased and given to families alongside the standard food parcels. 148 families were supported across the summer holiday period with 344 children benefitting.

As fresh food items are not part of stock donations, this project was entirely supported by the purchase of items, made possible by a grant from Sovereign Healthcare and use of the foodbank’s unrestricted funds. The foodbank intends to build on the success of the project in 2025 through engagement with schools prior to the holidays to maximise its reach and benefit.

CHRISTMAS FOOD

For Christmas 2024 we ran our Christmas food project directly through our foodbank centres, with all clients referred for a food parcel receiving a bag or two of Christmas foods and donated gifts.

We received generous support from many local businesses and schools, both with direct food donations and financial support, and purchased the remaining items needed with small grants and our own funds.

A total of 767 people benefitted from this provision through December 2024, with 284 food parcels distributed. Over 43% of those supported were children – higher than our annual average.

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Registered Charity Number 1160060 | Registered in England and Wales

Financial Statements and Re serves

Income in the year to 31 March 2025 increased from £176k to £186k, driven by increased grant receipts, offsetting a fall in donations from individuals and groups (from £71k to £56k).

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2023-24 2024-25
Income (£) (£)
Donations: individuals 45,446 38,655
Donations: groups 25,054 18,917
Gift Aid recovered 7,083 7,440
Grants 94,255 111,439
Other fundraising 121 2,731
Bank interest 3,646 4,132
In-Kind Gifts 425 3,069
Total 176,031 186,383
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Expenses in the year to 31 March 2025 increased from £179k to £208k.

Purchased stock decreased slightly, from £43k to £36k, although less than 20% was grant funded in this year (2024: 70%). The need to purchase food items for distribution to clients is one of the biggest variable spends.

The overall deficit for the year was £21,138 (2024: £3,493).

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Registered Charity Number 1160060 | Registered in England and Wales

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2023-2024 2024-2025
Expenses (£) (£)
Rent & service charge 18,073 22,948
Buildings (rates, utilities, repairs) 2,640 3,743
Phones & broadband 1,614 1,538
Insurance 1,213 1,242
Office admin 3,273 5,700
Purchased stock 43,173 35,621
Volunteer expenses 3,713 6,148
Employee costs 54,844 56,960
Transport 1,521 1,607
Projects 49,036 72,015
Total 179,099 207,521
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The foodbank held £185,373 (2024: £206,511) in funds at the end of the year, of which £92,971 (2024: £55,689) was restricted grant money. The majority of this relates to the Financial Inclusion projects for which grants were received in 2024-25 for spend in 2025-26.

Grants were received in the year from the Sovereign Healthcare, Trussell Trust, Sainsbury’s, Arnold Clark Foundation, Keith Howard Foundation, Cotton Industry War Memorial Trust, McCarthy Stone and the Woodrow Family Trust.

The foodbank is incredibly grateful to those who support its work and the impact their giving has on those in the local community.

Cash balance held bythe foodbank: 2023-24
(£)
2024-2025
(£)
Total 206,511 185,373
of which unrestricted 150,822 89,332
of which restricted by donors 55,689 92,971

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Registered Charity Number 1160060 | Registered in England and Wales

The approved budget for 2025-26 expects a deficit of £92k, matching the restricted funds held in the accounts. Unrestricted funds are expected to remain at a similar level.

The foodbank has a three-year business plan and expects its core operations to be sustainable over this period with a modest level of grant support. The trustees and staff continue to work on further grant funding opportunities in order to offer the wider range of support to clients as we have done in recent years.

Fundraising

With an expectation of higher future costs and lower availability of grant funding and support, the trustees are developing a new fundraising strategy in 2025, ensuring funding streams are available to match with the strategy and objectives of the foodbank.

The trustees are extremely grateful to those who financially support the foodbank, particularly those who have done so regularly over a number of years. This regular baseline of support allows to make these plans and commitments to ongoing projects.

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 Chair 27/01/2026
Pete Criddle Treasurer 27/01/2026

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Registered Charity Number 1160060 | Registered in England and Wales

l Bradford Norih INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT ON THE ACCOUNTS ¥ Foodbank Report to the trusteesl members of Bradford North Foodbank On accounts for the year ended Charity no (if any) 3151 March 2025 1160060 Set out on page(s Respectlve responsibilities of The thariws trv5tees are responsible forthe p￿paration of the accounts. The charlws twstees and examiner trustw considerthat an audit is not requirÈd for this year ufider5ection 144 of the Charities Att 2011 Ithe Charitse5 Act) and that an Ind￿ndent exarninatson 15 needed. It 15 my responsibility to= examine the accounts bndei sectioTh 145 of the Charities Act. tD follow the procedures laid down In the general Directions given by the Charity Cornm15sion lundersection 14515llbl of the Char¥knes Act. and to Stste whether particular mattets have Come to rny attention. Basis of independent My exarninatton was carried out in accordance vnth general Dir￿lon5 Elven by the Charity eMamlnerf$ ststernent Commission. An examination includes a review of the accountin8 record5 kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts p￿ented with those records. It also includes considei*itsn of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, alld seeking explanaJons from the trustees concerning any Such matters. The procedure5 undertaken do not provlde all the evidence that wovld be required in an audit. and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the actounts p￿ent a'true and fairf wew and the report is limited to those matters set out in the staternellt below. Independent examiner's In connection with my ey2mtnation, no matter has come to my attention lotherthan that ststement dtsc105ed below'l l. which gNe5 rne reasonalAe cause to believe that in, any material respecL the re4v1￿ments= tr) keep accounting records in accordan￿ with 5ectbon 130 of the Charities Act., and to prepa￿ accounts whith accord the accounting records and cornply with the acco¥ntinE requirements of the Charitie5 Act have not been or 2. to which. in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable z proper understanding of the ac£ounts to be reached. ' Ple0￿ delete the wordsin the brackets rfthey do notrjppfy. Signed: Date: 2¥ Name: KJ I c oLrt C&HEIg￿l Relevant professlonal qualFfication{s} or body lif any}: Acp4, Address: rz QAgQEfv)S &-U ISELCY LgEOS S2ts qJ P8g8 1

Section B ". Disclosure Only complete rf the examiner needs to highlight material problems. Glvo hore brlef detalls of any itoms that tho examiner wishos lo d15close.

Bradford North Foodbank Statement of Flnanclal Actlvitie5 Year Ending 31 March 2025 Totsl Z025 Totsl 2024 d F￿1￿1$ Fund5 Incorne from chafTtable 3CtiVFbes Dtsnation5.' individuals Donations.. groups Gift Aid recovered Grants Other fundraising Bank interest In Kind Gifts £ 38,455 18.267 £ 38,655 18,917 45,446 £ 2S.054 7.083 £ 94.255 121 3.646 425 650 £ 111.439 £ 111,439 2,731 4,132 3,069 £ 186y3 2,731 4.132 3,069 É 71.025 TOTAL RECEIPTS £ 112289 £ 176,031 E%pendltEtre on charitable activities Total 2025 Total 2024 tletalls d Fund5 Rent & Service Charges Buildines IratÈs, utilities, repairsl Phones & broadband £ 20.068 3.743 1.538 1,242 5.7(K) £ 29,621 5,708 £ 53.847 1.607 9.441 £ 132,514 2.880 22,948 3,743 1.538 1.242 18.073 2.640 1,614 1.213 3.273 £ 43.598 3.713 £ 54,844 1,521 £ 49.036 £ 179,524 Insurance Office Admin Items purchased for distributton to clients Volunteer expenses Employee costs Tran5POrtation Projects £ 35,621 6,148 £ 56.960 1.607 £ 72.015 £ 207.521 3.114 £ 62.573 £ 75,Q)7 TOTAL PAYMENTS gALANC£ SLIMMARY In Year 5urplusllDeficitl Balance Brought Forward.. Balance Carried Forward on 315t Marth 2015 -£ 61.490 £ 150.822 £ 89.332 £ 37282 £ 55,689 £ 92.971 21.138 £ 206,511 £ 185373 3,493 É 210.(M)4 £ 206.511 3WINCE CARRIED FORWARD REPRÉSEPITÈD BY: Reserves Account= CO-OP Ctroperative Business Account (general funds) Epworth Deposit f und Money held by Bradford Community Payroll & Accounts Petty Cash 34,282 £ 69,522 £ 64,930 16.SCrf) 139 £ 27,492 £ 90.368 72.471 16,140 41 Payments ￿ndIng £ 185J73 £ 206,511 ChafityRegirtffjtiun 14umbEr. 116Li

Bradford North Foodbank ststement of Financial Artivities Year Ending 31 March 2025 VALUATION OF ASSETS WORTtrI OVER £500 atEnd of FiTravial ¥ear..: 3110312025 3110312024 Mercedes Sprinter Van Purchase Value.. £38,482.PA) (Listprice + cornfortpock +ply lining. Excludes otJ-the- roudcosts undgruphic5J Due to the low mileage and low weights tra115POrted we assume our van will not depreciate a5 rapidly as other similar vehicles. Therefore. to determine tts value for accounting purposes. we use reducing value deprectation. set at IO% of the original value per annum. as we do fjot know the lifetime of the van. 11,545 E 15,393 11 The financial statements on pages and signed on their behaw by-. to ere approved by the Trustees. and authori5ed for issue on 06 IOS 125 Name Position i EL. AS￿£￿L 0￿rltyRe9￿trQtsO￿ Nufftber 116LiW

l Bradford Norih INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT ON THE ACCOUNTS ¥ Foodbank Report to the trusteesl members of Bradford North Foodbank On accounts for the year ended Charity no (if any) 3151 March 2025 1160060 Set out on page(s Respectlve responsibilities of The thariws trv5tees are responsible forthe p￿paration of the accounts. The charlws twstees and examiner trustw considerthat an audit is not requirÈd for this year ufider5ection 144 of the Charities Att 2011 Ithe Charitse5 Act) and that an Ind￿ndent exarninatson 15 needed. It 15 my responsibility to= examine the accounts bndei sectioTh 145 of the Charities Act. tD follow the procedures laid down In the general Directions given by the Charity Cornm15sion lundersection 14515llbl of the Char¥knes Act. and to Stste whether particular mattets have Come to rny attention. Basis of independent My exarninatton was carried out in accordance vnth general Dir￿lon5 Elven by the Charity eMamlnerf$ ststernent Commission. An examination includes a review of the accountin8 record5 kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts p￿ented with those records. It also includes considei*itsn of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, alld seeking explanaJons from the trustees concerning any Such matters. The procedure5 undertaken do not provlde all the evidence that wovld be required in an audit. and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the actounts p￿ent a'true and fairf wew and the report is limited to those matters set out in the staternellt below. Independent examiner's In connection with my ey2mtnation, no matter has come to my attention lotherthan that ststement dtsc105ed below'l l. which gNe5 rne reasonalAe cause to believe that in, any material respecL the re4v1￿ments= tr) keep accounting records in accordan￿ with 5ectbon 130 of the Charities Act., and to prepa￿ accounts whith accord the accounting records and cornply with the acco¥ntinE requirements of the Charitie5 Act have not been or 2. to which. in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable z proper understanding of the ac£ounts to be reached. ' Ple0￿ delete the wordsin the brackets rfthey do notrjppfy. Signed: Date: 2¥ Name: KJ I c oLrt C&HEIg￿l Relevant professlonal qualFfication{s} or body lif any}: Acp4, Address: rz QAgQEfv)S &-U ISELCY LgEOS S2ts qJ P8g8 1

Section B ". Disclosure Only complete rf the examiner needs to highlight material problems. Glvo hore brlef detalls of any itoms that tho examiner wishos lo d15close.

Bradford North Foodbank Statement of Flnanclal Actlvitie5 Year Ending 31 March 2025 Totsl Z025 Totsl 2024 d F￿1￿1$ Fund5 Incorne from chafTtable 3CtiVFbes Dtsnation5.' individuals Donations.. groups Gift Aid recovered Grants Other fundraising Bank interest In Kind Gifts £ 38,455 18.267 £ 38,655 18,917 45,446 £ 2S.054 7.083 £ 94.255 121 3.646 425 650 £ 111.439 £ 111,439 2,731 4,132 3,069 £ 186y3 2,731 4.132 3,069 É 71.025 TOTAL RECEIPTS £ 112289 £ 176,031 E%pendltEtre on charitable activities Total 2025 Total 2024 tletalls d Fund5 Rent & Service Charges Buildines IratÈs, utilities, repairsl Phones & broadband £ 20.068 3.743 1.538 1,242 5.7(K) £ 29,621 5,708 £ 53.847 1.607 9.441 £ 132,514 2.880 22,948 3,743 1.538 1.242 18.073 2.640 1,614 1.213 3.273 £ 43.598 3.713 £ 54,844 1,521 £ 49.036 £ 179,524 Insurance Office Admin Items purchased for distributton to clients Volunteer expenses Employee costs Tran5POrtation Projects £ 35,621 6,148 £ 56.960 1.607 £ 72.015 £ 207.521 3.114 £ 62.573 £ 75,Q)7 TOTAL PAYMENTS gALANC£ SLIMMARY In Year 5urplusllDeficitl Balance Brought Forward.. Balance Carried Forward on 315t Marth 2015 -£ 61.490 £ 150.822 £ 89.332 £ 37282 £ 55,689 £ 92.971 21.138 £ 206,511 £ 185373 3,493 É 210.(M)4 £ 206.511 3WINCE CARRIED FORWARD REPRÉSEPITÈD BY: Reserves Account= CO-OP Ctroperative Business Account (general funds) Epworth Deposit f und Money held by Bradford Community Payroll & Accounts Petty Cash 34,282 £ 69,522 £ 64,930 16.SCrf) 139 £ 27,492 £ 90.368 72.471 16,140 41 Payments ￿ndIng £ 185J73 £ 206,511 ChafityRegirtffjtiun 14umbEr. 116Li

Bradford North Foodbank ststement of Financial Artivities Year Ending 31 March 2025 VALUATION OF ASSETS WORTtrI OVER £500 atEnd of FiTravial ¥ear..: 3110312025 3110312024 Mercedes Sprinter Van Purchase Value.. £38,482.PA) (Listprice + cornfortpock +ply lining. Excludes otJ-the- roudcosts undgruphic5J Due to the low mileage and low weights tra115POrted we assume our van will not depreciate a5 rapidly as other similar vehicles. Therefore. to determine tts value for accounting purposes. we use reducing value deprectation. set at IO% of the original value per annum. as we do fjot know the lifetime of the van. 11,545 E 15,393 11 The financial statements on pages and signed on their behaw by-. to ere approved by the Trustees. and authori5ed for issue on 06 IOS 125 Name Position i EL. AS￿£￿L 0￿rltyRe9￿trQtsO￿ Nufftber 116LiW