## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026** ## **Charity name: Stamford Foodbank** ## **Charity registration number: 1162761** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To relieve persons in Stamford 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:**
**(a) Providing emergency food,**
**essential toiletries and household**
**items to particular families in**
**need and/or distribution by**
**charities or other organisations**
**working to prevent or relieve**
**poverty**
**such other means including (but not**
**limited to) the provision of support**
**signposting to relevant information and**
**other advisory services.**| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**Distribution of emergency food and non-**
**food supplies (enough for 3 days);**
**provision of hot water bottles/blankets**
**to help with the cold.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**In planning our activities, the Trustees**
**are mindful of the Charity Commission’s**
**guidance on public benefit**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||
SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**We do not make any grants**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|| |Contribution made by||| |volunteers|Para 1.38|**The Foodbank would not be able to**
**function without the support of**
**volunteers. Volunteers collect, manage,**
**pack and distribute food and non-food**
**items to Foodbank clients in both**
**Stamford and Oundle, and signpost to**
**other local services. The charity is**
**dependent on the generous donation of**
**food items from members of the public**
**and local supermarkets.**| |---|---|---| |Other||| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**During the period 1st April 2025 to 31st**
**March 2026, 705 vouchers were**
**presented to the Foodbank for provision**
**of emergency food/non-food supplies.**
**This equates to 1,751 people fed (612**
**children and 1,139 adults). The main**
**reason for provision of emergency food**
**continues to be low income and benefit**
**delays/changes.**
**The Foodbank also provided hot water**
**bottles and blankets to clients over the**
**winter period.**
**As a result of a grant from the Trussell**
**Trust, Citizens Advice workers have**
**been based in both Stamford and**
**Oundle foodbanks over the year.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|
**Our objectives remain the same – to**
**provide emergency food and non-food**
**items to those most in need. The**
**charity continues to meet these**
**objectives**| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**The Foodbank does not carry out any**
**fundraising**| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**Excess funds are kept in a savings**
**account which provides a small amount**
**of interest each month**| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The charity operated at a surplus during**
**the year and consequently remains in a**
**very positive financial position as at 31**
**March 2026.**
**This was the third year (of three) of**
**having Citizens Advice personnel in**
**both foodbanks (Stamford and Oundle).**
**This cost was fully funded by a grant**
**received from the Trussell Trust during**
**the year.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The Trustees aim to hold six months**
**running costs in reserve in accordance**
**with the Reserves Policy. These funds**
**are held in the savings bank account.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£15,000 (running costs less restricted**
**grant payment)**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**n/a**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**n/a**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**n/a – the charity is in a robust financial**
**position**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
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You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**Individual donors, local churches, local**
**businesses, charities or groups of**
**people who have raised money**
**specifically for the Foodbank.**
**Restricted grant funding from The**
**Trussell Trust.**| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**n/a**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**Loss of the Foodbank Project Manager**
**Loss of current accommodation for the**
**Stamford Foodbank**
**Increasing numbers of people in need**
**Lack of volunteers**
**Significant drop in income**| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution adopted 26/06/2015**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Charitable Incorporated Organisation**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Elected by existing Trustees**| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|**The Trussell Trust provides training for**
**Trustees.**
**Trustee induction programme – in**
**house**| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**Foodbank Project Manager reports to**
**the Chairperson and Trustees**
**Warehouse Manager reports to the**
**Foodbank Project Manager**
**The Foodbank works with The Trussell**
**Trust**| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|**None**| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Stamford Foodbank| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|Stamford and Oundle Foodbank| |Registered charity number|1162761| |Charity’s principal address|All Saints and St Johns Church Centre
West Street
Stamford PE9 2PR| ||| **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Rev Neil James Shaw|Vice Chair||| ||Jean Margaret Asher|||| ||Sara Harriet Glover|Chair||| ||Judith LesleyFoulkes|||| ||Eula Michelle Hoo-Fat
Nebel|Secretary||| ||John Featherstone
Hewitson|||| ||Joseph Scott|Treasurer||| ||Paul Sellin||Appointed 19 May2025|Trustee Board| |||||| |||||| ## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets n/a held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of Name Address adviser Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** Eula Nebel **Signature(s)** Sara Glover Eula Michelle Hoo-Fatt Nebel **Full name(s)** Sara Glover **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)**[ Chair] **Date** 20 April 2026