Sadly demand for our help continues to be h￿3h, Part￿Ul￿rtY anK)rYJ people. wth varioLLS factors lying behind it. We have SFent some tirr￿ this year rekntirKJ on how best we can derwe the intellvJence on these factors that wll signpost wayo in which we tackle food crises at their sour¢e. aThJ eX￿t in the year ahead to be addir¥J a Sp￿la11$t to ow staff to help. In the meantime. the supp¢)rt we enjoy from Citoens Advice- som￿￿ cost of limng adwser has ¢on. tinued to t¢ vwy well r￿1Ved arr¥)rrfJ cli Fcod donati0Th8 have latlen further this y&Y. but financ￿￿ donab.ons have contsnued to be strorg, so we have a healthy financi￿ surplLts from which to buy f(x)d as needed for the foreseeable fu- ture. part￿ relaled to this. our stock levels have almost halved, which leels disconcertiro. Iwl a¢- tuJty ￿lOV￿ a more efficient opwat1￿ Tmtti rn Space in the warelMTh. We continue to enpy the ￿p￿)rt of an JnaarwJ of voluntetts and. dewe the indicator of food donattons, we feel that wthiill trfxn the local ¢ommunty ¢ottinues to be strorMJ. In summary, after arK)ther y&2r meeting the of all clients (xjme to ￿ we ￿ V￿l- pthed as w move fonyard to 2024-25. To relieve ￿rSOn$ in Taunton Cwne, sC￿ne￿ell and the surrounding area that are in financi Fkydship in s￿h a way as the Tn￿teeS from ts"rr* to time think fiL in partjcular, but not ex¢lusivety (a) providing err￿9￿ frx)d. @s￿11￿ toiletries arKI h)L￿ehold iteThs to iThJividuais and lamil in need aTrY/rx for distn"bution by chWit￿S or ¢)ther organwtiotL3 Wotking to prevent or relieve poverty; and O)) such other m&ins incI￿ling ￿Lrt not lirThted to} the of SLPP>t w sKJwtmg to ￿$ The maln activities have incl￿. . promotion of the needs of the F(MyJbank for (knations of food receipt arKJ organisation of donations in the matn warehouse distribution of food from the Taunton warthuse and distributhm centres at Wellington aTr Wiveliscombe, to indNiduals referred to the F(x)dbank by recognised agencies provision of frx)d to families rele￿ed by Sch(￿11 supwrt workers during holKlay p￿iCJbank additional services, in pa￿"cular signFY)sliThJ to othw SUPKK)rt a9￿￿le4 inclwliThJ cost of Ir￿ng advw in ¢0ry"LK￿ti0n with Crt]"zens Acfvice Tauntcm. The TNstees met fcxmally 6 times through t￿ year and were satisfied that all a¢tivities r￿ain￿￿ compliant wtth the pul￿￿ benefft r￿UIreMents that we consider to ￿ self*vident in the Ghartyb objectives (at¥)vel. I relerrals for focd SUPF*yI have been satisfied. Food donations have fallen short of the gJs- knned high demand. while stock ￿veL$ fell from about 16 te Itonnes} to a￿ul 9 te. Supplementir¥J stwks wth focd purchases is now over £IOk yaw. tyjt rerrKuns vithin financitil receipt& FoL*J distribJtthJ It•) ' 3)23-24 (thi5 y 7176 2(J22-23 3173 2021-22 2707 2020-21 2974 8243 201￿20 6355 Siffjjo ctsonts to famI￿8s. 1 Merged into the unitary S(rnset Cwnril on 1 April ￿)23 At the of the year. the c&8h bakin￿ £154.862 strM)wing a )knher incr&tse ￿ thè prwK) year. This provides a comfortable cushK)n ag￿n$t economic shocks. bui in the latter half of the y&2r the Trustees lookir#J at how Sorr￿ ot this morw coukl be made to work better in de- livering ttrE ob]ects. trx)th (al arKJ Ibl abJve. The tnjst is a Charitable Ir￿rrorale(I CYgarllsitM)rn Wver￿d by a °FouTrJation mTrJel constiiu. 'on°. The tnjst is part of the Trussell Trust F{￿st￿lnk WVAX The trust employs 3 part-time staff. Char*ty name Other descriptor TaL￿tOn F(M)dbank (kcasionally recognIs&￿ as part of the netr40rl( of Trussel Trust Foodbank 1163C Unit 4. Bdvedere Tradwvj Estate, Taunton TAI I BH RegiSte￿d charity number Charity's pnncipai ￿dresS Diane Bayliss luntil March 20241. Paula Clinchant. Jane ￿bby. Chrrstopher CLrtting. John Ck)ding luntil April 2023). W Hart, Howard math￿ Hekn WalEace. J(￿n &￿er. Jon HLgh8s ltrorn Fe ruary 20241. Declaration &gned on behalf of Tnk8tees Howard Mather5 Cthair CHARITY COMMISSIO FOR ENGLAND AND WALES TAUP4TON FiiOD8ANK 1163094 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the ￿rI0￿ fwom To 31r3r23 Section A Recei ts and ments UnreslJiGted fvnds Endowment fvn Total funOB ! | L•st loth• r•Arg•tf 117.•)2 lJm7 1a),078 TaK ReTuThJ G￿tsfEr￿ Tn4*1Tru¥i 15.WJ7 R¢s￿1cled FuThl1 1971 149,9B2 Sub total(Gr￿ in(JTh lorAJR A2 Awt •NI in¥esknont sal T,￿5 147.525 Sub totsl Total rec￿Pts 147 475 14TJ25 A3 Paym•nts Van insurarce art huel etc PrLWy & 10,593 750 10,59J Stsbc¥wy. knt. Po¥w? S IT Pest CofttrrA Tder*v*8 It)t•Tr Li9hi H•al 71 718 714 1.455 251 8•nk Tr•v¥. SLO*Sle(** & Enwainin9 tet Fat 75 75 1fjS RewKs 6 Main*nan¢ 3tr1 10.131 Equiw*rn*¥p￿ 621 Sub torai A4Asset and inv&str￿nt purcha￿. Iw tsblo) Equipment Sub total Pletol￿c￿Pt￿fPaYrnents) A5 Transf•rs l)•trw•n lun A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this y8&r•nd CCXX R1 accounts ISSI 296.370 296.370 3$4.862 219,712 370 354,812 27107r2023 Section B Ststement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestrficted funds Restrfcted fvnds EndowTnent nds b> t Bi Cash funds 354,812 rotal cash funds Unrestriei•d Re>trict•d fundJ i Endovnnent fund* funds D•f*l Co# (OF41r￿dI Cwr•rt ¥￿• Dotails B3 Invosthwnt Oetails 84 Assets retslned for the charity's own use D•tsil$ B6 Liablilti SbJn8d ty fffiecf bitstees on behaf of41 th• tritste8S jna￿ ', D* I wrov CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 27107r2023 Examinerfs Re ort For the trustees of Taunton Foodbank Year ended 31 March 2024 I have examined the records and accounts of the trust for the year under review. In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention to indicate that Accounting records have not been kept in accordance with required stsndards The accounts do not accord with such records Signed: Anthony Doyle Accountant 15 Septernber 2024