2022-04-05-accounts - Feltham Food Bank

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

	Period start date	Period start date			Period end date
From	06	04	2021	To	05 04	2022

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1163930

Feltham Food Bank

Charity's principal address 102 Hounslow Road Feltham Postcode TW14 0AX

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year
Aisha Rahman	Chair
Lorraine Calvert	Joint Secretary
Madeleine Darvill	Joint Secretary
John Calvert	Treasurer
SindyThornley
Faouzi Saffar
Helen Reed
Maeve Begley
Omair Nazimi
Jennie Mullins
Nadeem Manzar		Appointed 15thMay2021
Nina Walsh		Appointed 15thMay2021

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser Name Address
Bank	Barclays	Leicester, LE87 2BB

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Constitution (Adopted on 07/10/2015) Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Appointed by existing Trustees Trustee selection methods

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

Youmay chooseto include
additional information, where
relevant, about:
•policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees;
•the charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the charity
works;
•relationship with any related
parties;
•trustees’ consideration of
major risks and the system
and procedures to manage
them.

Feltham Food Bank was founded in March 2013 and became a registered
charity on 12thOctober 2015.
Feltham Food Bank is very proud that, throughout the Covid-19 pandemic,
we continued to meet our aim of “relieving hardship” by working as part of
the “Covid-19 Emergency Food Response” for the local area. This was in
partnership with Feltham Salvation Army, Riverside Vineyard Storehouse,
Christ Church Feltham, Reach Academy and others. Food support was
provided to between 100 and 150 vulnerable local families every week
from late March 2020 to July 2021.
19thJuly 2021 was the date that government regulations related to Covid-
19 were significantly reduced and Feltham Food Bank returned to a more
normal way of working.
Organisation in the year from 6thApril 2021 to 5thApril 2022:
- Aisha Rahman was one of the founder members of Feltham Food Bank
at its launch in March 2013. Aisha continues to be Chair of Trustees.
- Lorraine Calvert and Madeleine Darvill (Joint Secretaries) deal with the
bulk of administrative tasks and various day to day practical tasks to
maintain food supplies.
- John Calvert (Treasurer) deals with finances, some administrative tasks
and day to day practical tasks to maintain food supplies.
- Nadeem Manzar has taken on a small number of administrative tasks
and has organised a weekly Stock Checking rota.
- Faouzi Saffar is Feltham Food Bank’s link to the Feltham HIRA
Association (Charity No. 1146678) where he is also a Trustee. HIRA
provide premises for Feltham Food Bank free of charge.
All the Trustees give their time voluntarily and receive no remuneration or
other benefits.

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Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)	The relief of financial hardship among people living or working in the London Borough of Hounslow or in local authority areas closely neighbouring the London Borough of Hounslow, by providing persons with food and household items which they could not otherwise afford through lack of means.
	At Feltham Food Bank meetings, when planning activities for the year, we kept in mind the Charity Commissions guidance on public benefit. The sole focus of Feltham Food Bank’s activities is the provision of food, toiletries, baby and household supplies to individuals and families who have been referred as needing support. This benefits the people concerned by providing food and supplies for 4 to 5 days when they have very limited means or, in some cases, no means to purchase food. We welcome and support anyone who has been referred for assistance. Section D details the number of referrals received and people helped. Feltham Food Bank has built up a fantastic reputation for being welcoming, caring and responsive. This positive feedback has come from both service users and professionals who make referrals. An extract from a recent comment sent by a Social Work Team in Hounslow Children’s Services was:*“Your hard work and dedication to the* *community is so appreciated.”* Feltham Food Bank is fortunate to have received substantial donations of food and money throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. In a typical week, Feltham Food Bank received more than 50 supermarket “bags for life” full of food and more than £250 cash donations. This generous ongoing support has enabled Feltham Food Bank to provide large amounts of surplus food to our partners at Salvation Army and Vineyard Storehouse. During the Covid-19 pandemic food parcels were delivered to the most vulnerable service users and others were collected when it was deemed safe to do so. The number of deliveries gradually reduced to a point where only one or two food parcels needed home delivery. In November 2021 Feltham Food Bank started to see a dramatic increase in visits from asylum seeker families who had been placed at hotels in the local area. This led to an increase in demand of almost 50%. We were able to manage this on a short-term basis. After discussion with London Borough of Hounslow, Seema Malhotra MP and other food services in the local area, the Trustees of Feltham Food Bank decided that assistance would be given to those asylum seeker families placed in hotels where no food is provided. However, assistance with food would not be given to asylum seeker families in hotels that do provide food. In January, February and March 2022 support with food was provided to between 10 and 15 asylum seeker families each week. Feltham Food Bank’s constitution is clear that in relation to Trustees, volunteers and people receiving assistance we will not discriminate on the grounds of gender, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, sexuality, disability, religious or political belief, marital status or age.

Summary of the objects of the
charity set out in its
governing document
Summary of the main
activities undertaken for the
public benefit in relation to
these objects (include within
this section the statutory
declaration that trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit)

The relief of financial hardship among people living or working in the
London Borough of Hounslow or in local authority areas closely
neighbouring the London Borough of Hounslow, by providing persons
with food and household items which they could not otherwise afford
through lack of means.

At Feltham Food Bank meetings, when planning activities for the year,
we kept in mind the Charity Commissions guidance on public benefit.
The sole focus of Feltham Food Bank’s activities is the provision of food,
toiletries, baby and household supplies to individuals and families who
have been referred as needing support. This benefits the people
concerned by providing food and supplies for 4 to 5 days when they have
very limited means or, in some cases, no means to purchase food. We
welcome and support anyone who has been referred for assistance.
Section D details the number of referrals received and people helped.
Feltham Food Bank has built up a fantastic reputation for being
welcoming, caring and responsive. This positive feedback has come
from both service users and professionals who make referrals. An
extract from a recent comment sent by a Social Work Team in Hounslow
Children’s Services was:“Your hard work and dedication to the
community is so appreciated.”
Feltham Food Bank is fortunate to have received substantial donations of
food and money throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. In a typical week,
Feltham Food Bank received more than 50 supermarket “bags for life” full
of food and more than £250 cash donations. This generous ongoing
support has enabled Feltham Food Bank to provide large amounts of
surplus food to our partners at Salvation Army and Vineyard Storehouse.
During the Covid-19 pandemic food parcels were delivered to the most
vulnerable service users and others were collected when it was deemed
safe to do so. The number of deliveries gradually reduced to a point
where only one or two food parcels needed home delivery.
In November 2021 Feltham Food Bank started to see a dramatic
increase in visits from asylum seeker families who had been placed at
hotels in the local area. This led to an increase in demand of almost
50%. We were able to manage this on a short-term basis. After
discussion with London Borough of Hounslow, Seema Malhotra MP and
other food services in the local area, the Trustees of Feltham Food Bank
decided that assistance would be given to those asylum seeker families
placed in hotels where no food is provided. However, assistance with
food would not be given to asylum seeker families in hotels that do
provide food. In January, February and March 2022 support with food
was provided to between 10 and 15 asylum seeker families each week.
Feltham Food Bank’s constitution is clear that in relation to Trustees,
volunteers and people receiving assistance we will not discriminate on
the grounds of gender, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, sexuality,
disability, religious or political belief, marital status or age.

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Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

Feltham Food Bank has 12 Trustees and about 30 volunteers. Most Trustees work as ordinary volunteers in addition to their Trustee role. Trustees and volunteers are required to read and sign the following policies of Feltham Food Bank: Confidentiality and Code of Conduct; Safeguarding Statement. Also, they must have regard to Feltham Food Bank’s Constitution and Safety Statement. Feltham Food Bank aims to ensure that all Trustees and Volunteers have up to date DBS checks. For Trustees and volunteers of Feltham Food Bank there is a great deal of work involved collecting donations of food, supplies and money. Our aim is to provide a good nutritional balance and to meet dietary needs (either health related e.g. gluten free or religious e.g. halal or kosher or ethical e.g. vegetarian or vegan). We provide women’s sanitary products as required. Also, we provide age appropriate food, nappies and provisions for babies. As a result of the excellent and ongoing donations of food and money that we received in the year 6[th] April 2021 to 5[th] April 2022 the quality and quantity of the food we provide continued to increase and improve. All food parcels include: fresh fruit and/or vegetables, toilet rolls and clothes washing tablets. Also, when appropriate, we provide, baby food and nappies. The contents of food parcels are discussed with each individual service user to help meet their needs and to minimise wastage of food. Feltham Food Bank continues to work hard to be more environmentally sustainable in various ways, such as: • An insulated storage shed that needs minimal background heating. • Packing toilet rolls and clothes washing tablets in paper bags. • Using biodegradable plastic, recycled plastic or paper carrier bags. • Recycling paper, cardboard and plastic whenever possible. • Sharing excess food with local agencies to further reduce waste.

Section D Achievements and performance

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

All recipients of support from Feltham Food Bank have been referred by a professional organisation (e.g. CAB, DWP, Children's Services, Adult Social Care, Mental Health Teams, Schools, NHS community staff and social housing providers). We are able to meet emergency requests for help. A referral entitles the individual or family to make 4 separate visits to the food bank to collect a food parcel.

The following chart shows the number of people helped per week for each month since January 2020.

In the year from 6[th] April 2021 to 5[th] April 2022 we had 1,349 visits to the Food Bank providing food for 2,071 adults and 1,862 children. In addition, at Christmas 2021, we provided 40 families (71 adults and 78 children) with substantial Christmas Hampers.

PLEASE NOTE: the chart and these figures do not include the very large number of local families that were helped by Feltham Food Bank’s involvement in the local “Covid-19 Emergency Food Response”.

Over the last 9 years Feltham Food Bank has built up a large network of support. Some examples are:

Many local schools do a food collection at least once a year.
• Local businesses, from large companies like Royal Mail and Sutton Winson Ltd to small companies regularly donate food and money.
A local church has collected food for 9 years.
Feltham Food Bank also has permanent food collection boxes at local Tesco and Asda stores.

An example of help we have provided is a father and adult daughter referred for help. The daughter was the survivor of serious domestic abuse and she had moved back to live with her father. In addition, she had acute and life-threatening physical health problems. One of our volunteers spent a lot of time patiently talking to the family. As a result, they were provided with additional items of food that they liked and would enjoy. Both father and daughter gave very positive feedback about the support they received. Sadly, the daughter died, but food support continued to be provided to the father for a period of some weeks.

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Section E Financial review

In the year from 6[th] April 2021 to 5[th] April 2022 Feltham Food Bank had a Brief statement of the surplus of £3,715. charity’s policy on reserves As a result, Feltham Food Bank’s cash assets increased from £27,180 on 5[th] April 2021 to £30,895 on 5[th] April 2022. At 5[th] April 2022 Feltham Food Bank held funds in the bank of £30,858 (£10,847 in current account and £20,011 in savings account) plus £37 petty cash totalling £30,895, all of which is unrestricted funds. An independent examination of the Feltham Food Bank accounts has been done by Mike Foston. He had “no concerns” about the accounts. Details of any funds materially Not applicable.

Details of any funds materially Not applicable. in deficit Further financial review details (Optional information)

In addition to the very substantial donations of food, toiletries, baby and You may choose to include household supplies detailed above, Feltham Food Bank received: additional information, where £13,825 – routine donations from local residents and businesses; relevant about: £2,500 – from local businesses; • the charity’s principal £6,360 – in grants from London Borough of Hounslow; sources of funds (including £2,410 – additional Covid-19 donations from residents and businesses. any fundraising); Feltham Food Bank spent: • how expenditure has £9,412 – topping up food, toiletries, baby and household supplies; £3,531 – food and treats for Christmas Hampers; supported the key objectives £1,860 – extra food and supplies due to the Covid-19 pandemic; of the charity; £6,884 – extra food and supplies, related to the grants from London • investment policy and Borough of Hounslow. objectives including any £538 – essential items to ensure safe working during the Covid-19 ethical investment policy pandemic, see Supplementary to Accounts for details. adopted.

Section F Other optional information

In addition to our Constitution, Feltham Food Bank has the following policies in place: Confidentiality and Code of Conduct; Safeguarding Statement; Safety Statement (updated in May 2020).

The Accounts, Supplementary to the Accounts and this Annual Report have been, as best as possible, prepared in accordance with:

Feltham Food Bank’s Constitution;
Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice;
The Charities Act 2011;

• UK Generally Accepted Practice. Insofar as they apply.

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees:

Signature(s)

Full name(s) Aisha Rahman John Calvert Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)[Chair of Trustees ] Treasurer Date 28th May 2022

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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Feltham Food Bank 1163930 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period from To 6th A rll 2021 5th Awfjl 2022 Section A Receipts and payments Unr•striet•d funds to th• n8aro8t £ Rèstriet•d funds to th• n•aro8t £ Endowmènt funds to tm n•ar*8t £ Total funds Last year to th• noarost £ to tm n•ar88t £ 10 A1 Recei ts 11 DDnations for food & hl&&hold su 12 Business donations 13 Gran15 14 tbnalions for Covid-19 erne 15 Miscellaneous 16 HMRC Grft Aid 17 13.825 2,500 6,360 2.410 13.B25 2,500 6,360 2,410 6,293 2,380 3,375 23,938 en¢ 3.190 3.190 18 Sub totalfGross income forARJ 28.2B7 28.287 3S,991 A2 Ass•t and Investm•nt sales. 20 21 22 Sub total 23 24 Totalrecelpts 28.287 28,287 35.991 25 26 A3Pa ments 27 Food & household supplies 28 Stationary & printin9 29 Insurance 30 Storage & safely 31 hth>bile phones & cofflrrnnications 32 Christma$ hampers 33 Miscellaneous 34 Covid-19 Ifood & supplies) 35 thvi(k19 IPPE, bags. 5anitiser, trtGI 36 Coviik19 LB of Wunslow (food & supleS) 37 DBS check5 (Voluntary Action Hgrrowl 9,412 9,412 399 165 5,281 128 165 572 339 3,613 165 3,531 3,531 1,860 53B 1.860 538 8,926 2,371 833 439 38 39 40 Sub total 24,572 24,572 22,707 41 A4 Ass¢t and inve$tm•nt 42 puYchas•s. Is•• tabl•l 43 44 45 Sub totsl 46 47 24,572 24.572 22.707 48 Net of receipts/(payments) 49 AS Transfers between funds 50 A6 Cash funds last y•ar ènd 51 Cash funds thls year end 52 3,715 3.715 13.284 27,180 27.180 13.896 27,180 30,895 30,895

54 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestricted funds to rn¥roSt £ Restricted funds to r•arvst £ Endowment funds to nur8St £ 55 56 Cate ones Details 57 B1 Cashfunds (OnI account lQ.B47 58 Savings account 20,011 59 Petty cash 37 60 Totalcash funds 30.89S 61 511 Unrestricted funds to Mar•8t £ Restricted funds to m•ar•8t £ Endowment funds to 1•¥t £ 62 63 Details 64 65 86 67 68 69 FU to whlch asset bÈlLwi 70 Cost loMl¢Thll Cojrrort valub Oetailg 71 72 73 74 75 to wNch a88t b•l¢x Currenl valu 76 Details 77 B4 Assets retalned for the charity's own use 78 79 BO 81 82 83 84 FurKI to whlch lIalIty r•lat•8 Anount 85 Details It4rtlJr*ll 86 B5 Uabllltles 87 88 89 90 Signed by on8 or two trustees on behaff of all the truste8S 91 SvJnalure Print Name Date of approval Aisha Rahman 28th May 2022 92 John Calvert 28th May 2022 93 94

Feltham Food Bank (Charity Number 1163930)

For the Period 6[th] April 2021 to 5[th] April 2022

Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the 2021 – 2022 financial year

Cash Assets £30,895
• Liabilities £0

Supplementary notes to receipt and payment accounts

A1 Donations: All cash donations for food and household supplies came from local residents, businesses and community organisations.

A1 Grants: Three grants from London Borough of Hounslow. Total received £6,360 to help purchase food and household supplies. These grants were: 1) Covid-19 Fund - £1980, 2) Household Support Fund - £3,380, 3) Neighbourhood Grant - £1,000.

A1 Miscellaneous: £2 interest received on Barclays Bank savings account.

A1 HMRC Gift Aid: £3,190 received from HMRC – total for 2018-19 and 2019-20 tax years.

A3 Food & household supplies: Funds are used to purchase additional food, toiletries and other household supplies. Feltham Food Bank aims for a good nutritional balance in our food parcels. Cash donations received are also used to purchase good quality fresh fruit and vegetables that are added to every food parcel. In addition, it is sometimes necessary to purchase food to meet special dietary needs and to provide items such as baby food, baby nappies and feminine hygiene products.

A1 and A3 Covid-19 crisis: the Covid-19 pandemic continued at the beginning of this financial year. Feltham Food Bank decided that income and expenditure relating to Covid-19 ceased on 19[th] July 2021 when government regulations were significantly reduced. In the period from 6[th] April to 19[th] July Feltham Food Bank received donations, related to Covid-19, from local residents totalling £2,410.

£1,860 was used to purchase additional food supplies to meet increased demand and £538 was used for additional costs related to the Covid-19 pandemic. Including: PPE, sanitiser, carrier bags and mobile costs.

A3 Mobile phones & communications: Call charges for Feltham Food Bank mobiles (07448831297 & 07783368928). Also Includes a subscription to Zoom (£14.39 per month).

Net of Receipts/(Payments): In the period from 6[th] April 2021 to 5[th] April 2022, Feltham Food Bank had a surplus of £3,715.

Independent examination: An independent examination of the Feltham Food Bank accounts has been done by Mike Foston. He had “no concerns” about the accounts.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s Trustees:

Signatures Full Names Positions Date
	Aisha Rahman	John Calvert
	Chair of Trustees	Treasurer
	28th May 2022	28th May 2022

Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examlner's Report Report to the ttee$l members of Fellham Food Bank On accounts for the year ended 5° April 2022 Charlty no (If any) 1 and 2 of Annual Accoknnts 2021 ' ¥0221(Ex¢el spreadsheet) and in th8 Supplementary Notes 2021 _ 2022. 1163930 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charfty ('th8 Trusf) for the year ended 0510412022. Responsibilities and basis of report As the tharilys tNslees. you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in acts)rdan¢8 With th8 requirem8nts of the Charities Act 2011 (Yhe Acri. I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of Ihe 2011 Act and in carying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. Independent I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have examlnefs statement come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disdosed bebw ') which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: the accounting records were not kept in accordance with serAion 130 of the Charities Act; or the acojunts did not accord with the aUntIng records; or the accounts did nol o)mply with the applicable requirements conceming the forni and ntent of accounts set out in the Charities {Aco)unts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the ac(x)unts give a 'true and faif view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection with th8 examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enab a proper understandlng of the accounts to be reathed. ' Ple8se delete the words In the brackets rf they do not apply. Slgned: Date: Name: Mike Foston Relevant professlonal quallflcatlon(s) or body Ilf any).. IER Oct 2018

Address: 34 Cranleigh Road Feltham TW13 4QD Section Bwwlllllm Disclosure Only mplete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concem (see CC32. Independent examination of tharity accounts.. dIredn$ and guidance for examiners>. Give here brlef details of any items that the exarnlner vAshes to dlsclose. ]O¢Le, IER Oct 2018