2023-04-05-accounts - Feltham Food Bank

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

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Period start date Period end date 06 04 2022 05 04 2023

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name

Feltham Food Bank

Other names charity is known by

Registered charity number (if any) 1163930

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
Jennie Mullins
Nadeem Manzar
Nina Walsh
Keridwen Apronti		Appointed - 28 June 2022
MaryHatherley		Appointed - 7 January2023
Paul Hatherley		Appointed - 7 January2023

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

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

March 2023

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 immensely proud to support the most vulnerable in
the community with food supplies.
Due to the current cost of living crisis, our service has been required more
than ever, with the need to hold a waiting list of referred service users on
occasions during this reporting period. We monitor this closely and have
put measures in place to support families until we have the capacity to
support them with food and supplies. We implemented a supermarket
voucher system to bridge this gap. This is used on a short-term basis only.
Organisation in the year from 6thApril 2022 to 5thApril 2023:
- 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 administration and with day to day 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 covers several administrative tasks.
- 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
otherbenefits.

March 2023

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 basic household supplies to individuals and families who have been referred as needing support. This benefits the people concerned by providing food and supplies for 3 to 4 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 note from a Service User was:*“Thank you for* *your help with an emergency parcel this morning, I am grateful to* *you and all the helpers who were all very understanding and kind* *towards me.”* Feltham Food Bank is fortunate to continue to receive substantial donations of food and money throughout the year. In a typical week, Feltham Food Bank received more than 40 supermarket “bags for life” full of food and various large and small cash donations. This generous ongoing support has enabled Feltham Food Bank to supply other local organisations with surplus food to our food bank partners at Vineyard Storehouse and to the Open Kitchen, who provide daily free hot meals for local people. From 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 has continued and 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. After this review, we are still supporting between 10 and 15 asylum seeker families each week. We continue to monitor this situation. 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 basic household supplies to individuals and families
who have been referred as needing support. This benefits the people
concerned by providing food and supplies for 3 to 4 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 note from a Service User was:“Thank you for
your help with an emergency parcel this morning, I am grateful to
you and all the helpers who were all very understanding and kind
towards me.”
Feltham Food Bank is fortunate to continue to receive substantial
donations of food and money throughout the year. In a typical week,
Feltham Food Bank received more than 40 supermarket “bags for life” full
of food and various large and small cash donations. This generous
ongoing support has enabled Feltham Food Bank to supply other local
organisations with surplus food to our food bank partners at Vineyard
Storehouse and to the Open Kitchen, who provide daily free hot meals for
local people.
From 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 has continued and 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. After this review, we are still
supporting between 10 and 15 asylum seeker families each week. We
continue to monitor this situation.
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.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

March 2023

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 13 Trustees and a rotation of around 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 2022 to 5[th] April 2023 the quality and quantity of the food we provide continued to increase and improve. All food parcels include fresh fruit and/or vegetables and clothes washing tablets. Also, when appropriate, we provide, baby food and nappies. From early 2023, we now receive weekly donations of bread, rolls and cakes from a local bakery. 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 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.

March 2023

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 2021.

In the year from 6[th] April 2022 to 5[th] April 2023 we had 1,537 visits to the Food Bank providing food for 2,730 adults and 2,500 children. In addition, at Christmas 2022, we provided 61 families (96 adults and 85 children) with substantial Christmas Hampers.

We also provide Mothers and Father’s Day gift bags using generous donations from local companies, such as Lindt and items sourced by Trustees and volunteers.

Over the last 10 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 Lindt to small companies regularly donate food and money.
A local church has collected food for 10 years.
Feltham Food Bank also has permanent food collection boxes at local Tesco and Asda stores.
In addition, one of our supporters donated a defibrillator.

An example of help we have provided to a service user who was referred to us by a charity while they supported them for alcohol addiction. They attended the foodbank over a three-month period, and this provided additional support and stability. This person is now back working and no longer requires our service.

March 2023

Section E Financial review

In the year from 6[th] April 2022 to 5[th] April 2023 Feltham Food Bank had a Brief statement of the surplus of £4,492. charity’s policy on reserves As a result, Feltham Food Bank’s cash assets increased from £30,895 on 5[th] April 2022 to £35,387 on 5[th] April 2023.

On 5[th] April 2023 Feltham Food Bank held funds in the bank of £35,352 (£5,283 in current account and £30,069 in savings account) plus £35 petty cash totalling £35,387, all of which is unrestricted funds. An independent examination of the Feltham Food Bank accounts has been done by Peter Webb, Penn Consultants. He had “no concerns” about the accounts.

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, financial donations received by additional information, where Feltham Food Bank included: relevant about: £22,386 – routine donations from local residents and businesses; • the charity’s principal £1,725 – from local businesses; sources of funds (including £7,700 – in grants from London Borough of Hounslow; any fundraising). £1,237 – HMRC Gift Aid. • how expenditure has Payments made by Feltham Food Bank included: £13,056 – topping up food, toiletries, baby and household supplies; supported the key objectives £3,634 – food and treats for Christmas Hampers; of the charity; £8,927 - extra food and supplies, related to the grants from London • investment policy and Borough of Hounslow; objectives including any £576 – for a secure cabinet to hold the defibrillator, see Supplementary to ethical investment policy 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 Statements.

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) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)
	Aisha Rahman	John Calvert
	Chair of Trustees	Treasurer
	8thJuly 2023
	8thJuly 2023

March 2023

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLANO ANO WALE5 F•ltham Food Bank 1163930 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period from To 6th 112022 5th Aprll 2023 Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted funds to n•aro8t £ Restricted funds to th• n•are8t £ Endowment funds to th• nèarest £ Total funds Last y•ar to t Mar•8t £ to t Mar•8t £ 10 A1 Ro¢01 t$ 11 tM)nallons for food & housthold su 12 Business donation5 13 Grants 14 Donglion5 for Covid-19 erre 15 Miscellaneous 16 HMRC Grft AKI 22,386 1.725 7,700 22,386 1,725 7.700 13,B2S 2,500 6,360 2,410 enc 346 1.237 1,237 3,190 18 Sub total(Gross income forAR) 33,394 33,394 28.287 A2 Asset and investment sales. see table . 20 21 22 23 Sub total 24 25 26 A3 Pa m•nt$ 27 Food & household supplies 28 Stationery & printing 29 Insur8n¢8 30 Storage & safety 31 M)bile phones & commnicalion$ 32 Chrislms haThpers 33 LB of Hounskjw rant food & 8U 34 Covid-19 Ifood & supplies) 35 Covid-19 IPPE. b89s. saniliser, et¢) 36 Covid-19 LB of Hounslow (food & supplie51 37 DBS checks (Voluntary Action Harrow) 38 Mi%celLaneous 39 Total recelpts 33,394 33,394 28.287 13.056 358 165 13,056 35B 165 9,412 399 165 564 8.927 8,927 1,860 $3B 6,884 621 621 40 Sub total 28.902 28,902 24.$72 41 A4 Asset and investment 42 purchases. (see table) 43 44 45 Sub total 46 47 28,902 28,902 24.572 48 Plet of recelptslpayments) 49 AS Transfers betw••n funds SO A6 Cash funds last yearend 51 Cash funds this year end 52 4,492 4.492 3.715 30,895 30.895 27.180 35.387 35.387 30.895

53 54 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestricted funds to n•arost £ Restricted funds to nMro8t £ Endowment funds to n•arest £ 55 56 Cate ones Details Current 8ocixJnt 57 B1 Cash funds 5,283 58 $8ving5 eccount 30.069 59 Petty cash 35 60 Totalcash funds 35,387 paymerts aCC(dj(sI1 61 Unrnstrict•d funds Rtstrlcted funds Endowment funds to n•aro8t £ 63 Details to n•aroSt £ to Marost £ 64 82 Other monetary assets 65 66 67 68 69 F to whlch asset belwjs 70 Details Cost (swlolI Cwrent valu• 71 72 73 74 75 FWKI to whlth ass•t belry Cwrert val 76 Details 77 B4 Assets rotainod forth• charity's own uso 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 to whl¢h IlalJllty r$lats¥ Amourt du 85 Dètails 86 B5 Liabilities 87 88 89 90 Slgned by one or t¥KJ tnjstees on b8h8W of all th8 trustees 91 SKJnalure Print Name Date of approval sha Rahman 8th JY 2023 92 John Calvert 8th July 2023 93 94

Feltham Food Bank (Charity Number 1163930)

For the financial year 6[th] April 2022 to 5[th] April 2023

Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the 2022 – 2023 financial year

Cash Assets £35,387
• Liabilities £0

Supplementary notes to receipt and payment accounts

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

A1 Donations: Five cash donations for general use came from local businesses. Total received £1,725.

A1 Grants: Two grants from London Borough of Hounslow. Total received £7,700 to help purchase food and household supplies. These grants were: 1) Household Support Fund - £3,520, 2) Household Support Fund - £4,180.

A1 Miscellaneous: Total received £346, made up of two items.
£58 interest received on Barclays Bank savings account.
£288 from Feltham HIRA Association as a 50% contribution to the cost of a lockable cabinet for a defibrillator. A supporter of Feltham Food Bank donated a defibrillator in memory of her father who had recently died.

A1 HMRC Gift Aid: £1,237 received from HMRC – total for 2020-21 and 2021-22 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.

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

A3 Miscellaneous: Total paid £621, made up of two items.
£45 for flowers sent to a Trustee following the death of a close relative.
£576 to purchase a lockable cabinet for a defibrillator.

Net of Receipts/(Payments): In the period from 6[th] April 2021 to 5[th] April 2022, Feltham Food Bank had a surplus of £4,492.

Independent examination: An independent examination of the Feltham Food Bank accounts has been done by Peter Webb. 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
	8th July 2023	8th July 2023

Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ Charity Name Feltham Food Bank members of On accounts for the year 5[th] April 2023 Charity no 1163930 ended (if any) Set out on pages 1 and 2 of the Annual accounts 2022 – 2023 (Excel spreadsheet) and in the Supplementary Notes 2022 – 2023.

(remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 05/04/2023 .

Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have examiner's statement come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
the accounts do not accord with the accounting records

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.

Date: April 28[th] 2023

Signed: Name: Peter Webb Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: 14 The Oaks West Byfleet KT14 6RL

October 2018

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Section B Disclosure

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).

Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .

October 2018

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