28/05/2026, 08:52 Print annual return | Charity Commission BETA Having problems on this page? Your feedback will help us to improve it.  **You will be logged out after 30 minutes of inactivity.** Home Cancel Print Messages (/group/guest/notifications) Account (/group/guest/my-details) Sign out (/c/portal/logout) Print ## **Charity Commission Annual Return 2025** SKELMERSDALE AND DISTRICT FOODBANK Charity registration number: 1164302 Most of the information you give in this form will become publicly available on the Register of Charities. Any field that the Charity Commission will not display will be clearly marked. This document is a record of the information provided in the Annual Return 2025. ## **PART A - Charity information** ## **Financial period** **Financial period start date** 01/08/2024 **Financial period end date** 31/07/2025 **Income and spending** Income £ £ 202,956 Spending £ £ 218,650 **Number of contracts from government** How many contracts (other than grant agreements) did your charity receive from central government or a local authority during the financial period for this return? 0 **Number of grants from government** How many grants did your charity receive from central government or a local authority during the financial period for this return? 1 **Value of grants from government** What was the total value of the grants received from central government or a local authority during the financial period for this return? £ 94,000 **Income breakdown Donations and legacies (excluding Endowments Received)** £ 197,281 **Charitable activities** £ 0 **Other trading activities** £ 0 **Investments** £ 5,675 **Other** £ 0 **Corporate donations** What was the value of your charity’s single highest value donation received from a corporate donor during the financial period of this return? £ 8,450 https://my-charity-account.charitycommission.gov.uk/group/annual-return-2025/print 1/5 28/05/2026, 08:52 Print annual return | Charity Commission **Donations from individuals** What was the value of your charity’s single highest value donation received from an individual during the financial period of this return? £ 900 ## **Donations from related parties** ||What was the value of your charity’s single highest value donation received from a related party|| |---|---|---| ||during the financial period of this return?|| ||£ 600|| |**Grantmaking**||| ||Is grant making the main way your charity carries out its purposes?|| ||No|| |**Recipients of grants**||| ||**Please round all figures to the nearest pound (do not enter decimal points or commas).**|| ||**Individuals**|| ||£ 0|| ||**Other charities**|| ||£ 0|| ||**Other organisations that are not charities**|| ||£ 0|| |**Trustee payments**||| ||Excluding out of pocket expenses, for what were any of the trustees paid during the financial|| ||period for this return?|| ||e. None of the trustees have been paid
⊠|| ||Did any of the trustees resign and take up employment with your charity in the financial period of|| ||this return?|| ||No|| |**Income from outside the UK**||| ||Did your charity receive income from outside of the United Kingdom in the financial period of this|| ||return?|| ||No|| |**Delivering activities outside the United Kingdom**||| ||Did your charity deliver charitable activities outside of the United Kingdom in the financial period|| ||of this return?|| ||No|| |**Spending outside of the United Kingdom**||| ||Did your charity spend funds outside of the United Kingdom in the financial period of this return?|| ||No|| ||**Total Spending outside of the United Kingdom**|| ||£|| |**Trading subsidiaries**||| ||Does the charity have any trading subsidiaries?|| ||No|| |**Employment contract types**||| ||**People were permanently employed by your charity**|| ||3|| ||**People were on fixed-terms contracts with your charity**|| ||3|| ||**Self-employed people were working for your charity**|| ||0|| |**Total overseas employees**||| How many of the people above work on behalf of your charity outside of the United Kingdom? 0 https://my-charity-account.charitycommission.gov.uk/group/annual-return-2025/print 2/5 28/05/2026, 08:52 Print annual return | Charity Commission **Total employee payroll** What was the total amount spent on employee payroll during the financial period relating to this return? £ 31,945 ## **Employees' salaries** Did any of your charity's employees receive total employment benefits of £60,000 or more in the financial period of this annual return? No **Governance policies Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures** Yes **Safeguarding policy and procedures** Yes **Financial reserves policy and procedures** Yes **Complaints policy and procedures** Yes **Serious incident reporting policy and procedures** Yes **Internal risk management policy and procedures** No **Trustee expenses policy and procedures** Yes **Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures** Yes **Investing charity funds policy and procedures** Yes **Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures** No **Bullying and harassment policy and procedures** Yes **Social media policy and procedures** No **Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures** Not applicable **Safeguarding** Has your charity provided services to children and/or adults at risk in the financial period of the return? Yes **a. Standard DBS checks have been obtained for all eligible roles** Yes **b. Enhanced DBS checks have been obtained for all eligible roles** Yes **c. Enhanced with Barred List(s) DBS checks have been obtained for all eligible roles** Yes ## **Serious Incidents** Has your charity reported all Serious Incidents (including any historical incidents) that the charity became aware of during the financial period of this return? There were no incidents to report ## **External risk and impact** Donations Negative Other income - grants Positive Other income - contracts Not applicable https://my-charity-account.charitycommission.gov.uk/group/annual-return-2025/print 3/5 Print annual return | Charity Commission 28/05/2026, 08:52 Print annual return | Charity Commission Other income - investment Positive Expenditure on charitable activities Negative Expenditure on overheads Negative Number of volunteers No impact Number of employees No impact Number of trustees Negative Fundraising activities No impact Capacity to deliver services No impact Total service demand No impact ## **Volunteers** Excluding trustees, provide an estimate of the number of volunteers who carried out charitable activities on behalf of your charity in the United Kingdom during the financial period of this return? 80 ## **Privacy statement** Any information you give us will be held securely and processed only in accordance with the rule on data protection. 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Total rnc•lpts *)2, en OlhL* & WaTWtoux Ilvrt Oth¢e & **th)J5e Swes venid6 8 Pnnl 5tsbowy Faco 5tth PLwchase5 CA PrryeLt. Wdtsre Training sJK¥ Fl￿ pa￿1% 17.910 2.327 30.5gJ 2.475 2.381 Jl.•45 2,475 6.134 >J.181 1.352 1,51J 1rp),•79 27.077 107.977 107.gTT fjOA32 $0.lJ2 1.281 164.453 Sub total 197 108.216 A4 Asset ond Inve•tment Sub total 164.4S3 S4.197 218.6 185.281 N•t of rnc•lptsifpayments) AS Tr•n•f¢rJ btheen funds A8 C#¥h fund• la•t •nd Cash lunds th1$ y••r and 27.519 11.82 15.094 94.974 55,J53 150.327 166.021 CCXX R1 xcounls ISSI 1W2028 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrn•trlctsd R••trl¢t•d lund* Endo￿nOn1 B1 Ca•h fvndo J4 94.974 56.363 RMirf¢l•d •)d• )41¢ v••t ¢ Fwd rkntsi18 pl￿d i¢+*thl¢h Cunwrt v4knJ• Det8lls Vthd• B4 AM•t• reta1r￿a lof th• ¢h*rlty'• gwn u Fund 10 whlth Dc4t3lls SWWJ or tru8kn88 on Synatur Datè of 0or•k Aohuvft K•lhrffj H&Tr￿Dd 20"*" CCXX A2 •ceomt• ISSI CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Exarniner's Report Report to th• tru8teeslm•mborn of SKELMERSDALE AND DISTRICT FOOD BANK On accounts for the y•ar ended 31ST JULY 2025 Charity no (11 any 1164302 S•t oul on 1&2 I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above chanty {Ih8 Trust'} for year ended Regpon8lbllltl•s and As the charity trustees of the Trusl, you are responsible for the preparalion bosls of report of the accounts in accordance wrth the requ1￿mentS of the ChantEs Act 2011 (Yhe Act'l. I report in respect of my examination of Ihe Trust's accounts carned OLrt under section 145 of the 2011Act and in carrying out my examination. I have followed Ihe applicable Diredions given by the Charity Commission under section 14515llbl of the Act. I have completed my examination I confirm that no material matters have come to my attenlion (other than that disclosed below "l in connection wrth the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect accounting records not kept in accordance with section 130 of theActor the accounts do not accord wilh the accounting recordg Independent •xamln•rfs statement I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination lo which attention should be drawn In order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. ' P18ase delete the words in Ihe brackels rf Ihey do nol apply, Signed: Date: Name: MR CHRISTOPHER COLLEN Relevant prof•8slonal quallfl¢atlonl$) or body (if any}: NIA Address: 50 SPENCERS LANE SKELMERSDALE WN8 9JR IER October 2018 Section B Disclosure Only complete If the examiner needs lo highlight matters of concern (see CC32. IndeFendenl examination of charrty accounls" directions and guidance for examinersl. Give here brlef details of any Items that the oxaminer wishes to dlsclose NONE IER Octolxr 2018