Registered company number.. 09561460 Registered charty number: 1164890 Foodwise (TLC) Limited A company limited by guarantee Trustees, Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 30 April 2024
Registered company nU8T.. 09561460 Registarèd charity nun*>8r.' 1164890 Foodwise (TLC) Limited TRUSTEES. REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For the Year Ended 30 April 2024 Contents Trustees, and Directors. Report Independent Examiner's Report Stalement of Financial Affairs (including Income and Expenditure Account) ReconcilialM)n of Funds Balance Sheet Notes to the Accounts 10 Page 1
Registered company number.. 09561460 Registered charity number= 1164890 Foodwise {TLC) Limited TRUSTEES, AND DIRECTORS, REPORT For the Year Ended 30 April 2024 The trustees who are also the directors of the company, are pleased to provide their report for Foodwise {TLCI Limited I"Foodwise") for the year ended 30 April 2024. Incorporation The company was incorporat8d on 26 April 2015 as a company limited by guarantee and commenced trading immediately. The company obtained charitable status on 15 December 2015 with regislered charity number 1164890. Objectlves and Activltles Foodwise's charitable aim is to relieve financial hardship through the provision of food coaching to teach people how to budget, purchase, prepare and cook nutritional food at reasonable cost. In practical lerms, Foodwise runs courses where people are coached by a Food Coach to prepare and cook a variety of dishes over a six-week period. The course runs for a few hours, one day per week normally for six weeks, usually within a school term. A differenl meal will be cooked on each day. wilh the aim of increasing the cooking skills and knowledge of our attendees. The menus are available free of charge on the charity's website www.foodwisetlc.care The courses are entirely free and the charity provides not only the localion, equipment and Food Coach but also sufficient food for the participant to feed their immediate family that evening. The primary aim is to teach life skills, whilst providing much needed food for the family. Where a Food Bank will often only provide sufficient food for three main meals within a three-month period, Foodwise can triple the assistance provided over a six-week period. Participants can attend multiple courses, where space on a course is available. The trustees have had regard to the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit and consider that Foodwise's activities provide public benefit through providing vulnerable people with the skills to cook healthy food for themselves and their families within a manageable budget. Cooking on a Budget Courses The Cooking on a Budgel courses are a prime aim ofthe charity. This can change lives. providing Confiden and skills that can impact the future of a family. By cooking from scratch, we educate so that costs are reduced and meals are healthy, with less salt and a focus on healthy ingredients and new recipes are leamed. Throughout the year courses have continued to be run at various locations across Guildford and Woking. Food Coaches are generally employed by the charity, but experienced Volunleers are welcomed to run courses following training and shadowing by our Food Coaches. Page 2
Registered company number: 09561460 Registered charity number: 1164890 The number of weekly courses varies depending on Food Coach availability, location and partner organisations. We have had another busy year delivering cookery courses at schools, community cenlres, church halls etc. We have run 28 courses throughout Ihe year, and although some of the courses haven't been as well attended as we had hoped, we have worked alongside 153 families teaching healthy low budget meals wilh lots of positive feedback from those attending. It is always good to see the way people grow in confidence as they realise they are able to cook healthy meals that their families enjoy. We have made a new school connection through the HSLW (Home School Link Worker) at Barnsbury school and have successfully delivered 2 Courses there this past year. We continue to work well with Westfield school and have run classes both through the day for parents and we also held a trial cookery course for parents and children together after school. We have also worked with Wesffield school on their Wellbeing days, which they have once a tem, giving us a great opportunity to chat lo people, share recipes and invite people to our courses. As well as schools, we have worked with various other charities as well as different departments within Surrey County Council and are continuing to develop new relationships with other charities and organisations throughout the year. From the beginning of April this year, Gracie our Head Food Coach, has increased her hours working with Foodwise which will hopefully allow more time to partner with agencies and therefore reach more people with our cooking courses. Frea Meals to Families (primarily via schools) Foodwise has continued supplying free meals to five schools during the year and through the Lighthouse in Woking. The meals provision has continued this year by purchasing meals through Bidfood Direct. Since the start of the Pandemic, we have now supplied more than 85,000 meals free of charge. to the public (during the Pandemic) and through schools and to the Lighthouse in Woking. Donations. We are very grateful for donations reiVed from the public and from Burpham Parish Church and St John's Church, Merrow, both based in Guildford, which continue lo fund the charity regularly. Neat2eat CIC Neat2eat has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Foodwise since its incorporation on 40ctober 2020. Neat2eat CIC continues to operate on a very much reduced basis, with M Vodden as the sole director. Neat2eat is less active currently, following the closure of its cafes, but continues to trade via placement of ils Catering Trailer at Salldean Lido. If you are visiting Brighton or Saltdean please do pop in and try some of the delicious food from our Trailer. htt .' 1www.sall eanlido. Page 3
Registered company number.. 09561460 Registered charity number: 1164890 Shopwise - Launched 23 March 2022 SHOPI ISE "Shopwise. is a member only food club which, for a £3 weekly membership fee, provides each member with approximately £15 to £20 of food each week. The food is supplied through our shop in Sheerwater, primarily with food supplied by Fareshare. This is "surplus food" which would never reach a supermarket shelf, but is still edible, healthy and 'in date" We supplement Ihe food in store using some of our own funds. The most important aspect, in addition to the eco-benefits. is that people are happy to shop with dignity and choice, whilst making their money go further. Shani Orchard, who runs Shopwise, has written a short overview oflhe year for us.. We have had another successful year at Shopwise, based in Sheerwater and still have customers who started shopping with us on opening in March 20221 Although we have an average of 27 customers per week, over a month we are probably supporting 50+ families. The majority ofthe shoppers are those struggling to make ends meel and live locally. A good sleady team of 5 volunteers enables the smooth operation of the shop each week. In partnership with Surrey County Council we now have a lounge in the space, alongside the shop area, which enables shoppers to wait in comfort. Shoppers arrive from 10.30 am for the opening of the shop at 12.30 pm. In March 2024, we re-decorated the area with the help of a national charity, namely Go-Gym. based in Woking. The volunteers came and decorated Ihe area for us. A group from the charity run to a charity destination, donate an hour or two and then return back to Iheir base, in this case Woking Leisure Centre. As a result, the area was decorated within 3 hours in totall We've been donated sofas and rugs and the room looks very cosy now. Customers who corne to shop, have said how they appreciate this area, as il has also encouraged them to talk together whilst having a coffee. At Christmas, December 2023, a customer won some money and wanted lo share their good fortune and donated half- £15.00 to benefit other customers by paying for their shopping, even though she struggles on occasions herself to find money to shop. Weekly, prior to opening to customers, we have a prayer session for volunteers. needs. One of our volunteers is not a church%oing person, but readily partakes in the prayers. Monthly, we have St Michael's Church, sheeater visiting as we are part of their prayer walk. We have partnered with RHS Wisley, who have run workshops such as Chrislmas wreath making or seedling transplanting. In October 2023 they approached us. as they saw the space surrounding the shop as ideal for a student project, as part of their RHS Level 3 & 4 Diploma in Horticulture Practice. We had the students visit us and have discussions with the customers who use the shop and other stakeholders (Woking Borough Council I St. Michael's Church, Sheerwater) to establish what they'd like to see in the garden space. The students then went away to design the garden. In April a group consisting of volunteers, Page 4
Registered company number.. 09561460 Registered charity number: 1164890 customers, St Michael's Church and Martin Vodden went to RHS Wisley to see presenlalions of the proposed garden designs. From six presenlalions we all unanimously chose one, Ihe building of which was to start late June 2024. Financial Review Foodwise is still supported by one main corporate group, but is now far less dependent on that, having been able to raise charitable income from other activities in the Sheerwater premises during the year. This model is expected to continue. However, the primary corporate donor has confirmed ils willingness lo continue its financial support and restated its long-term support for the charity. Overall, the Trustees are pleased with the perfomance of the charity this year with diversification of income sources, success of the Shopwise model and a reduction in overhead support cosls. The charity reported a £5.638 deficit for the 23124 year122123 - surplus of £7,631 } as donations received late in the prior year were applied to acts'vities in tho year. Reserves Policy The charity is a "not for profit, organisation and its funds are designated to support our local communities and fulfil the core aims of the charity. However, the trustees are committed to the long-term future of the charity and will manage its finances accordingly to ensure we hold sufficient reseeS to safeguard our staff and services. At 30 April 2024 the charity held almost £27,000 in reserves which the trustees consider to be adequate for the current size and operation of the charity and ils level of commitments. Future Developments Foodwise is seeking a close working partnership with Fareshare which is now Fareshare Sussex and Surrey. Their new depot, based in Guildford was fomally opened in July 2024. For more information about Fareshare please visit htt s=Ilfareshar sussexandsurre .or Structure, Governance and Management Foodwise is incorporated as a company limited by guarantee and is govemed by its memorandum and articles of association. Trustees are appointed by a majority vole of Ihe existing board of trustees. The trustees who served during the period and up lo the date of signing the report and accounts were.. Name Date of appointment Date of reslgnatlon Martin Vodden {Chair) 26 April 2015 Kay Clapp 26 April 2015 Michelle Cupples 28 September 2015 Sharon Vodden acted as Company Secretary throughout the year and continues in the role. 30 December 2024 Page 5
Registered company number.. 09561460 Re8lStered charity number: 1164890 No trustee received any remuneration or expenses from the company during the year for acting as a trustee (2023 - £nil). The registered address of the company and seNice add$5 for the charity is.. 3 The Grove, Chipperfield Road, Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, WD4 9JF. The trustees would like to thank all those that support and assist the charity in its endeavours, without which it could not provide the help that so many need. Approved by the Board of Trustees and signed on its behalf on 24 January 2025 by Martin Vodden Chair of Trustees Page 6
Foodwise {TLC) Limited INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT Registered company no.: 09561460 Registered charty no.: 1164890 For the Year Ended 30 April 2024 Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Foodwise (TLC) Limited {'the Company.) I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 30 April 2024. Responsibilities and Basls of Report As the charity's trustees of the Company land also its directors for the purposes of company law} you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 20061.the 2006 Act'l. Having satisfied myself thal the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independenl examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity's accounts as carried out under section 145 of Ihe Charities Act 2011 I'the 2011 Acl'}. In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 14515) {b) of the 2011 A¢t. Independent Examiner's Statement I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe: accounting records were not kept in respect of the Company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act., or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records,. or 3. the accounts do not comply with the accounling requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair view, which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination., or 4. the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed Martln Jones Bsc ACA 9 Jersey Close Guildford, Surrey. GU4 7FJ 24 January 2025 Page 7
Foodwise (TLC) Limited STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES Including Summary Income and Expenditu Account Forthe Year Ended 30 Aprfl 2024 Registered corrpany number.. 09561460 Registered charity nurnber.. 1164890 2024 2023 INCOME Donations 16,645 389 80,593 97 Gft Aid recoverable Grants 550 Other charitable actwitEs 31.183 Total Income 48,217 81,240 EXPENDrruRE Charitable activf(ies-. Course delivery costs Support costs DepreciatN)n 45,490 7,890 52,985 16,384 4,840 475 Total Expenditure Gain on disposal offixed assets 53,855 74,209 600 NET (EXPENDITURE)nNCOME FOR THE YEAR (5.638) 7,631 I the charty's income and expenditure and actwitEs relate lo unrestricted funds. RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS Forthe Year Ended 30 April 2024 2024 2023 Unrestricted Unrestricted Funds Funds Balances bm al 1 May Net movement in funds for the year 32.517 15.638) 24.886 7.631 BaL3nces clf at 30 April 26,879 32.517 The notes on page 10 form part of these accounts Page 8
Foodwise ITLC) Limited BALANCE SHEET As at 30 April 2024 Registered Company number.. 09561460 Registered charity nurt)ar'. 1164890 2024 2023 Note FIXED ASss Tangible fixed assets Total fixed asset$ 475 475 CURRENT ASSErs Deblors and prepayments Cash at Bank 2.000 26,236 100 32.686 Total current assets 28,236 32,786 CURRENT LIABILITIES Creditors (amounts falling due wf(hin one year) 1,357 744 Total Current liabilities 1,357 744 NET CURRENT ASSETS 26,879 32,042 TOTAL NET ASss 26,879 32.517 FUNDS OF THE CHARITY Unrestricted Funds 26,879 32,517 26,879 32,517 For the year ending 30 April 2024, the company was enlilled to exemption frDm audit under sectDn 477 of thrt fnmnanp.s Art ?flnfi rp.latinn tn small rnmnAnip.q The members have not required the company to obtain an audf( of f(s accounts for the year in question in ArrnrdxnrA Wth Artinn 47R nf thft fnmn?n¢p..R Art ?nfl The directors acknovledge their responsibil(ties for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act with rA2nArt tn Ar.m¢intinn rF>rnrd thp. nrp.nara1ln nf thp. Aprniint* These accounts have been prepared in ac(x)rdance wth the provisions applicable to small companies subiect lo the small companies, reqime. The notes on page 10 form part of these accounts. These financial slalements were approved by the 8oard of Trustees on 24 January 2025 and were signed on behaff of all the Iruslees by Martin Vodden Chair ofTrustses Page 9
Foodwise {TLC) Limited NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS Registered company number.. 09561460 Registered ¢harity nun*er.' 1164890 Forthe Year Ended 30 April 2024 Accounting Policies Basis of Preparation The accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention wifh items recognised at cost or transaction value unless otheNise stated in the relevant note to these accounts. I ne accounis nave Deen preparea In accoraance wn Ine a[emen1 OT Mecommenoea vraciice.. Accounting and Reporting by CharilEs preparing their accounts with the Financial Reporting Standard apPIable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 1021 issued on 16 Juty 2014 and wf(h Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 1021 and wrth the Charities Act 2011. Recognrtion of Income Income is reooqnised when the charity has entitlement to the funds. Depreciation Items or sets of items wf(h a cost exceeding £500 and an expected useful lrfe exceeding one year are capitalised and deprecrdled on a striaght line bas over their expected useful life which is estimated to Motor vehicles Freezers IT equipment Kf(chen utensils 3 years 3 years 4 years 3 years Tangible Fixed Assets IT Equipment Kltchen Utensils Freezers Total Cost At 1 May 2023 Additions Disposals 21,046 3,514 2,695 27,255 At 30 April 2024 21,046 3,514 2,695 27.255 Depreciation At 1 May 2023 Charge for the Year Disposals 21,046 3,039 475 2,695 26,780 475 At 30 April 2024 21.046 3.514 2.695 27,255 Net Book Value At 30 April 2024 At 30 April 2023 475 475 All langible frxed assets are unrestricted. Page 10