## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 01 Nov 2023 Period start date To 31 Oct 2024 Period end date** **Charity name:** Feed The Homeless (CIO) **Charity registration number:** 1169924 ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**For the public benefit, the relief and**
**assistance of people in**
**need in Bristol, and**
**its surrounding suburbs, who may**
**suffer the effect of**
**homelessness by supplying**
**them with, in particular but not**
**exclusively by, food, clothing**
**and related support.**
**To provide assistance and advice to**
**like-minded charitable**
**groups, not limited by geography.**| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**We have undertaken weekly distribution**
**of hot, cooked meals**
**and care packs to the homeless and**
**rough speakers in Bristol**
**City Centre, each weekend in the year.**
**We have looked to engage the local**
**community through**
**engaging volunteers (recruited through**
**social media posts), the**
**local university, local schools and by**
**engaging local businesses.**
**Continuation of our foodbank services**
**was supported via the charity van which**
**is used to provide groceries to people**
**who are homeless or rough sleeping.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees of Feed the Homeless**
**confirm that they have had regard to the**
**Charity Commission’s guidance on**
**public benefit when reviewing the**
**charity’s aims and objectives, setting**
**strategic priorities, and planning its**
**activities.**
**In 2023–2024, Feed the Homeless**
**continued to deliver its charitable**
**purpose of relieving poverty and social**
**exclusion through the provision of food,**
**essential supplies, and community**
**connection to over 300 individuals**
**weekly. The trustees actively considered**| **the benefit to the community, ensuring services remained accessible, inclusive, and responsive to local need. The trustees also evaluated potential risks, safeguarding practices, and operational impact to ensure that any private benefit arising from the charity’s activities remained incidental. Governance decisions—including policy reviews, funding strategies, and stakeholder engagement—were aligned with the public benefit principles to uphold the dignity and wellbeing of those served.** ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||
SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**Our volunteers come from a wide range**
**of backgrounds and all ages, we have**
**supported a steady number of younger**
**volunteers with the achievement of the**
**Duke of Edinburgh awards and they**
**have gained knowledge of the causes**
**and impacts of homelessness,**
**experienced working as a team to**
**provide a vital service and interacting**
**with those in need in a positive and**
**supportive environment.**
**We have also continued to enjoy strong**
**relationships with local and national**
**businesses through a range of**
**initiatives and direct engagement, which**
**has provided opportunities to access**
**regular good quality support and**
**donations and provide those business**
**with an opportunity to learn about the**
**challenges caused by food poverty and**
**enrich their understanding of the local**
**environment and volunteering**| |Other||| **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**Distribution of around 280 meals every**
**Friday and Sunday evening from a fixed**
**location.**
**We continue to support the sleep pod**
**charity with intelligence**
**and information about the situation on**
**the streets and expertise**
**to ensure their activities are targeted**
**towards those in need.**
**We have also provided the homeless**
**with essential items such as sleeping**
**bags, clothing, ruck sacks and hygiene**
**items on an ad hoc basis.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Reserves are held to ensure we can**
**continue our services, purchasing all**
**necessary goods in order to maintain**
**Feed the Homeless’ twice weekly**
**services**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£25,857**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47|| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Charitable Incorporated Organisation**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Appointed by Trustee consensus**| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|
Para 1.51|| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Feed The Homeless (CIO)| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|Feed the Homeless Bristol, FTH| |Registered charity number|1169924| |Charity’s principal address|15 Church Road
Bedminster
Bristol
BS3 4NF| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Shada Nasrullah|Chair||| ||Zaynab Nasrullah|||| ||PhilipAshton|||| ||Dan Osbourne|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved ## **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets **Van** held in this capacity Name and objects of the Van is held under the charity’s name, Feed the Homeless charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Type of**
**adviser**|**Name**
**Address**|**Name**
**Address**| |---|---|---| |Independent
Review|Samantha
Gainey|No 6 Badminton Court
Station Road
Yate
Bristol
BS37 5HZ| |||| |||| |||| ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Full name(s)** Zaynab Nasrullah **Position (eg Secretary,** Trustee **Chair, etc)** **Date** **Unaudited Financial Statements** Feed The Homeless Bristol For the year ended 31 October 2024 Prepared by LilyIris Accounting Ltd ## **Contents** - **3** Directory - **4** Surplas Deficit Report - **6** Balance Sheet - **7** Statement of Cash Flows - Direct Method Feed The Homeless Bristol Page 2 of 7 Unaudited Financial Statements ## **Directory** ## **Feed The Homeless Bristol For the year ended 31 October 2024** ## **Address** c/o Friends Meeting House, Champion Square, Bristol, Avon, BS2 9DB ## **Accountants** LilyIris Accounting Ltd, No 6 Badminton Court, Station Road, Yate, Bristol, BS37 5HZ Feed The Homeless Bristol Page 3 of 7 Unaudited Financial Statements ## **Surplas Deficit Report** ## **Feed The Homeless Bristol For the year ended 31 October 2024** |**Surplas Deficit Report**
**Feed The Homeless Bristol**
**For the year ended 31 October 2024**|**Surplas Deficit Report**
**Feed The Homeless Bristol**
**For the year ended 31 October 2024**| |---|---| |**NOTES**
**2024**
**2023**|| |**Sales**|| |Donations
25,768
19,357|| |Fundraising
5,475
5,852|| |**Total Sales**
**31,243**
**25,209**
**Cost of Sales**|| |Purchases
18,272
17,964|| |**Total Cost of Sales**
**18,272**
**17,964**|| |**Gross Profit**
**12,971**
**7,245**
**Expenses**|| ||**Establishment Expenses**| ||Maintenance & small equipment
336
232| ||Rent
3,050
2,941| ||**Total Establishment Expenses**
**3,386**
**3,174**
**Legal and Professional Fees**| ||Audit & Accountancy fees
662
896| ||**Total Legal and Professional Fees**
**662**
**896**
**Depreciation**| ||Depreciation Expense
3,825
3,498| ||**Total Depreciation**
**3,825**
**3,498**
**Finance Charges**| ||Bank Fees
82
16| ||**Total Finance Charges**
**82**
**16**
**General Administration**| ||Advertising & Marketing
255
231| ||Entertainment - 0%
74
-| ||Entertainment-100% business
22
354| ||General Expenses
295
-| ||Insurance
245
495| ||IT Software and Consumables
207
155| ||Motor Vehicle Expenses
4,879
1,171| ||Postage, Freight & Courier
15
-| ||Printing & Stationery
6
13| ||Subscriptions
257
96| ||Telephone & Internet
66
70| ||Travel - National
1,992
695| ||**Total General Administration**
**8,313**
**3,279**| ||**Total Expenses**
**16,269**
**10,863**| Feed The Homeless Bristol Page 4 of 7 Unaudited Financial Statements Surplas Deficit Report ||**NOTES**|**2024**|**2023**| |---|---|---|---| ||||| |**Operating Profit (Loss)**||**(3,297)**|**(3,618)**| |**Profit (Loss) on Ordinary Activities before Taxation**||**(3,297)**|**(3,618)**| |**Net Profit (Loss) for the Period**||**(3,297)**|**(3,618)**| Feed The Homeless Bristol Page 5 of 7 Unaudited Financial Statements ## **Balance Sheet** ## **Feed The Homeless Bristol** ## **As at 31 October 2024** |**Balance Sheet**
**Feed The Homeless Bristol**
**As at 31 October 2024**|||| |---|---|---|---| ||**NOTES**|**31 OCT 2024**|**31 OCT 2023**| |**Fixed Assets**|||| |Tangible assets||30,363|29,433| |**Total Fixed Assets**||**30,363**|**29,433**| |**Prepayments and accrued income**|||| |Prepayments||406|-| |**Total Prepayments and accrued income**||**406**|**-**| |**Creditors: amounts falling due withinone year**|||| |Trade creditors||1,744|277| |Other creditors||3,168|1| |**Total Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**||**4,911**|**278**| |**Net current assets (liabilities)**||**(4,506)**|**(278)**| |**Total assets less current liabilities**||**25,857**|**29,155**| |**Net Assets**||**25,857**|**29,155**| |**Capital and reserves**|||| |Profit and loss account||25,857|29,155| |**Total Capital and reserves**||**25,857**|**29,155**| Feed The Homeless Bristol Page 6 of 7 Unaudited Financial Statements ## **Statement of Cash Flows - Direct Method** ## **Feed The Homeless Bristol For the year ended 31 October 2024** |**Feed The Homeless Bristol**
**For the year ended 31 October 2024**||| |---|---|---| ||**2024**|**2023**| |**Operating Activities**||| |Cash receipts from the sale of goods or rendering of services|31,243|25,209| |Cash payments to suppliers of goods and services|(23,818)|(24,633)| |Cash payments from other operating activities|(1,932)|(695)| |**Net Cash Flows from Operating Activities**|**5,492**|**(119)**| |**Investing Activities**||| |Cash payment for property, plant, equipment and intangible assets|(15,300)|-| |Other cash items from investing activities|6,641|119| |**Net Cash Flows from Investing Activities**|**(8,659)**|**119**| |**Financing Activities**||| |Other activities|3,167|-| |**Net Cash Flows from Financing Activities**|**3,167**|**-**| |**Net Cash Flows**|**-**|**-**| |**Cash and Cash Equivalents**||| |Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period|-|-| |Cash and cash equivalents at end of period|-|-| Feed The Homeless Bristol Page 7 of 7 Unaudited Financial Statements ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** ## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** **Report to the trustees/ members of** Charity Name Feed The Homeless (CIO) 31[st] October 2024 **On accounts for the year ended Charity no (if any)** 1169924 ## **Set out on pages** 1 - 8 (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets) ## **Responsibilities and basis of report** I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended **31 / 10 / 2024** . As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation 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 examiner's statement** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) 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._ **Signed: Date: Name:** Samantha Gainey **Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any):** Institute of Accountants and Bookkeepers > 1 **October 2018** **IER** **Address:** No 6 Badminton Court Station Road, Yate Bristol, BS37 5HZ **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** 2 **IER**