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2023-03-31-accounts

Annual Report 1 April 2022 – 31 March 2023

Registered Charity No. 1171092

Shrewsbury Food Hub Annual Report 2022-23

Table of contents

Welcome from Chair of Trustees ................................................ 3 2022/23 overview and impact ..................................................... 4

Food redistribution Supporting our community ...................................................... 8 Volunteer-powered food rescue ............................................. 12 Making a difference .................................................................. 15

Financial review, structure, governance & management ... 20

Appendix Appendix
1. Supporter thanks ...................................................................... 25
2. Our regular suppliers ............................................................... 26
3. Our community partner groups ............................................. 27
4. Financial Accounts 2022/2023 .............................................. 28
5. Independent examiner’s report ............................................. 40

The Roy Fletcher Centre 12-17 Cross Hill Shrewsbury Shropshire SY1 1JE

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Welcome from Chair of Trustees

Dear friends,

Huge thanks to everyone involved in helping us to realise our vision for a community where food is valued not wasted. Our army of committed volunteers, small paid team, suppliers, funders, and partner groups, helped to rescue 217 tonnes of good food from going to waste – mitigating 555 tonnes of damaging greenhouse gases, and enough for 518,000 meals!

Whilst not the solution to food poverty, the surplus food that we redistribute free helps nourish our community. It provides a vital point of connection, bringing people together in the spirit of saving surplus food which allows support without stigma. Schools can offer free toast and fruit to children who have not had breakfast, food banks can offer fresh produce to supplement food parcels, and groups like Age UK, Shropshire Mind, and Shropshire Supports Refugees can overcome social isolation by bringing people together for a meal, coffee morning or afternoon tea.

Although we had planned to stop buying in extra surplus food from FareShare in April 2022, we committed to continue this additional support to increase the quantity and nutritional value of the food we collect from local suppliers. It has been a much-needed boost as many people struggled to afford the basics.

We teamed up with a local chef to share food saving tips and recipes to help people make the most of the food they buy. We also trialled a cooking project to turn mountains of surplus veg that was hard to pass on into nourishing meals that we shared with our community. It was great to bring our community together again over shared food.

With extreme weather events showing the devastating global impacts of climate change, the need for our work has never been greater.

The Trustees are proud of what we have achieved together. Our focus remains reducing food waste for environmental and social good. We will do more to support our community through surplus food redistribution, to educate people about food and the environment, and to enjoy the deliciousness of shared food!

Andrew Howe Chair of Trustees January 2024

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2022/23 overview and impact

Our vision is a community where no food is wasted. Our mission is to redistribute surplus food and to promote food waste reduction in Shropshire for environmental and social good.

“ Many young people hang out in groups but do not take food and drink out with them or do not have money to take out to buy. This means that we can give them a snack to make sure they have eaten. Food is also a great tool to get chatting with young people and opens up lots of conversations which help us to start to build relationships with young people. What might start with being offered a bag of crisps, can become a conversation re likes and dislikes of flavours which can result in a whole conversation re housing and family situations.” Shrewsbury Youth Support Worker

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In 2022/23 our amazing volunteers…

Rescued 217 tonnes of good food from the bin

Shared enough food for 518,000 meals

Redistributed food worth £1.1m

Supported 60 community groups and Foodshares

Saved our partner charities and groups more than 40% of their food budget

Saved 555 tonnes of CO2

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We achieved our 4 strategic targets

1. Stop more than 150 tonnes of surplus food from going to waste

We stopped 217 tonnes saving CO2 equivalent of not driving 87 times around the world

2. Support our community through surplus food redistribution

Supported 60 partner groups including 15 community Foodshare tables

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Increase resilience by investing in our volunteer management and training systems

Developed a plan for system resilience including cyber security. Standardised volunteer management using our Salesforce system to support recruitment, training and engagement.

4. Increase awareness of how to use food more effectively at home by running a Taste with No Waste campaign to encourage 1,000 households to reduce food waste

Our campaign successfully motivated 1,037 families to sign up to the challenge and reduce their food waste

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Our beneficiaries

The beneficiaries of the work that we do in Shrewsbury are many and diverse including:

Our charity and community partner groups

Our suppliers

People in our community

Our volunteers

The benefits that our work brings are discussed in the following summary of activities.

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Supporting our community

Our community partners include mental health charities, charities that support older people, youth clubs, schools, playgroups, domestic abuse network, charities that support the homeless, charities that support refugees, food banks, and hospices.

The surplus food we provide saves our partner groups over 40% of their food budget. Some groups rely entirely on the food we supply. We also support 15 Foodshare tables and community fridges/freezers where everyone is welcome to collect a few bags of food to help stretch people’s budgets and stop food waste.

Feedback from partner groups and Foodshares confirms the pressure that the cost of living is putting on families. Our partner groups are stretched, and numbers at Foodshares increasing. Families are at crisis point, and low-income families are feeling the biggest impact. Using feedback from the groups we support, we estimate our food reaches at least 3,300 people a week.

What our charity partners say...

“248 children from 178 families have benefited from the food you have supplied. Our focus is on healthy fruit, veg and we have received lots. What we don't eat, we put out so parents can take it home. We have been pleased that other local families not accessing our club have also popped by and made use of the food.” Passmaster Football Coaching

“The Food Hub enables all our children to experience different foods, textures and tastes and we have seen such a difference in our children willing to try new tastes because you have been delivering to us.” Holy Trinity Playgroup

“There is a huge need in our community. Long queues every Saturday, many regulars who rely on this food to survive. A hugely valuable resource appreciated by many.” URC Foodshare

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Helping families reduce their food waste

A staggering 30% of the food produced globally ends up in the bin. We do a great job at mopping up surplus food from suppliers that would otherwise go to waste. But 70% of food waste happens in the home – in people’s fridges, fruit bowls and bread bins.

In early 2023, with the support of Severn Trent Community Fund, People’s Postcode Lottery, The Walker Trust and Shropshire Good Food Partnership, we launched a ‘Taste with No Waste’ campaign to help tackle the problem. The campaign brought families together to talk about the value of food, how to reduce food waste and use up leftovers.

1,037 families signed up to take the Taste with No Waste Challenge receiving tips and tricks from local chef Steve “The Hungry” Guy.

Campaign evaluation by Harper Adams University showed significant impact on people’s food waste behaviour. Even families who started with hardly any food waste learnt some great tips for wasting less food and saving money. On average, people reported a 44% reduction in food waste, and the average saving was £4.30 a week – that’s over £200 a year!

The number of people sharing feedback and their own food saving tips also showed the impact of the campaign.

“I use all my packet ham up in one go and make my little one’s sandwiches and freeze them so no waste on bread or having to throw ham that hasn’t been used.”

Our Taste with No Waste toolkit is here to stay and we will continue to help people reduce their food waste – one bite at a time!

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Soupersonic joy of shared food

As part of our Taste with No Waste campaign, and in response to rising energy prices which meant many of our partners couldn’t afford to provide meals for their beneficiaries, we trialled a Soupersonic cooking project. We turned perfectly good surplus that was hard to pass on into delicious soups and other ‘ready meals’.

Lots of volunteers cooked with us including individuals supported by our partner groups such as Shropshire Supports Refugees.

“I’m glad I found this charity. It has really helped me. I feel involved and as if I am amongst friends.”

Together, they peeled, chopped and cooked up 1,936 litres of nourishing soup plus other meals which were shared with our 60+ community partners, warm spaces network and community foodshares/freezers. At each session, our cooks made an average of 280 meals – nearly 3,000 meals in total!

Our Soupersonic dishes were made in quantity, portioned and frozen so groups could offer community meals without having to invest time or energy into cooking – they just had to heat and serve!

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Soupersonic joy of shared food

Meals were distributed to community groups, Foodshares and community freezers weekly. Venues running Warm Spaces were able to offer soup and a roll and community cafes also used the soup on a weekly basis.

“Our Wednesday group love the soups very much and if there are any leftovers they take it home with them especially the senior citizens in the group.” Meet Place Community Centre

Our heartfelt thanks to our volunteers and funders for helping to make Soupersonic a ‘souper’ success!

It has given us the confidence to add a cooking arm to what we do bringing communities together over delicious and nutritious shared food. We are now exploring setting up a community training kitchen to work with vulnerable groups to build confidence in the kitchen for both personal and career development.

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Volunteer-powered food rescue

Shrewsbury Food Hub would not exist without the support of our amazing volunteers, some have been with us from the very start! They are the lifeblood of the Hub rescuing good food from local suppliers and getting it safely too our community groups 7 days a week, 52 weeks a year.

We are proud to be working with them and so very grateful for all that they do to support our mission to reduce food waste for environmental and social good.

During the year, we welcomed 20 new volunteers resulting in an overall increase in volunteer numbers, 149, against 129 the previous year. Together they contributed an estimated 14,302 volunteer hours , up from 12,619 hours in the previous year.

Volunteers collected, checked, sorted, labelled, and delivered food 7 days a week. Specialist volunteer advisors supported on food safety, carbon reduction, technology, systems, and organisational development.

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Let’s go gleaning!

At the end of August, we shared a post on our Facebook page offering to pick apples for people who had a surplus and were unable to do it themselves. We were inundated with requests from people across Shropshire. Our volunteers stepped up to the challenge and spent many weeks gleaning more than a tonne of apples and other fruits that we shared with our community. The initiative resulted in increased donations of fruit and veg from local allotments groups and gardeners too!

Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service

We are proud to hold the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service for the tireless work we do to stop food waste and support our community. In May, volunteers Jo and Ian attended the Queen’s Garden Party to celebrate winning the award.

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What our volunteers say...

Volunteering with the Food Hub really ticks my 'no waste' box! And working with a depot team who always have a smile on their faces brightens up anyone's day. I've worked with Foodshares for some time now too. To hear responses such as 'thank you so much for doing this', and 'I've never tried celeriac/pak choi/avocado before', makes it a joy.” Mike

“The first time I became aware of the Hub was at a Christmas dinner I was helping at for elderly folk. There was a lot of surplus food and I was asked to make sure everyone had a bagful before leaving. Soon after I visited a Foodshare table and started volunteering. As the weeks went by, the penny started to drop. All this food would have been wasted, and this amazing organisation was saving it.” Ann

“My wife died a couple of years ago and I feel I owe it to her to make the most of what’s left. You just have to keep going. I moved to an apartment and on the bus into town, I saw the queues for food outside the church on the English Bridge and the bus driver said they were getting longer. I went to find out more and that’s when I heard about the Food Hub. I wanted to do something, so started

volunteering. It has been good for me. I’m 83 and they look after me. The friendships I’ve made have been tremendous.” Barry (pictured left)

“When you retire, you have all this time on your hands and you lose structure. A friend told me about the Hub and I started here about a year ago. I like that you are doing something useful and I enjoy the camaraderie.” Brian (pictured right)

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Making a difference

With the growing cost of living crisis, more partner groups wanted to receive our food, with numbers increasing to 60 from 48 the previous year. Feedback from partners showed our food reached well over 3,300 people a week.

Our dedicated volunteers collect surplus food daily from supermarkets, manufacturers, farms and other suppliers, and redistribute this food free to local charities and community organisations. It’s win-win – we reduce food waste to save the planet, and we use this food to provide tasty food that nourishes our community.

“The food hub enables the Scouts to have fun with food and try something new. Some scouts come to meetings hungry and its great for them to be able to fill the hunger gap.” Ist Shrewsbury Scouts

Extra fruit and veg

We secured funding to continue to buy in extra surplus from FareShare Midlands. The food supplemented the food we were able to collect from local suppliers providing a more consistent supply of nutritional food to our community partner groups and Foodshare tables.

More Foodshare tables

Everyone is welcome to collect a few bags of food from our community Foodshares to help stop food waste and stretch people’s budgets. There is no charge; they are run on a ‘pay as you feel’ basis. As well as 15 Foodshares a week, up from 12 the previous year, we have run several pop ups in surrounding villages.

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Making a difference

We increased our regular supplier base to 37, up from 31 the previous year. As well as collections of fruit, veg, bakery and store cupboard food from local supermarkets, we had supplies of eggs and meat from farms and chilled/frozen food from manufacturers.

We resumed collecting surplus food from Pret A Manger which we delivered to local groups including youth clubs and blue light services which has been greatly appreciated, particularly by hardworking staff at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital’s A&E department.

Although we haven’t seen the same level of food surplus coming through from individual suppliers this year, the increase in our supplier base plus one-off donations increased our tonnages.

“The work that the Food Hub does is a brilliant example of providing fantastic charitable support, in a way that helps us fulfil our brand ambition of putting as much back as we can into the local community. They provide us and our employees with the greatest reward, that we are doing something great every day.” Rob, Maynard’s Farm

“Shrewsbury Food Hub is a truly outstanding organisation working tirelessly, seven days a week, year-round to redistribute food that would otherwise go to waste to groups and individuals who need it.” Pip, Minimise

This year, we prevented 217 tonnes of good food from going to waste, enough for 518,000 meals and mitigating 555 tonnes of damaging greenhouse gases!

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What's on the Food Hub van?

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Chilled and frozen food

Chilled and frozen food increases the nutritional value of our offering and the carbon reduction impact as it has more embedded carbon than fruit, veg and bread.

Since we started our chilled project in 2018, the amount of chilled and frozen food we

redistribute has grown sevenfold, from 5 tonnes to 35 tonnes. This was possible, thanks to our planned growth project funded by WRAP and supported by others including Sodexo and Culina Group.

In September 2022, we were delighted to hear that we had been selected to be part of Co-op Local Community Fund to expand our Operation Chill project to set up more community fridges and freezers.

“Chilled food offers people a chance to give their families a treat such as yogurts and desserts. Everyone uses milk and feels the impact of price rises on basics. Although not everyone has access to freezer space, frozen food that can form the basis of a meal and ready meals are popular. Being able to offer chilled surplus food allows a more varied range of foods that save people more money.” Martin Wilson Foodshare

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Celebrating 7 years of saving food for good

In just 7 years, we have grown from rescuing 14 tonnes of surplus food to 217 tonnes. In total, we have saved 756 tonnes of food – enough for 1,809,383 meals. This has mitigated 2,079 tonnes of damaging greenhouse gases CO2e.

This has only been achieved thanks to our volunteers, suppliers, partner groups and funders.

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Indicator 2016/17 2022/23 Total for 7 years
Tonnes 14 217 756
Meals 32,093 518,000 1,809,383
Tonnes of CO2e
28 555 2,079
Mitigated
Partner groups 30 60
Regular suppliers 5 39
Volunteers 45 149
Ambient, chilled,
Food types Ambient only frozen + ready
meals
Days of operation 3-5 7
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We are a small charity from a small town making a BIG IMPACT!

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Financial review, structure, governance & management

Our income and expenditure were reduced during 2022-23 as we concentrated on the delivery of food redistribution services and food waste reduction projects, following the transfer of Shropshire Food Poverty Alliance to Citizens' Advice Shropshire on 1 April 2022. However, we were still able to increase the amount of food saved and successfully delivered the Taste With No Waste and Soupersonic campaigns.

The trustees have continued their work to ensure the future sustainability of the Food Hub by designating reserve funds to support the continuing operation of the charity, as set out below, and the development of a sustainable fundraising strategy, including investing in systems and technology to support this.

The accounts have been prepared on an accruals basis, in accordance with all relevant reporting requirements and the attached financial statements show the charity’s financial position for the year ended 31 March 2023.

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Financial position at the end of the year

Total income for the year was £216,312 including donated goods and services of £22,533. Total expenditure was £239,163, giving net expenditure of £22,851. The main sources of income and expenditure are summarized below:

Note : Our operational staff team was 5.0 FTE with our 149 volunteers providing the equivalent 8.0 FTE

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Financial review, structure, governance & management

When combined with funds brought forward from the previous year, the total funds of the charity as at 31 March 2023 were £159,422 and are made up as follows:

£ Fixed Assets 20,181 Unrestricted Funds General/Free Reserves 60.358 Designated funds 61,538 Restricted Funds Food Redistribution 8,433 Learning and Partnership 8,912 __ Total Funds 159,422

Unrestricted funds are the free funds of the charity to use at the discretion of the trustees in the furtherance of the charity's objectives. Unrestricted funds may include designated funds where the trustees, at their discretion, have created a fund for a specific purpose. The general funds are therefore the ‘free reserves’ after allowing for all designated funds.

The trustees have designated the following reserve of funds to support the charity’s continued operation:

£ Liquidity Reserve – 3 months operating costs 60,000 Capital funds to fund depreciation 1,538 ______ 61,538

Restricted funds are maintained in accordance with the restrictions placed by the donor upon funds donated or by the specific aims of fundraising appeals of the charity.

The restricted funds of £8,433 for Redistribution activities mainly relate to donations received to support the projects to expand the collection and redistribution of chilled foods and the collection of farm surplus. Those for Learning and Partnership are for the delivery of specific projects, in addition to Food Redistribution activities.

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Reserves Policy

The Liquidity Reserve is in accordance with the trustees’ policy to maintain a contingency sum of money in reserve equivalent to at least 3 months outgoing payments. This is to enable the charity to respond to unforeseen events or unplanned expenses or to cover the costs of closure.

Going Concern

The trustees have considered the level of funds held and the expected level of income and expenditure for 12 months from approving these financial statements. The budgeted income and expenditure are sufficient with the level of reserves for the charity to be able to continue for the foreseeable future. As a result, the charity's financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.

Public Benefit

The trustees have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit when setting the charity’s aims and objectives, and in planning future activities. Our mission is to redistribute surplus food and to reduce food waste in Shropshire for environmental and social good. This Annual Report has described in detail the difference Shrewsbury Food Hub has made, and in particular who has benefitted from our activities.

Charity Structure

The charity is a Charitable Incorporated Organization (CIO), following the Foundation model constitution.

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Trustees Information

Trustees were invited to join by the Board of the charity based on their skills and experience to support the future sustainability of the organisation. People currently acting as trustees:

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Name of Trustee Office (if any)
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Name of Trustee Office (if any) Date appointed if
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(or body) entitled to appoint trustee
Andrew Howe Chair N/A
Joy Currey Treasurer N/A
Katharine Hudson N/A
Michael Haddaway N/A
Jo Powell N/A
Alison Thomas N/A
Catriona Graham Company Secretary 24/02/2023 N/A
Sarah Jackaman 24/02/2023 N/A
Emma Musgrove 24/02/2023 N/A
Patrick Nolan 24/02/2023 N/A
Mark Owen 24/02/2023 N/A
Michael Paul 24/02/2023 N/A
Daphne Welch 24/02/2023 N/A

Other people who served as Trustees in 2022/23

Harriet Monday

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees' annual report and annual accounts for the period 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023.

Signed by

Andrew Howe

Date

29.01.2024

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Appendix 1: Supporter thanks

We are immensely grateful for the generous support we receive from individuals, corporate partners, and trusts and foundations. We will continue to use feedback and data insights to guide our fundraising activity.

Through our fundraising, we aim to ensure the financial resilience and sustainability of Shrewsbury Food Hub by nurturing supportive relationships with our volunteers, community partners, and suppliers.

We aim to take a balanced approach to our fundraising putting our supporters at the heart of everything we do, and we are committed to fundraising ethically and honestly following the principles of the Code of Fundraising Practice.

We raise income to fund a rolling 12-month budget with income raised from local fundraising activities, donations, corporate support, and charitable trusts and foundations. We are steadily increasing the amount of income we raise from trusts and foundations. We are also building relationships with more local businesses who share our environmental and social objectives.

In April 2022, we ran our second Walk Against Waste challenge which brought people together for a day out walking and talking to support planet and community. We increased our community reach during the year by attending more local events which helped raise awareness and funds. We also launched our very first Christmas Raffle as part of our efforts to increase community fundraising income.

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Appendix 2: Regular suppliers

Thanks to all our food suppliers, we stopped 217 tonnes of good food from being wasted this year. The rescued food reduced their environmental impact and helped local groups that support the vulnerable, the elderly, the young, and those on low incomes. As well as our regular suppliers, we received one-off donations from local business such as pubs, restaurants, allotment groups and smallholders. Without our suppliers, we would not be able to support any of the community groups we work with.

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Aldi Arlington Lidl Whitchurch
Aldi Oteley Road M&S Meole Brace
Asda Shrewsbury M&S Town Centre
Bookers Shrewsbury Maynards Farm
Connect Aid CIC Minimise
Co-op Bomere Heath Morrisons Shrewsbury
Co-op Monkmoor Road Muller, Market Drayton
Co-op Radbrook Green Mid Counties Nandos Shrewsbury
Co-op Wenlock Road Pret A Manager
Coopers Gourmet Foods, Telford Promotional Handling Ltd (PHL)
Cotteswold Dairy Sainsburys Abbey Foregate
FareShare Birmingham Sainsburys Meole Brace
Farmfoods Sainsburys Whitecroft Road
Green Acres Farm (eggs) Spar Coleham
Greggs, Pride Hill Spar Monkmoor
Greggs, Wenlock Rd Tesco Express Ditherington
Hollowdene Eggs Tesco Express Pride Hill (Town Centre)
Iceland Shrewsbury Tesco Extra Shrewsbury
Lidl Harlescott World’s Biggest Events
Lidl Oteley Road
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Appendix 3: Regular partner groups

We are proud to be working with 60 local charities and groups who support our community. The surplus food we supply free of charge saves them money, giving them more to spend on their core services. In addition to our regular partner groups listed, we also provided food to other groups on an ad-hoc basis as well as groups in surrounding rural communities including Minsterley, Bomere Heath, Stiperstones, Craven Arms, Telford, Ludlow, Church Stretton, Whitchurch, Highley, Oswestry, and Ellesmere.

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Access School Greenacres Primary School Shrewsbury Academy Trust
AGE UK Forest Way Day Centre Harlescott Community Hub Shrewsbury Baptist Church Crowmoor
Armed Forces Outreach Harlescott Junior School Shrewsbury Colleges Group Cookery
Autism Hub 4AU Headway Shrewsbury Food Bank Plus Barnabas
Shrewsbury Town Council Temp
Belle Vue Youth Centre Foodshare Holy Trinity Playgroup
Accommodation
Bellevue Youth Group/ Community Centre Inside Out Learning Shrewsbury Town in the Community
Bomere Heath school Leaving Care Team Shrewsbury Unitarian Church
Bromford Housing Beagle House Little Greenfields playgroup Shrewsbury United Reformed Church
Bromford Housing Upton Lane Longden School Shropshire Domestic Abuse Network
Shropshire European Organisation CIC
Christ Church Foodshare Martin Wilson School
Polish Centre
Shropshire Mental Health Support (prev
Church of the Holy Spirit Meadow Farm Preschool
Shropshire Mind)
Coffee in the living room Meet Place Shropshire Support Refugees
Column Nursery Meole Brace Primary School St Giles Community
Crossbar Coaching Meole Brace School Young Carers St Peter's Warm Space
Early Help Central and Outreach teams Mount Pleasant Primary school Sundorne Infant School
Empathy For Special Children Passmaster Activity Club Take a Chance and Dance
Friends Zone Riversway Elim Church The Grange Gang
Senco Breakfast club (Belvidere secondary
Gains Park FoodShare The Shrewsbury Ark
school)
TMBSS Harlescott (primary) and TMBSS
Grange Primary Severn Hospice
Sundorne Education
Grange Youth Club Shrewsbury 1st Scout Group Wilfred Owen School 27
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SHREWS8URY FOOD HU8 ANNUAL ACCOUP4TS FOR THE PERIOD I APRIL 2022 TO 31 MARCH 2023 CHARITY NUMBER 1171092 28

SHREWSBURY FOOD HUB STATEMENT OF HNANCIAL AcninnES FOR THE PERIOD I APRIL Z021 TO 31 MAROI 2023 Funds Funds Funds Funds 2022 Donatlons Redlstnl￿t10n of food Leaming and Partnersh Food Poverty 156.951 26.594 183,545 165.gM) 31A9) 31,8XI 24.800 32.920 Investments 877 877 210 Total Inccrtrn 157,828 $8884 216,312 223A) Exp•ndltur• on: Ralslwd Funds .n7 18,727 6,791 Chafltable ActlvitDes Redistrilxrtlon of Food Leamlng and Partne 147.835 32,010 179.845 168.672 40.591 40,591 26,379 98.254 Tolal Expendltsffe 166562 71601 239.163 3ixim6 Net Incornel(Expthdttwel 1&7341 114.117) 122,851)176.2661 Transfers bet¥￿n Funds 5,434 15,434) Tot Funds brought f(xward 145,378 36.89S 182.273 258539 Totsl Funds cafrlod for#Afd 14078 17.344 159,422 182373 29

SHREWSBURY FOOD HUB BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 MARCH 2023 Not 2023 2022 Tangible assets 18) 20,181 30.480 Totsl Flxed Assots lo,￿ 30.480 Current Assots: Cash at Bank and in hand Debtors 113.840 153,7S2 31,570 1,590 Total Curr•nt Assets I45￿￿ 155.342 Uabllt6u: Creditors falllw due wlthin w year {ioi 16,169) (35491 Net As*ts 421 Funds of th• Chwlty 20,181 30,4 Cash Funds: UnrestrKted Income Funds General tunds/Free Resef¥e5 Dew"gnated fund5 Restncted Income FufKIs Fo(Jd Redlstrllxrtion Leamin8 and Partwshlp F(x)d Poverty 60,358 52.897 61,$38 62,lJ)) {Ik) 112dl 8,433 10,(X)2 8.912 21,785 5,109 Total Ch•rlty Funds 159 422 182 273 30

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE PERIOO I APRIL 2022 TO 31 ￿RCH 2023 l. AccouKllNG POLIOES a) Basls of preparat1< The financial statements have been prepared In accordance wlth Accwnting and Reportin8 by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparin8 their accounts in accordance with Financial Reporti￿ Standard applicable In the UK and the Republic of Ireland IFRS1021 (effective l January 20151- (Charities SORP (FRS 10211. the Flnanclal Reportlng Standard applicable In the UK and Republk of Ireland IFRS 1021 and the Ccxnpanies Act 21￿. Shrewsbury FcM)d Hub meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and lia￿'11t1es are initially recognlsed at historical cost or transartion value unless otherwise stated In the relevant accounting policy notels). b) preParatk￿ of the aCC￿Thts on a 105ry basls The trustees have consldered the level of funds held and the expected level of Income and expenditure for 12 months from approvin8 these financial statements. The budgeted income and expenditure are sufficbent with the level of reseryes for the charlty to be able to Contin￿ for the foreseeable future. As a result, the charity's Ilnanclal statements have been prepared on a 8oln8 concern basis. I Income Donatbons are reco8nlsed as Income where there Is entltlement, sufficlent tertalnty of receipt and the amount can be measured with sufficient rellability. If a donation Is subject to condltions that requlre a level of performance before the charity Is entitled to the funds, the Income is deferred and not reco8nised untll either those conditions are fully rnet. CK the fulfilment of those conditions is wholly within the control of the charity and it is probable that those conditions will be fulfilled In the reportlng period. d) Investment i•KO•rn lftterest on funds held on deposlt Is Induded when recefvable and the amount can be measured reliably by the charity. This Is normally upon notification of the interest paid and payable by the bank. 31

e) Donated goods and ser¥kes Donated 8ocAls, servbces and facilities are reco8nised as irKome when the chartty has control over the item, any conditions associated with the donated item have been met, the receipt of economic benefit from the use by the charity is probat4e and the economic benefit of can be ft￿asured reliabty. In accordance wlth Charrties SORP (FRS 102), the tlme of volunteers Is not recognised in the accounts. but the trustees. annual rep(rt provides information about their contribution. On recelpt, donated assets, services and facilities are recognised on the basis of the value of the Bift to the charity which is the amount the charity would have been willin8 to pay to obtain servi￿$ Of assets of equivalent economic benefit in the open market; a Corresp￿dIng amount is then recognised In expenditure in the period of re￿ipt. n Fund accountl Restritted funds are malntalned Sn accordance with the restrlctlms placed by the donor upon the funds donated ￿ by the specific aims of fundraising appeals by the charity. Unrestricted funds are the free funds of the charity to use at the dlscreticm of the trustees In the fvrtherance of the charlty's objectlves. Unrestrlcted funds may Indude desi8nated funds Whe￿ the trustees. at their dlscretlon. have created a fund for a speclflc purpose. 8) Expendlture and Irrecoverable VAT Uablllties are recognised as expenditure as soon as there Is a legal or constructlve (Jli8ation committing the charlty to that expenditure. it is probable that settlement will be required and the amount of the obll8atlon can be ffasured rellably. All expenditure is atcounted for on an accruals basis. All expenses, including Support costs, are allocated or apwtioned to applicable expenditure headings in the statement of financial activitie Irrecoverable VAT Is char8ed as a cost against the activity for which the expenditure was Incurred. h) Allocation of support costs Support costs are incurred by functions that assist the work of charity but do not directly undertake charitable activities. General support costs include offi'ce administration. finance supporL ff and phones, insurance and management. These costs and the basis on which tt*y have been allocated are Ind￿led in Note 4- Anatysls of Expenditure. 32

l) Fixed assets The threshold for capitalisation of fixed assets is £IIXI. Purchased fixed assets are capitalised at cost. Depreciation is calculated to write off the cost of an asset over the useful e(0￿MiC life of that asset as follcws: IT, offi￿ and General equI￿￿ent- straight line basis over 3 years Major Depot equipment - strai8ht line basis over 5 years Motor vehicles - strai8ht line basis over 5 years l) Debtors Trade and other debtors are reco8nised at the settlement amount due after any trade dlscount offLYed. Prepayments are valued at the arn(￿nt wepaid ret of ary trade or charity discounts due. k) Cash at bank and In hand Cash at bank and in hand represents funds which are readily avallable on demand at less than 24 hours notice or with 60 day notice. l) Crodftors prnvlslons Creditors and provisk)ns are reco8nised where the charity has a present obli8ation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be W￿asUred or estimated reliably. Creditors and prLwisions are nlymalty recognised at their settlen*nt amount after allowin8 for any discounts allowed. m) Flnand•l Instrun￿ts The charfty onty has flna￿la1 assets arnl financlal IlabSlltles of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. Basic financial instruments are inltially recognised at transartlon value and subsequently measured at their settleft￿nt value. n) Penslons All employees of the charlty are automatlcalty enrolled Into a defi￿ contrlbutlon pension scherne operated by NEST. unless they exercise their ri8ht to opt out of scheme membership. 33

  1. ANALYSIS OF INCOME Unrestrkted Aestrlcl•d Total Total Funds Funds Funds FwM15 2023 2022 Donation arKI ths Grft Aid WRAP grant Donated lacilrtles Gfafits recelved by Shropshire Food Poverty Aluance for re dlstrilNJlI(￿ paThJemt 110.683 25.235 56.834 167517 139.230 25.385 6.926 13.057 22.533 37.407 21.033 27,1 .951 215.435 223.620 Interest Inc 877 877 210 Total IfKom• 157,828 58.484 216.312 223,830
  2. DONATED GOOOS, FAauTIES AND SERVICE5 20 Use of Pro Depot Rental Other.. IT Support CommUnkati￿S SUPfv￿t Loan of vehlcles Conwmables Small Items of equlpment ixed Asse Motor vehkle up8rnde Refvrtsshed laptops Depot equlFMMnt 12.CXXI 12.C 8.10) 4,380 L5 311) 10.927 253 Totsl ljonat•d fjoods. Fadlltles •nd Sor¥k•s 21533 37.407 Dc•nated 8CAxls. facllitles and servi￿5 are recognlsed on the basls of the value of the 8ift to the charity which is the amount the charity would have been willing to pay to obtaln services or assets of equivalent eCOr￿nIC benefit in the open market The contrlbution of tsnpaid volunteers Is not recognlsed In the attounts, but the trustees. annual report provides infornialion about their contribution. 34

ANALYSIS OF EXPENLYfURE Unrestrktod Ilestrktod Total Total Funds Funds Funds Funds 2021 2022 11727 1&727 6,791 Iledlstrlbutkln ol Food Staffing Costs Volunteer Costs Dew Costs Operating Costs DepreciatKJn of Flxed Assets Systeffl development proiert Supwt Costs 92.128 i(rf),718 75.27S 3.129 3,261 I8,￿ 18,574 17.722 38,049 13.080 12,515 8.1(M) 11.105 18.106 9.893 3.129 1.351 16.759 522 17.639 963 12.558 8.1(X) 16.447 1.659 147.835 32.010 179.845 168.672 arnlnl •nd Partsrshlp Projects ProJe(t Costs pp(Yt Cos 38,198 2393 38,198 22,029 2.393 4.350 40.591 40,591 26.379 food Poverty Pr(ts Grants for dlstrlbution durlry p￿defi￿ Project co￿5 Supwt Costs 57.088 34.249 6,917 98.254 Tot•1 Expendllw• 166J62 71601 239.163 300.096 Shropshlre Food Poverty Alllance was transfeffed to Cltlzens, Advlce Servke on I April 2022. Supwrt costs I￿lUde Offi￿ admlnistration. finan￿ sup￿rt, rr and thones, InsurarKe and nkina8en*nt and are allcKated between activities based on an o cost basis. 5. STAFF COSTS SJlarles and wage5 S¢xlal security costs pensi￿ costs 135.135 118.973 4.436 3,769 7,139 Total staff costs 147.075 129.881 35

No emrAoyees recelved total employee ber￿ts (excludln8 enwloyer penslon costs) of more than £60,CKX). The average monthly number of employees who were engaged on charitable aCtI￿tIeS durlrva the year was 8 as ccffipared with 7 In 2022. PENSION SCHEME 2023 2022 Amounl of conlrfbutlons recognjsod lft Statemeni of Financial ktlvitie5 7504 7.139 Thls expense Is allocated between artlvlties and festrlcted and unrestflrted funds on the basls of tlme Incuffed. 7. GRANT MAKING The follow1￿ 8rants have been made as a respr￿se to the pandemlc: Dhstrlbutlon of grant tw￿1n& to Food Banks by Shropshlre Focxl p0￿Y Alliance 57,088 TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS Coffyuter DeW Motor Eq*Mnt EqUlFrf￿t Vehkkn Tot•1 At l 2022 drtiOn5 7.328 1.170 19.614 1,610 27.(ffjS $4,(M)7 At 31 M•rth 2023 &498 21.224 27.065 56.787 Deprecl•tlon At l April 2022 Charge year At 31 M•rth 2023 3.916 2.519 6.435 9.985 9,626 23,527 4.747 5.813 13,079 14.732 15.439 36,6(kS Plet Book V• At l April 2022 At 31M￿2023 3.412 2.¢A3 9.629 17.439 30,480 492 11,626 20.181 9. OESTORS AND PREPAYMEpif5 Prepayments and Kcrued i￿{ 31,570 36

io. CRED￿oRs Credrtors fall1￿ within we year. Accruals Other ta¥ aThl 5oclal secuffty 6.169 3,594 6.169 3.594 11. CASH AT 8ANK AND IN HAND Cash at bank and In hand totals £113.840 in 2023 as compared with £153.752 In 2022. Thts Is held in bank accounts with notice tenns r3n8in8 from Zero to 60 da￿. 12. ANALYSIS OF I￿ARITy FUNDS AS AT 31 MAROI 2023 a) Total Funds The overall funds of the charity at 31 March 2023 were £159,422 as compared wlth £182,273 at 31 March 2022 and ale made up as follows: 2023 2022 20.181 30.480 Cash Funds: Unrestrkled Funds GenerallFree ReseTho5 Dey8nated lunds estrf(t•d Funth Food Red15tr1butlon Leamirvd and Partnefs F<xxl Poverty 60.358 52.897 61.S38 62.(KXI 8.433 10.(fi2 8,912 21,785 S.109 Tolal Funds 159.422 182.273 In 2023. net funds of £5,434 were transfefred from Restslrted to Unfestrlcted Funds. A donor a8reed that a donation of £5,262 could be transferred to Unrestricted Funds to support activitles on RedIstri1￿ti0n of food. Grant fundlNd of £1,538, which was re￿iVed to fund the purthase of capital items. has also been transfefred to Unrestricted Funds to cover the depreciation cost of these assets In future years. This Is after charging the fwst yearfs depreciation to Restrlrted Funds. Urwestficled lunds of £1.3fJ6 V￿re then transferred to Restricied Funds malnty to support Learnirs and Partr￿¢Ship prgects durin8 the ye￿. b) Unrestrlrted Funds Unrestrirted funds are the free funds of the charty to use at the discretbon of the trustees in the furtherance of the charity's thjectives. Unrestricte(J funds may Include desi8nated funds where the trustees, at thelf discretion, have created a fund 37

for a speclfic purpttse. The general fvnds ¥e t￿refOre the 'free feser%ts' after allowAn8 for all designated funds. c) AnIty￿S of Designated Fw The trustees have designated the following reserve of funds to support the charitVs continued operatlon: 2023 2022 Uquidlty Res•ve- 3 months operatir¥ costs Capital funds to fund deprechtion Dffiatlon to supKKJrt 2022n3 60,CW 50,0 1,538 61,538 62.LK)) The Liquidity Reserve is In accordan￿ wlth the trustees, policy to malntain contin8enry sum of money In reserve equlvalent to at least 3 mrnths ￿t801n8 payments. Thts Is to enable the charlty to respond to unforeseen events c unplanned expenses or to £over the costs of dosure. d) Analys5s ol Aestrlcted Funds Restricted funds afe maintained In accordance with the restrIcti￿S placed by the donor upon funds donated or by the speclfic aims of fundraIsit￿ appeals of the charity. The restrlcted funds of £8.433 for Redlstrlbutk)n actlvlties malnly relate to donatlons re￿ived to support the Projects to expand the collection afKI redistrlbution of chilled foods and the collectlon of farm surplus. Those for Learnin8 and Partnershlp are fof the delivery of specific projects. In addltion to Food Redlstributlon attivitle5. 13. TW45ACT1014S WITH TRUSTEES AND RELATED PARTIES •) Trustee Remur*rntkn and Beneffts The charlvs governlng document provldes that trustees may be pald for the suppty of servlces, rf trustees consider thi5 to be in t￿ best interest of the charity. In the year ended 31 March 2023. the follow'n8 trustee was pald f(K the suppty of servlces: Allson Thomas received £6.015 to support the tharlty In Its delbvery of learn1￿ and Partnershlp wojects One trustee, Alison Thomas, recelved £7,030 as rernunefatlon for servlces in the year ended 31 March 2022 to support the charity in its res￿nse to the Covid 19 pandemic. Another trustee, Kate Hudson, recelved £720 to sUpp￿t the charity in Its fundraisln8 actlvities In the year ended 31 Marth 2022. 38

b) Trustees Expenses No trustees received any expenses for fulfilling their duty as trustee In elther the year ended 31 Marth 2023 or 31 March 2022. c) Tran￿rt￿n$ wlth Related Partles There were no transartions wlth related parties In either the year ended 31 March 2023 or 31 March 2022. 39

Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Report lo the Trustees of Shrewsbury Food l)uL- Charlty number 1171092 on the Accounts for the Year ended 31 March 2023 as set out on pages 2&39 I ieport lo the InJslees on my examinallon of the accounts of the ab)ve charity {Ihe Tnjsl") for the year ended 31 March 2023 Responslbllltles and ba818 ol ieport As the chartty's Iruslees. you are reSpon￿ble for the preparaknn of the accounts In accordance wlth the requirement5 of the Charities Act 2011 {'Ihe Ad") I feport in respect of my examlnatlon of the Tfusl's accounts carried out undef seclion 145 of Ihe 2011 Act and in caTriing out my examination. I have followed all the applicable Directions gNen by the Charity Commission undef seclion 145151{b) of the Act. Ind•p•nd•nl •xamin•fs stat•m•nt The chanly's gross income ¢Ji¢J not exceed £250.000 m Ihts year and l am qUaIrf￿￿ lo undertake the examination t*y abein A qual￿ed member of Institulg of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. I have completed my exam¥bat￿n. I confirni that no mateiial matters have come lo my attentSon In connection wilh the exa￿￿nation whith me cause to bgleve that in. ary malerlal respect.. The accounting record were not kepl in accordance with section 130 of Ihe Charities Act., or The accounts dd nol gccord wrth the accounting recoTd5'. OT The accounts thd not comply with the appNtable requirtmenls coneèming thè fom and eontènt of accounls set out in the Charilies (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other Ihan any requSremerbt that the accounts fv a Irue and fair vkn¥ whlth 15 not a matter congldered ag part of an independent examination. I have no concems and have come across no malters in connecbon wilh the examination lo which attgntion should be drawn in Ihis report in 9rdg! lo enatAe a proper understanthng of the accounts lo be reathed. HPBwce FCA clo Dyke Yaxley Limiled 1 Bras5ey Road Old Potts Way Shrewsbury SY3 7FA 40