## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
## **From 1 November 2023 To 31 October 2024**
## **Charity name: Doncaster Foodbank (Trussell Trust) Ltd**
## **Charity registration number: 1171639**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The relief of financial hardship amongst
people in Doncaster and the surrounding
area or in other parts of the UK in such
ways as the trustees from time to time think
fit in particular by providing emergency
food, essential toiletries, and household
items to individuals and families in need
and for distribution by charities or other
organisations working to prevent or relieve
poverty|
|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|Doncaster Foodbank operates from a
warehouse/office space located in the Kirk
Sandall district of Doncaster. Food donated
by the public and companies is sorted at
the warehouse to be made ready for
distribution. The warehouse can
accommodate up to 20 tonnes of food.
The foodbank operates delivery centres on
four days each week, twice a week at St
James’ Church in Balby, once each at St
Paul’s Church in Wheatley and at the
Holmescarr Centre in Rossington. The
foodbank has obtained funding to partner
with Citizens Advice to supply an advisor
who attends each delivery centre to support
the Trussell Trust project of financial
inclusion.|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The Chair advises trustees of their
responsibilities with respect to ensuring that
the charity is run only for public benefit as
described by the Charity Commission.
Trustees are asked to declare any conflicts
of interest at the start of each meeting. No
funding is disbursed except in line with the
objectives of the charity as described
above, this is monitored at all times by the
Chair and all trustees.|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
||
SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|The charity does not make cash grants|
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|NA|
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|The charity’s operations are almost entirely
dependent on volunteers. There are four
paid members of staff, the Project
Manager, an administrator, a warehouse
manager and a new externally funded
community organiser. All other work is
undertaken by volunteers under their
supervision. There are currently around 70
volunteers working within the foodbank.|
|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|The charity issues food parcels to families
and individuals to last at least three days.
This has a significant impact on the clients’
circumstances who otherwise might have
to rely on the goodwill of friends and
relatives, commit crime or just go hungry.
Additionally, the signposting to other
services can assist clients to access further
support from other agencies.
We continued to benefit from the presence
of a Citizens Advice adviser at each
session who has enabled clients to access
unclaimed benefits amounting to many
thousands of pounds thus reducing the
need to use the foodbank.|
## **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|The charity has maintained its strong
financial position this year with its cash
assets increasing by £36,000 to £218,500
in total. However, c£40,000 of this is
restricted funding to support the Community
Organiser post.|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Trustees reviewed the Reserves Policy
which clarifies the reasoning used in its
determination of reserves level.
The policy states the following as the need
to maintain reserves.
It allows the charity to:
properly manage its resources.
plan and formally report its
approach to stakeholders.
make funding bids, when a high
bank balance can be convincingly
explained to potential funders.
match its reserves to its
requirements, otherwise the charity
could be holding reserves that are
too high or too low for its needs.
Explain to beneficiaries why all the
charity’s resources are not available
to meet their needs.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|The charity determines that the minimum
level of reserves is the equivalent of six
month’s operating costs. This is currently
around £80,000|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|NA|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|NA|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|NA|
## **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|
The principal sources of funds are grant
income from the Trussell Trust, occasional
grants and donations from other
organisations such as Doncaster Council
and private companies. The Charity
receives regular generous donation from
members of the public.|
|---|---|---|
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|NA|
|||For the third year in the history of the|
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|Charity we have had to spend significant
sums on the direct purchase of food. This is
due to supermarkets stocking less food
which leads them to giving us less and to
the cost-of-living crisis which means that
individuals who used to donate food are no
longer able to do so.
At present we are able to accommodate
this extra expense with the help of grants,
but it is a continuing concern.|
|---|---|---|
|Other|||
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Articles of Association (Trust Deed)|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Limited Company|
|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|Trustees are recruited by invitation of the
Board of Trustees|
## **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 has role specifications for all
trustees, the Chair is responsible for
ensuring that trustees are suitably inducted
into their roles.|
|---|---|---|
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|The Charity is part of the wider Trussell
Trust Network from which it receives
guidance, resources and organisational
support without which the foodbank would
not be viable|
|Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|na|
|Other||na|
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Doncaster Foodbank (Trussell Trust) Ltd|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|na|
|Registered charity number|1171639|
|Charity’s principal address|Co Saica Natur
Sandall Stones Road
Doncaster
Postcode
DN3 1TR|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Patricia Jordan||13/12/22 Onwards||
||Peter Hymans|Chair|||
||Anna Clish||Resigned 17/9/24||
||Mark Snelson||||
||Rev Ian Smith||||
||Howard Neil Riley||13/12/22 Onwards||
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name na**
## Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
|**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**||
|---|---|---|
|**na**|||
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets none held in this capacity
Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects
Details of arrangements for 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**|
|---|---|---|
||none||
||||
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||||
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
Mrs Julie Poland Project Manager, (Current) Mr Martin Donnelly Warehouse Manager
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
**na**
## **Other optional information**
**none**
## **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)** Peter Hymans ~~ee~~ **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc)** ~~ee~~ **Date** 25 3 2025 ~~pF~~
Registered number: 10443311
**DONCASTER FOODBANK (TRUSSELL TRUST) LTD UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2024**
Eyre & Co Accountants Limited 16 Castlegate Tickhill Doncaster DN11 9QU
## **Doncaster Foodbank (Trussell Trust) Ltd Contents**
||**Page**|
|---|---|
|Company Information|1|
|Accountant's Report|2|
|Income and Expenditure Account|3|
|Balance Sheet|4|
|The following pages do not form part of the statutory accounts:||
|Detailed Income and Expenditure Account|5|
|Detailed Balance Sheet|6|
**Doncaster Foodbank (Trussell Trust) Ltd Company Information For The Year Ended 31 October 2024**
|**Directors**|Ms Anna Clish|
|---|---|
||Mr Peter Hymans|
||The Rev. Canon Ian Smith|
||Mr William Snelson|
||Mr Howard Riley|
||Mr Pat Jordan|
||Mr Neil Riley|
|**Secretary**|Mr Martin Wileman|
|**Company Number**|10443311|
|**Registered Office**|Saica Natur Sandal Stones Road|
||Kirk Sandall Industrial Estate|
||Doncaster|
||DN3 1TR|
|**Accountants**|Eyre & Co Accountants Limited|
||16 Castlegate|
||Tickhill|
||Doncaster|
||DN11 9QU|
Page 1
## **Doncaster Foodbank (Trussell Trust) Ltd Accountant's Report For The Year Ended 31 October 2024**
In accordance with the engagement letter dated 15 September 2020, and in order to assist you to fulfil your duties under the Companies Act 2006, we have compiled the financial statements of the company from the accounting records and information and explanations you have given to us.
This report is made to the directors in accordance with the terms of our engagement. Our work has been undertaken to prepare for approval by the directors the financial statements that we have been engaged to compile, to report to the directors that we have done so, and to state those matters that we have agreed to state to them in this report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the Company and the Company's directors for our work or for this report.
You have acknowledged on the balance sheet as at year ended 31 October 2024 your duty to ensure that the company has kept proper accounting records and to prepare financial statements that give a true and fair view under the Companies Act 2006. You consider that the company is exempt from the statutory requirement for an audit for the year.
We have not been instructed to carry out an audit of the financial statements. For this reason, we have not verified the accuracy or completeness of the accounting records or information and explanations you have given to us and we do not, therefore, express any opinion on the financial statements.
Signed
19/03/2025
Eyre & Co Accountants Limited 16 Castlegate Tickhill Doncaster DN11 9QU
Page 2
## **Doncaster Foodbank (Trussell Trust) Ltd Income and Expenditure Account For The Year Ended 31 October 2024**
|**TURNOVER**
Other income
Cost of raw materials and consumables
Staff costs
Other charges
**NET SURPLUS**|**2024**
**£**
171,532
16,781
(23,478)
(83,109)
(45,114)
36,612|**2023**
**£**
145,686
6,250
(37,018)
(45,484)
(56,307)|
|---|---|---|
|||13,127|
Page 3
## **Doncaster Foodbank (Trussell Trust) Ltd Balance Sheet As At 31 October 2024**
|Current assets
**NET CURRENT ASSETS**
**TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES**
**NET ASSETS**
**RESERVES**|**2024**
**£**
218,161|**2023**
**£**
181,549|
|---|---|---|
||218,161|181,549|
||218,161|181,549|
||218,161|181,549|
||218,161|181,549|
## **Notes**
## 1. **General Information**
Doncaster Foodbank (Trussell Trust) Ltd is a private company, limited by guarantee, incorporated in England & Wales, registered number 10443311. The registered office is Saica Natur Sandal Stones Road, Kirk Sandall Industrial Estate, Doncaster, DN3 1TR.
## 2. **Average Number of Employees**
Average number of employees, including directors, during the year was: 5 (2023: 3)
## 3. **Company limited by guarantee**
The company is limited by guarantee and has no share capital.
Every member of the company undertakes to contribute to the assets of the company, in the event of a winding up, such an amount as may be required not exceeding £1.
For the year ending 31 October 2024 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.
These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the micro-entity provisions.
On behalf of the board
Mr Peter Hymans
Director
19/03/2025
Page 4
## **Doncaster Foodbank (Trussell Trust) Ltd Detailed Income and Expenditure Account For The Year Ended 31 October 2024**
|**TURNOVER**
Donations
Charities Aid Foundation
Trussell Trust
Stewardship
Virgin Money
Other
**OTHER INCOME**
Other operating income
**COST OF RAW MATERIALS AND CONSUMABLES**
Foodbank supplies
**STAFF COSTS**
Wages and salaries
**OTHER CHARGES**
_Premises expenses:_
Rent, light and heat
_General administration costs:_
Motor vehicle costs
Equipment and workwear
Training and other meetings
Administration
Advertising and marketing costs
Professional fees and insurances
Doncaster Citizens Advice
Bank charges
Other costs
Celebration Event
**NET SURPLUS**|**2024**
**£**
**£**
48,192
16,926
104,961
421
113
919
171,532
16,781
188,313
23,478
(23,478)
83,109
(83,109)
-
3,064
3,562
810
4,323
475
1,583
27,150
-
4,147
-
45,114
(45,114)
36,612|**2024**
**£**
**£**
48,192
16,926
104,961
421
113
919
171,532
16,781
188,313
23,478
(23,478)
83,109
(83,109)
-
3,064
3,562
810
4,323
475
1,583
27,150
-
4,147
-
45,114
(45,114)
36,612|**2023**
**£**
**£**
74,863
19,394
49,456
1,100
123
750
145,686
6,250
151,936
37,018
(37,018)
45,484
(45,484)
345
3,621
4,295
200
3,731
-
1,453
36,089
31
3,428
3,114
55,962
(56,307)
13,127|**2023**
**£**
**£**
74,863
19,394
49,456
1,100
123
750
145,686
6,250
151,936
37,018
(37,018)
45,484
(45,484)
345
3,621
4,295
200
3,731
-
1,453
36,089
31
3,428
3,114
55,962
(56,307)
13,127|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||23,478
83,109
-
3,064
3,562
810
4,323
475
1,583
27,150
-
4,147
-||37,018
45,484
345
3,621
4,295
200
3,731
-
1,453
36,089
31
3,428
3,114||
|||188,313
(23,478)
(83,109)
(45,114)||151,936
(37,018)
(45,484)
(56,307)|
||45,114||55,962||
||||||
|||36,612||13,127|
Page 5
**Doncaster Foodbank (Trussell Trust) Ltd Detailed Balance Sheet As At 31 October 2024**
|**Bank & Cash**
Bank current account
Cash in hand
**NET ASSETS**
**CAPITAL AND RESERVES**
Profit and loss account|**2024**
**£**
**£**
218,143
18
218,161
218,161
218,161
218,161
218,161|**2024**
**£**
**£**
218,143
18
218,161
218,161
218,161
218,161
218,161|**2023**
**£**
**£**
181,531
18
181,549
181,549
181,549
181,549
181,549|**2023**
**£**
**£**
181,531
18
181,549
181,549
181,549
181,549
181,549|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||218,161||181,549||
|||218,161||181,549|
|||218,161||181,549|
Page 6
Registered number: 10443311
**DONCASTER FOODBANK (TRUSSELL TRUST) LTD UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2024**
Eyre & Co Accountants Limited 16 Castlegate Tickhill Doncaster DN11 9QU
## **Doncaster Foodbank (Trussell Trust) Ltd Contents**
||**Page**|
|---|---|
|Company Information|1|
|Accountant's Report|2|
|Income and Expenditure Account|3|
|Balance Sheet|4|
|The following pages do not form part of the statutory accounts:||
|Detailed Income and Expenditure Account|5|
|Detailed Balance Sheet|6|
**Doncaster Foodbank (Trussell Trust) Ltd Company Information For The Year Ended 31 October 2024**
|**Directors**|Ms Anna Clish|
|---|---|
||Mr Peter Hymans|
||The Rev. Canon Ian Smith|
||Mr William Snelson|
||Mr Howard Riley|
||Mr Pat Jordan|
||Mr Neil Riley|
|**Secretary**|Mr Martin Wileman|
|**Company Number**|10443311|
|**Registered Office**|Saica Natur Sandal Stones Road|
||Kirk Sandall Industrial Estate|
||Doncaster|
||DN3 1TR|
|**Accountants**|Eyre & Co Accountants Limited|
||16 Castlegate|
||Tickhill|
||Doncaster|
||DN11 9QU|
Page 1
## **Doncaster Foodbank (Trussell Trust) Ltd Accountant's Report For The Year Ended 31 October 2024**
In accordance with the engagement letter dated 15 September 2020, and in order to assist you to fulfil your duties under the Companies Act 2006, we have compiled the financial statements of the company from the accounting records and information and explanations you have given to us.
This report is made to the directors in accordance with the terms of our engagement. Our work has been undertaken to prepare for approval by the directors the financial statements that we have been engaged to compile, to report to the directors that we have done so, and to state those matters that we have agreed to state to them in this report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the Company and the Company's directors for our work or for this report.
You have acknowledged on the balance sheet as at year ended 31 October 2024 your duty to ensure that the company has kept proper accounting records and to prepare financial statements that give a true and fair view under the Companies Act 2006. You consider that the company is exempt from the statutory requirement for an audit for the year.
We have not been instructed to carry out an audit of the financial statements. For this reason, we have not verified the accuracy or completeness of the accounting records or information and explanations you have given to us and we do not, therefore, express any opinion on the financial statements.
Signed
19/03/2025
Eyre & Co Accountants Limited 16 Castlegate Tickhill Doncaster DN11 9QU
Page 2
## **Doncaster Foodbank (Trussell Trust) Ltd Income and Expenditure Account For The Year Ended 31 October 2024**
|**TURNOVER**
Other income
Cost of raw materials and consumables
Staff costs
Other charges
**NET SURPLUS**|**2024**
**£**
171,532
16,781
(23,478)
(83,109)
(45,114)
36,612|**2023**
**£**
145,686
6,250
(37,018)
(45,484)
(56,307)|
|---|---|---|
|||13,127|
Page 3
## **Doncaster Foodbank (Trussell Trust) Ltd Balance Sheet As At 31 October 2024**
|Current assets
**NET CURRENT ASSETS**
**TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES**
**NET ASSETS**
**RESERVES**|**2024**
**£**
218,161|**2023**
**£**
181,549|
|---|---|---|
||218,161|181,549|
||218,161|181,549|
||218,161|181,549|
||218,161|181,549|
## **Notes**
## 1. **General Information**
Doncaster Foodbank (Trussell Trust) Ltd is a private company, limited by guarantee, incorporated in England & Wales, registered number 10443311. The registered office is Saica Natur Sandal Stones Road, Kirk Sandall Industrial Estate, Doncaster, DN3 1TR.
## 2. **Average Number of Employees**
Average number of employees, including directors, during the year was: 5 (2023: 3)
## 3. **Company limited by guarantee**
The company is limited by guarantee and has no share capital.
Every member of the company undertakes to contribute to the assets of the company, in the event of a winding up, such an amount as may be required not exceeding £1.
For the year ending 31 October 2024 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.
These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the micro-entity provisions.
On behalf of the board
Mr Peter Hymans
Director
19/03/2025
Page 4
## **Doncaster Foodbank (Trussell Trust) Ltd Detailed Income and Expenditure Account For The Year Ended 31 October 2024**
|**TURNOVER**
Donations
Charities Aid Foundation
Trussell Trust
Stewardship
Virgin Money
Other
**OTHER INCOME**
Other operating income
**COST OF RAW MATERIALS AND CONSUMABLES**
Foodbank supplies
**STAFF COSTS**
Wages and salaries
**OTHER CHARGES**
_Premises expenses:_
Rent, light and heat
_General administration costs:_
Motor vehicle costs
Equipment and workwear
Training and other meetings
Administration
Advertising and marketing costs
Professional fees and insurances
Doncaster Citizens Advice
Bank charges
Other costs
Celebration Event
**NET SURPLUS**|**2024**
**£**
**£**
48,192
16,926
104,961
421
113
919
171,532
16,781
188,313
23,478
(23,478)
83,109
(83,109)
-
3,064
3,562
810
4,323
475
1,583
27,150
-
4,147
-
45,114
(45,114)
36,612|**2024**
**£**
**£**
48,192
16,926
104,961
421
113
919
171,532
16,781
188,313
23,478
(23,478)
83,109
(83,109)
-
3,064
3,562
810
4,323
475
1,583
27,150
-
4,147
-
45,114
(45,114)
36,612|**2023**
**£**
**£**
74,863
19,394
49,456
1,100
123
750
145,686
6,250
151,936
37,018
(37,018)
45,484
(45,484)
345
3,621
4,295
200
3,731
-
1,453
36,089
31
3,428
3,114
55,962
(56,307)
13,127|**2023**
**£**
**£**
74,863
19,394
49,456
1,100
123
750
145,686
6,250
151,936
37,018
(37,018)
45,484
(45,484)
345
3,621
4,295
200
3,731
-
1,453
36,089
31
3,428
3,114
55,962
(56,307)
13,127|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||23,478
83,109
-
3,064
3,562
810
4,323
475
1,583
27,150
-
4,147
-||37,018
45,484
345
3,621
4,295
200
3,731
-
1,453
36,089
31
3,428
3,114||
|||188,313
(23,478)
(83,109)
(45,114)||151,936
(37,018)
(45,484)
(56,307)|
||45,114||55,962||
||||||
|||36,612||13,127|
Page 5
**Doncaster Foodbank (Trussell Trust) Ltd Detailed Balance Sheet As At 31 October 2024**
|**Bank & Cash**
Bank current account
Cash in hand
**NET ASSETS**
**CAPITAL AND RESERVES**
Profit and loss account|**2024**
**£**
**£**
218,143
18
218,161
218,161
218,161
218,161
218,161|**2024**
**£**
**£**
218,143
18
218,161
218,161
218,161
218,161
218,161|**2023**
**£**
**£**
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