Wisbech foodb Annual Report 2022 Registered Charity 1172525 ## **The Wisbech Food Bank ................................. Registered Charity No.1172525** ## **Annual report of the activity of The Wisbech Food Bank covering the period 1[st] April 2021 until 31[st] March 2022** ## **Legal and Administrative Information** The Wisbech Food Bank was set up in 2013 as a part of Churches Together in Wisbech. In 2017, the trustees sought and achieved CIO status. The trustees of The Wisbech Food Bank present their annual report and accounts for the year ended 31[st] March 2022 and confirm they comply with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011, the Wisbech Food Bank constitution and the Trustees Act 2000. ## **Trustees** The Trustees of The Wisbech Food Bank who served during the period from 1[st] April 2021 to 31[st] March 2022 were :- Bryan Baker Eilis Gardner Susan Hillyer Simon King Catherine Noonan Chantelle Fiddy (appointed 18.6.21) Julie White appointed (18.10.21) Robert Poots (resigned 17.5.21) ## **Address** The correspondence address for the charity is 358 High Road, Newton in the Isle, Wisbech, PE13 5HS 1 ## **The Objects of the Wisbech Food Bank as set out in the Constitution are:** _The relief of hardship for people in Wisbech and the surrounding area or in other parts of the United Kingdom in such ways as the Trustees from time to time think fit, in particular, but not exclusively by:_ _a) providing emergency food, essential toiletries, and household items to individuals and families in need and / or for distribution by charities or other organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty._ _b) such other means, including (but not limited to) the provision of support or signposting to relevant information and other advisory services._ ## **Review of Activities and Achievements during the year** - The Distribution Centre at the Wisbech Baptist Church was open, as usual, during lockdown for two hours on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays. A total of 22,019 kg of food was distributed to 2606 clients, of which 1,678 were adults and 928 were children. Fresh fruit and vegetables along with meat vouchers for a local butchers were distributed along with food parcels. - Signposting to providers of debt advice and on the rules covering the claiming of benefits from the Department for Work and Pensions were regularly available. - Trustees have maintained contact with referral agencies and, at the beginning of the Covid pandemic signed almost all referral agencies up to an E voucher system to allow them to issue vouchers to clients without the need to see them in person. The number of referral agencies has continued to increase and the database of referral agency contacts has been updated to comply with the General Data Protection Regulations. - Due to Covid 19 the trustees were unable to arrange regular food collections at three local superstores but have received donations of food from a range of schools, churches, businesses and individuals. A total of 21,405 kg of food was donated. - Unfortunately, due to Covid 19 the Trustees were unable, during the Harvest Festival period, to give talks about food poverty to local schools and organisations. - Two new Trustees were appointed; Chantelle Fiddy with responsibility for Data Protection and Julie White with responsibility for the charity’s finances. - The trustees secured further grant funding of £5,200 per year from the Elizabeth Wright Charity towards the staffing costs. - The Trustees re evaluated their staffing requirements in light of the new ways of working. The post of Operations Co-ordinator was replaced with a new role of Project Manager and an Assistant Project Manager role was created with specific responsibility for warehousing, stock control and volunteering. - The Trustees have renegotiated their relationship with Wisbech Baptist Church in the light of increased Food Bank usage and the associated increase in heating and lighting costs. 2 - The trustees held twelve quorate, minuted, Trustees’ meetings in order to arrange the collection and distribution of food, to purchase food to balance demand to supply and to deploy our team of volunteers to store, pack and distribute food to our clients. - The charity regularly entered data on the Trussell Trust management information system to allow monitoring of the supply and demand for food and to understand the needs of its clients. - The trustees have regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit in their administration of the charity. - The Trustees have reviewed their policies for Health and Safety and Safeguarding and associated Risk Assessments. ## **Future Plans** The trustees will:- - consider options to expand the service and to maximise the impact for beneficiaries; - explore the potential for new partnerships with the County Council and other statutory agencies; - develop additional signposting materials; - organise training and support for volunteers and Trustees; and - continue to update the volunteer and client records to ensure compliance with GDPR. ## **Financial Position** The trustees believe that the charity’s financial position is strong. The accounts show income of £22,471 set against expenditure for the year of £19,343, resulting in a surplus of income over expenditure for the year of £3,127 and total funds held of £42,780. The main sources of income are donations from supporters, either on a regular basis through standing orders, or in one-off donations, online giving via Give.net, grants from local charities, and donations from Tesco plc and Asda Stores Ltd based on the quantity of food collected at their stores through a scheme run by the Trussell Trust. The main areas of expenditure are salaries, rent, insurance, fresh food, meat vouchers and administration costs. The charity continues to benefit greatly from free use of storage facilities both at Fenland Haulage & Storage and the Remo Eco Superstore, also from the use of facilities at Wisbech Baptist Church at minimal cost. The charity holds sufficient reserves to provide alternative facilities for warehousing and distribution whilst they seek alternative sources of funding, should the need arise. 3 ## **The Trustees would like to record their thanks to the following:-** Our team of hardworking volunteers Wisbech Baptist Church Fenland Haulage & Storage Nikki & Marcus from Remo Eco Superstore Margaret Gibbs and Steve Grantham Robin Hine Ivan Cooper The Trustees of the Elizabeth Wrights Charity Cambridgeshire County Council Monika Mazeikaite Adam Garford Our network of donors and collectors and our network of referral agencies Tesco, Morrisons, Asda, Heron Foods, Wisbech Library, and Nationwide Building Society Kevin Smith from the Horsefair Shopping Centre. 4 |**Charity Name**|**No (if any)**||| |---|---|---|---| |**The Wisbech Foodbank**|**1172525**||| |**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||**CC16a**| |Period start date
**For the period**
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31/03/2022||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**13,094**
**995**
**5,200**
**2,588**
**381**
**213**
**-**
**-**
**22,470**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**22,470**
**12,444**
**620**
**-**
**928**
**192**
**321**
**-**
**520**
**4,121**
**21**
**176**
**19,343**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**19,343**
**3,127**
**-**
**39,652**
**42,779**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**
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**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**13,094**
**995**
**5,200**
**2,588**
**381**
**213**
**-**
**-**
**22,470**
**-**
**-**
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**22,470**
**12,444**
**620**
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**928**
**192**
**321**
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**520**
**4,121**
**21**
**176**
**19,343**
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**19,343**

**3,127**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Donations|**13,094**||**-**
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**-**|**13,094**||**26,313**| |Gift Aid|**995**|||**995**||**534**| |Grants|**5,200**|||**5,200**||**4,500**| |Trussell Trust|**2,588**|||**2,588**||**1,477**| |Bank Interest|**381**|||**381**||**318**| |SundryIncome|**213**|||**213**||**5**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**22,470**|||**22,470**||**33,147**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||| ||**-**||**-**
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**A3 Payments**||||||| ||||**-**|**22,470**||**33,147**| |||||||| |Salaries & Wages|**12,444**||**-**
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**-**|**12,444**||**7,420**| |Fees|**620**|||**620**||**65**| |Trussell Trust|**-**|||**-**||**360**| |Admin Expenses|**928**|||**928**||**485**| |Equipment Purchases|**192**|||**192**||**3,056**| |Insurance|**321**|||**321**||**321**| |Advertising|**-**|||**-**||**-**| |Premises Costs|**520**|||**520**||**1,040**| |Food Purchases|**4,121**|||**4,121**||**1,043**| |Carrier Bags|**21**|||**21**||**-**| |Other Costs|**176**|||**176**||**345**| |**_Sub total_ **|**19,343**|||**19,343**||**14,135**| |||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||| ||**-**||**-**
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**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||| ||||**-**|**19,343**||**14,135**| |||||||| ||**3,127**|**-**|**-**|
**3,127**||**19,012**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**
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