## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022** ## **Charity name: Lincoln Community Larder** ## **Charity registration number: 1175176** ## **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 poverty in Lincoln and the
surrounding area by the provision of basic
nutritious food and other basic amenities.| |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|LCL provides food parcels for people who
need short-term help to make ends meet.
Frontline professionals, who are best
placed to identify people in need, refer
them to LCL via an online system, so food
parcels can be collected at one of LCL’s
distribution centres;

YMCA Annexe, Lincoln

St John the Baptist Parish Church Hall,
Lincoln

St Giles Methodist Church, Lincoln

St Mary's Church, Welton

Martin Village Hall, Martin

All Saints Church, Wragby
The size of parcels is increased for families
based on the number of individuals in
need. In some special cases LCL goes
beyond the basic food parcel, supporting
people with other essential items (e.g.,
toiletries and fuel vouchers for cooking).
LCL also caters for those suffering from
illness or special needs and provides
individual food parcels to meet such
referral requests.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|In setting our objectives and planning our
activities the LCL trustees have given
serious consideration to the Charity
Commission’s general guidance on public
benefit and all its activities are undertaken
to further its charitable purposes for the
public benefit.| ## **Additional information** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|When finances allow, LCL financially
supports projects, in Lincoln and
surrounding areas, designed to relieve food
poverty, such as the Food in School
Holidays (FiSH) project.| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|The volunteer team, which includes the
Trustees, has continued to grow and in
some cases take on additional
responsibilities. Without their dedication,
LCL could not function as it does.
The Trustees are very grateful to all the
volunteers, in the warehouse and the
distribution centres, for their enormous
contribution helping to relieve food poverty
in Lincoln and the surrounding area.| |Other||LCL is a member of the Lincolnshire Food
Partnership which is a partnership of
organisations across Greater Lincolnshire
working together for greener, fairer and
healthier food for all, through sustainable
local action.
Under the Partnership, LCL has been an
active member of an Emergency Response
Group, made up of the main foodbanks in
Lincoln. Together, they operate a joint on-
line referral system which enables people
in need to collect food parcels from their
nearest distribution centre.| ## **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 main achievements during this period
of operation were as follows:

Remaining fully open and operating
throughout the Covid-19 Pandemic,
thanks to our dedicated team of
volunteers

Operating a warehouse facility for
storage of donated food and for packing
food parcels;

Managing over 30 volunteers who
serve each week in LCL's activities;

Attracting financial support from
individuals and organisations who make
cash donations and grants to
supplement the food donations;

Maintaining contact with approved
agencies in the Lincoln area with whom
the LCL partners to support those in
financial crisis;

Collecting donated items of food from
individuals, schools and commercial
organisations.

Distributing food parcels to individuals
and family groups in crisis situations.

Opening a new outreach centre in
Wragby.
LCL distributed over 5,500 food parcels,
from April 2021 – March 2022, of which
70% were for adults and 30% for children.
In addition to food parcels, LCL distributed
£5,310 worth of fruit and vegetable
vouchers, £5,380 worth of energy vouchers
to enable food to be cooked, and £823
worth of Self-heating meals for the
Homeless or those without cooking
facilities.
LCL also supported in excess of 600
children through Fish Schemes (Food in
School Holidays) during the Summer,
October Half-Term and Christmas holidays.| **Additional information** |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|The LCL Business Plan, approved at the
26 July 2021 Annual General Meeting, set
out LCL’s objectives over the next 5 years.
These are to;

ensure thelong-term sustainabilityof
our service to the community

maintain our individual identity so as
not to be seen as part of another
service

maintain a city centre presence for our
main distribution site

ensure warehousing is always
available

provide more distribution centres in
areas of need

increase relationships with other
organisations working to challenge food
poverty

help solve clients’ long-term issues - by
referral to other organisations

promote the idea of healthy eating

financially support other organisations
in providing food for children
These high-level objectives are
underpinned by strategies and goals
designed to assist in measuring
achievements against objectives.
The Business Plan is kept under regular
review and the Trustees are very satisfied
with the progress made in year one.| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|One of LCL’s objectives was “to ensure the
long-term sustainabilityof our service to the
community” and for the year 2021-2022 the
goals included:

if available, apply for grant aid for both
core and one-off funds at least twice a
year

attract at least 6 regular donors per
annum by introducing a patronage
scheme
LCL has been successful in attracting
funds through online fundraising services,
such as Just Giving, Local Giving and
receiving Gift Aid. The proposed patronage
scheme is expected to be launched in the
following year.| |Other||The LCL website was redesigned and
brought in-house during the year to provide
greater flexibility in updating content.| ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|Net of Receipts/(Payments) at the end of
the financial year were -£8255. After
deducting reserves, the bank balance is
£107,362 as at 31stMarch 2022.| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The LCL Trustees seek to maintain
adequate reserves so as to ensure all
reasonable day to day running costs can be
met as and when they fall due, recognising
the basic financial principle that the
Trustees are responsible for ensuring that
solvency is maintained.
“Adequate reserves” are deemed to be
sufficient funding for 12 months of normal
operational expenditure plus annual
warehouse rental.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|This has been set at £24,100.| ## **Additional information** |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|In the period April 2021-March 2022,
financial donations totalled £42,717.
In addition, food and other non-monetary
items were gifted to LCL from numerous
sources, with an estimated value in excess
of £39,000.| |---|---|---| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|The principal risk facing LCL is the
potential for a huge increase in demand for
its services coupled with a decrease in both
food and financial donations due to rises in
the cost of living.
This is currently being mitigated by an
increase in reserves from the level set in
the previous year, 20/21.| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document|Para 1.25|Constitution| |How is the charity
constituted?|Para 1.25|Charitable Incorporated Organisation
(Foundation)| |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|Apart from the first charity trustees, every
trustee must be appointed for a term of four
years by a resolution passed at a properly
convened meeting of the charity trustees.
In selecting individuals for appointment as
charity trustees, the trustees must have
regard to the skills, knowledge and
experience needed for the effective
administration of the CIO.| ## **Additional information** |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|Each new charity trustee, on or before his
or her first appointment receives:
(a) a copy of the current version of LCL’s
constitution
(b) a copy of the CIO’s latest Trustees’
Annual Report and statement of accounts
(c) a copy of the Charity Commissions
Guidance, “The essential trustee: what you
need to know, what you need to do.”
Trustees also receive briefings, updates
and guidance issued by the Charity
Commission (e.g., the 5-minute guides for
charity trustees).| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|The charity is an independent organisation
managed by a voluntary board of trustees.
Day to day operations are managed by the
LCL Co-ordinator and undertaken by a
team of volunteers.| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|LCL is a member of the Lincolnshire Food
Partnership, as described above under the
heading, “Objectives and Activities” (Other).| |Other||In addition to the formal Trustees’
meetings, Operational meetings are held
bi-monthly with representatives from the
outreach centres.| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Lincoln Community Larder| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|n/a| |Registered charity number|1175176| |Charity’s principal address|YMCA Annexe
Rosemary Lane
Lincoln LN2 5AR| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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13|**Trustee name**|**Office**|**Dates acted if not for**
**whole year**|**Name of person (or body)**
**entitled to appoint trustee (if**
**any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Mr Alan Wilson|Chair||| ||Mrs Karen Mayor|Treasurer||| ||Mrs Viv Bennett|Secretary||| ||Mrs Dawn Nightingale|||| ||Mrs Joan Bennett|||| ||Mr Dave Pemberton|||| ||Mrs Jennifer Pemberton|||| ||Mrs WendyMason|||| ||Ms MandyLaurence|||| ||Mr HarryCampbell|||| ||Miss Sophie Wilesmith|||| ||Cllr Jackie Kirk||1/4/21 – 12/4/21|| ||Cllr Lucinda Preston||1/4/21 – 26/7/21|| **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members** Mrs Dawn Nightingale – Larder Co-ordinator ## **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)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**||| |---|---|---| |||| ||Alan Wilson|Karen Mayor| |||| ||Chair|| Date 3 August 2022 |**Lincoln Community Larder**|**Lincoln Community Larder**||**1175176**||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||||**CC16a**| |**For the period**
**from**|Period start date
01/04/21|**To**|Period end date
31/03/22||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted**
**funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**||**Total funds**||**Last year**||| |||**to the nearest**
**£**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest**|**£**|| |**A1 Receipts**||||||||||||| |Grants & Donations||**18571**||||||**18571**||**115524**||| |Refunds||**21**||||||**21**|||**7**|| |HMRC Gift Aid||**2136**||||||**2136**||||| |Just Giving||**8253**||||||**8253**||||| |Local Giving||**12225**||||||**12225**||||| |Lincoln CommunityLottery||**1511**||||||**1511**||||| |Welton Outreach||||||||||**1095**||| |National Lottery Covid-19 Fund &
Screwfix Foundation||||||||||**13500**||| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_||**42717**
||||||**42717**||**130126**||| |||||||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment**||||||||||||| |**sales, (see table).**||||||||||||| |||||||||||||| |||||||||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**
Grants & Donations
**18571**
Refunds
**21**
HMRC Gift Aid
**2136**
Just Giving
**8253**
Local Giving
**12225**
Lincoln CommunityLottery
**1511**
Welton Outreach
**42717**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
National Lottery Covid-19 Fund &
Screwfix Foundation
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_
**A2 Asset and investment**
**sales, (see table).**|||**to the nearest £**
**Restricted**
**funds**||**to the nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**18571**
**21**
**2136**
**8253**
**12225**
**1511**
**42717**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Grants & Donations|**18571**|||||**18571**||**115524**| |Refunds|**21**|||||**21**||**7**| |HMRC Gift Aid|**2136**|||||**2136**||| |Just Giving|**8253**|||||**8253**||| |Local Giving|**12225**|||||**12225**||| |Lincoln CommunityLottery|**1511**|||||**1511**||| |Welton Outreach||||||||**1095**| |National Lottery Covid-19 Fund &
Screwfix Foundation||||||||**13500**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**42717**

|||||**42717**||**130126**| |||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment**
**sales, (see table).**||||||||| |||||||||| |||||||||| |**_Sub total_**||||||||| |||||||||| |||||||**42717**||**130126**| |||||||||| |||||||**26496**||**7191**| |||||||**682**||**545**| |||||||**299**||**277**| |||||||**1744**||**1232**| |||||||**9764**||**1279**| |||||||**6607**||**5453**| |||||||**5380**||**800**| |||||||||**7686**| |||||||||**306**| |||||||**50972**||**24769**| |||||||||| |||||||||| |||||||||| |||||||||| |||||||||| |||||||**50972**||**24769**| |||||||||| |||||||**- 8255**||**105357**| |||||||||| |||||||**139617**||**34260**| |||||||**131362**||**139617**| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|**Details**
Bank Account
Reserves
**Details**
Energy Vouchers
Insurance
**Details**
**Details**
12 months Operating Costs
12 months Warehouse Rent
**Details**
Storage Facility Rent
Acts Trust
N Willows
A Siddiqui
Signature
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**107362**
**24000**
**131362**
OK
OK
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**740**
**224**
**Cost (optional)**
**Cost (optional)**
Unrestricted funds
**14000**
Unrestricted funds
**10100**
Unrestricted funds
**10100**
Unrestricted funds
**400**
Unrestricted funds
**269**
Unrestricted funds
**108**
Print Name
Alan Wilson – Chair
Karen Mayor – Treasurer
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**funds**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |---|---|---|---| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||OK| ||||**to nearest £**
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approval| |||Alan Wilson – Chair|| |||Karen Mayor – Treasurer|| (if any): Address: 12Lg LJ£sfLzJ AKJQI4 ilfvjco Section B Disclosure Only complete rf the examiner needs to highlight material matters of con￿rn (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. IER Oct 2018