## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025** **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.| |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 Greater
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:

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

Preparing to secure, equip and move to
a new warehouse facility as the
financial year ended (now completed);

Managing over 50 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. LCL received 4064 referrals, representing 7930 people fed, from April 2023 – March 2024, of which 6126 were for adults and 1804 for children. In addition to food parcels, LCL distributed fruit and vegetable vouchers, energy vouchers to enable food to be cooked, and self-heating meals for the Homeless or those without cooking facilities. **Additional information** |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|The LCL long term Strategic Plan,
supported by a more detailed annual
business plan sets out Trustees’ objectives
which are reviewed every year. 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.
Trustees are very satisfied that these
objectives continue to be met.| |---|---|---| |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 2024-2025 the
goals included applying for financial grant
aid whenever available throughout the year
so that a balanced budget is maintained
and hard won reserves are not depleted.
LCL was successful in attracting a £33,600
grant and later in the year a £22,000 grant
from different cycles of the Government’s
Household Support Fund. We boosted
these funds through online fundraising
services, such as Just Giving, Local Giving
and receiving Gift Aid as well as small local
donations. These are discussed in our
detailed financial return to the Charities
Commission.| |Other||The LCL website was redesigned and
brought in-house during the year to provide
greater flexibility in updating content. Its
development continues and a full refresh is
planned in the year ahead.| ## **Financial Review** ## **This data is largely taken from form CC16A – our financial return to the Charities Commission** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|Income £115,902
Expenditure £87,306
Addition to cash reserves, in year £28,596
It is important to note this includes monies
granted to cover the period beyond the end
of this financial year.| |---|---|---| |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 a minimum target of
£30,000. We seek to hold substantially
more than that if possible.
Long term reserves plus current account
balances were £686,478 at 31/3/25| ## **Additional information** |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|As discussed above, in the period April
2024 - March 2025, financial donations
totalled £115,902.
In addition, food and other non-monetary
items were gifted to LCL from numerous
sources, with an estimated value in excess
of £11500.| |---|---|---| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|The principal risk facing LCL is the
continuation of the increase in demand for
its services coupled with a decrease in both
food and non-state financial donations due
to rises in the cost of living.
As the charity is run entirely by volunteers
the increase in demand will need to be met
by a corresponding increase in volunteers.
We are currently building a formal risk
register to capture and manage the current| risk position in a more structured way. 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 Commission’s
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 Greater
Lincolnshire Food Partnership, as
described above under the heading,
“Objectives and Activities” (Other).| |Other||| ## **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
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14|**Trustee name**
Mr Neil Rhodes
Mr Alan Wilson
Mrs Karen Mayor
(Deceased)
Mrs Viv Bennett
Mrs Dawn Nightingale
Mr Dave Pemberton
Mrs Jennifer Pemberton
Mrs Wendy Mason
Mrs Joan Bennett
Mr Harry Campbell
Mrs Cay Sherlock
Mr Tony Tomlinson
Ms Nicola Owen
Ms Wendy Hope|**Office**|**Dates acted if not for**
**whole year**|**Name of person (or body)**
**entitled to appoint trustee (if**
**any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| |||Chair||| |||Vice-Chair||| |||Treasurer|1/4/24 – 5/1/25|| |||Secretary||| |||Co-Ordinator||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||1/4/24 – 12/8/24|| |||||| |||||| |||Treasurer|5/1/25|| ||||10/2/25|| ||||10/2/25|| ## **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)** Neil Rhodes Tony Tomlinson **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)** Chair Treasurer **Date** 6 October 2025 ||**Charity Name**|**Charity Name**|**Charity Name**|**No (if any)**|**No (if any)**|**No (if any)**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
**from**|01/04/2024
Period start date|**To**||31/03/2025
Period end date||| ||||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**18,637**
**152**
**1,528**
**6,471**
**9,948**
**2,563**
**-**
**-**
**39,299**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**39,299**
**10,703**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**10,703**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**10,703**
**28,596**
**-**
**-**
**28,596**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**76,603**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**76,603**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**76,603**
**54,037**
**1,384**
**259**
**2,696**
**4,586**
**13,546**
**95**
**-**
**-**
**76,603**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**76,603**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**95,240**
**152**
**1,528**
**6,471**
**9,948**
**2,563**
**-**
**-**
**115,902**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**115,902**
**64,740**
**1,384**
**259**
**2,696**
**4,586**
**13,546**
**95**
**-**
**-**
**87,306**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**87,306**

**28,596**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Grants and donations|**18,637**||||||**54,269**| |Refunds|**152**||||||**260**| |HMRC Gift Aid|**1,528**||||||**937**| |Just Giving|**6,471**||||||**6,071**| |Localgiving|**9,948**||||||**11,708**| |Other Income|**2,563**||||||**2,742**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**39,299**||||||**75,987**| ||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||| ||**-**||||||| ||**-**||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||| ||||||||**75,987**| ||||||||| |
Food Purchases|**10,703**||||||**75,230**| |Volunteeer Expenses|**-**||||||**636**| |Insurance|**-**||||||**251**| |Administration|**-**||||||**2,389**| |Sundry/ Miscellaneouspayments|**-**||||||**826**| |Rent|**-**||||||**6,045**| |EnergyVouchers|**-**||||||**2,980**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**10,703**||||||**88,357**| ||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases (see table)**|||||||| |**,**|**-**||||||| ||**-**||||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||| ||||||||**88,357**| ||||||||| ||**28,596**|**-**|**-**||
**28,596**||**- 12,370**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**28,596**|**-**|**-**||**28,596**||**- 12,370**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 31/08/2025 1 |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|| |---|---|---|---| |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
**Details**
**Details**
Current Account
180 day notice account
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
32 day notice account
Fixed Term Investment
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**18,556**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**18,556**
**-**
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**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**267,622**
**-**
**300,000**
**-**
**100,000**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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AntonyTomlinson
Neil Rhodes|**Endowment**
**funds**
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approval| |||AntonyTomlinson|| |||Neil Rhodes|| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 31/08/2025 2 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGIAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trustees LINCOLN COMMUNITY LARDER On accounts for the year ended 31ST MARCH 2025 Charity no (if any) 1175176 Set out on pages bpr% Dt I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity {'the Trusf) for the year ended 3110312025. Responsibilities and basis of report As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordan￿ with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 1.the Act.). I report in respect of my examinalion of the Trust's accounts carried OLrt under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145{5)(b) of the Act. Independent tThe charity's gross income ex￿eded £250,000 and l am qualified to examiner's statement undertake the examination by being a qualified member of linsert name of applicable listed body]l. Delete [ l if not applicable. I have completed my examination. l ¢onfimi that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below ") which gives me cause to believe that in, any material resped.. the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act., or the accounts did not accord wilh the accounting records-, or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements conceming the fomi and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a Irue and fairf view which is nol a matter Considered as part of an independent examination. I have no COn￿rnS and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in orderto enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Please delete the words in the brackets rfthey do not apply. Signed: Date: lo zs Name: TERENCE COATSWORTH Relevant professional qualifiGation(sl or body IER Oct 2018 (if any): Address." 126, VIESTERN AVENUE LINCOLN LN6 7SZ Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity a¢counts'. directions and guidance for examiners). Givo here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. IER Oct 2018