weston-$Up8r-Ma￿ F&)Jbank
Tr)J8to8 R￿ort and Accwnts
Year Ended 31 Ma￿h 2024
The Trustee5 have th$ur9 In presenting theAr rawt togeiher wilh the ￿nar￿lfil Itsten￿lS ofw8stor￿￿W-Mare
Foodbank nhe ChaiiVI forthe year ended 31 Mar¢h 2024.
We$ton.super.M8re Fwdbank is rwJistetyJ as a Charrtth Organi58tiDn with the Charity Ccthrn￿s￿jn
Reference Nurnbèr 1177071, and is go¥eW by a con51rtUt￿n dated 8th February 2018. arml operates from its
Registèwj Office of North Street. west0￿super-mare BS23 1QF.
During the year Ihe fDlovffjr*J Trustees".
Felicty Imilson
Le$1￿ Hathaway
Rev Jul￿ Birkott
William Painter
Margaret Bailey
Paul Salmons
Clwe 8odley
INe Duran
John Willkrns
A￿1n Jeffs
Bed
Natalie Oawn Gak-Sk1e5
Andrew
Retired
315t March 2024
31st March 2024
31st March 2024
315t Marth 2024
Retired
31st Marc* 2024
ptynled
25th April 2024
inbj
25th W'l 2024
￿1￿ 25th Apft"12tr24
Retired
The Charrty e￿$ts for the public benefit, IhE ¥elEfoffinanck81 hardshwj *nLw%t in in North Srn8et
and the United knngjom by pTo¥pJing foNJ and tr8wwJ and $tr8f•nirvJ ernF￿rty iThJw*luab. farnI￿S
c0mrnunrt￿.
Weslon-super-mara Fwjbank i% a charfty th*enab￿ the ¢ommunty in and arourhy weStor￿suPer-M•r8 to r￿et
the emergency fooj T￿$ ofthose within Ihe Same ctsnmunty￿o are * a ¢ri5is wint ift th￿r lryes. Thousartls
benefit". thousaTrts more en3￿e thi% lo tsk8 p*. Fts)dbank a mean5 ofthnking a get*mus
communty with those in need of $upport.
During th8 12 month$ te March 2024. WestoTrsupw4Aare Fwdbank has ￿*r9er￿ fooJ fvrabolrt 8.4g6
peop￿. a very $irnilar to the prewws ￿ar. nolKed an inL¥Èa¥e in the of arNJ GtyJp
as well as an increase of more than 1CQ% in the number of over65 ￿rOkjs. 98.IXh)kg offocé has been
distributed (Last year 88.3CWI. In athJ*ion to emergency luc#J. the Charrty has SUPPOrted kncai famil
th the provision of Scho￿ hO1￿jaY mèaL8. 9fft8 at ChFthas. treats et
Due te the dtmand on our servw. h8¥e corrtinued to oFerate a rTh>kl boed on kKalisgJ up points to
pro¥hle In0￿ lo¢al oplions and rrKsre sesShMS. We rthv have 4 poirts operabry across tr*rtn over S days a
week. North Street contsntses to offer a'outsth. servK¥ duè to the space con$traints Hughenden Centre and
the Bryjrnville Centre offer a rnore fal￿ty￿ servKe tsè58S ￿ KefR51wts a5 ￿[t as a st￿n of
Sb3npo8ting &jetK￿.
footfall in tht smal* outkls has increaséd &8 StartiThJ to becfft more •a￿ ofthe offEring. We
have been abk to *arn a lot from cl￿r)ts with d￿tary needs a5 *EII as hea15t01￿ of hardshp and Iw.
The warehouse 1$ fulty opErabonal and provNJing essentkil support to the di%tribubon kn. Thanks lo the space
available and the warehouse manager p05rtK)n. a whole new cohort of v01urrtee￿ have been ret￿rted and
from Ihe warehtyJse 4 days a ￿tek. The 2 van5 are located a￿1 are used to focKI as wll 3s di%tribute
8tock to the centres. The w8rehou5e has offew a lot of spate fc* young Peop￿ %•ith add￿0￿ n*Js to ¥olunt*r.
Feod Suppl￿ C¢Mtinue to ￿ doryated by Fwle ￿￿￿C*on w)ints in kKal superrnat*ets. ffl8ny ofthth have
suppthent8d thr6 with direct donat￿n$ offwd and financtrai grfts. In 20J24 have had to purchase more st￿k
Ihan ever ￿fOre lo supp￿tt￿nt our store les*L5 and akn to offer a w#ler var• ol products. including pet
food. toikl pap8r aThJ more Most of our to1￿ are purcha￿. rnainly through organ¢58rtons such a8 InkiTrJ
dired.

The Charity receNe8 dor￿￿)n$ frorn ¢)rga￿al￿ s*tho SUFPOrt the ofthe FOOdban￿ The
Foodbank has aLso ree•Ned 8 9rant from the Nerth Swnerset Counul to $upwrt thè woth in area.
Forthe full year the Chanty had four part tirr* ern￿OyeeS and up to 50 ￿￿NeerS $p4t aCmS5 our lOCat￿n5 and
teams. Tr majorSty of volunteers offw 5 hours of iheir im* each *eek but a number of them volunteer acr053
teams. up to 15 hours per V+Wk.
The ftt)anci81 ciroJrnstanc8ss forthe ￿ar are w out ￿ Ihe S(rornpanytr￿ financial 51atemeftts. Thanks to the
continued grant fw Financkil Indusw th. are abk to host a Ciizens Advice 3 twnB5 a ￿.
The aceounts forth8 year have t*en ple￿a￿j on a rei* arKt pa￿￿ents basi5.
The Charty has ¢ash tEseNes of£242.W 8$ at 31 Marth 2024 ILa8t yaar £237.2211. m05t 0f￿rth Is hehl in a C
Op Bank A¢couni and Inswjnii Deposts.
The Trustees have attW81l a Reserves PoliLywhth BJuire5 3 month$. of unwtTh*d exF*ThJitura to be hehj in
unrestricted re8w¥es. Thi% wll alknw the Ch81ity to continue to operate for a mininal penod of ￿ 5houkl glVI
reduce. The Trustees recognise that the financial c¢NnmitFnent relatir¥J to thè warehouse kne marts 3n *Jd￿or￿1
n8k. aThJ thef¢re th8 Chanty holds fe5erves againsi thL8 ￿ ree(gnitN)n that there 15 no separats incr*ne St￿aM Ihat
funds this curwentty. value of the Teser¥es will be mon4ored on a regular basi% in the l#aht of (Jjrrent gNin9
Is, rtems af 8￿enditure. aTrY anntsalty as part of the budget procÈss.
At the balano sheet date, the Charity hekl unre5trithJ reserves of £192.986 (Last year £2WJ.4171. Whk thb
rwJure 1$ above the required levd. the Tnstee$ t*l*ve that f&kn￿n9 a rEv*w of commitsnents. indudiryd the
oper8ttonal costs of the WarehryJ8e. and investments in'mwe than iiiBlfyEs", that the of r8serv8S is
appropriate.
Al the ba19n¢e Sheet date organksatK)n has restritled rgser¥es of £50.Crf)4 (Last yaar£33.8041. 7he5e relate to
Grants and Donations reLqting to Additonal 5erv¢e8 being Offe￿ to the ¢h8nts Iciirrenty citite￿ N¢)rth
Somersetl and a Fo(*J C￿b Ink8lNe currenty Io¢*ed at Hu9heTr18n road.
The Tru$tees are sat￿fied that the Charity hO￿S suff￿nt reserves at the BaFance SW date. tO3etherwith
ongoiry incorrE antiopated. to enab￿ the Chanty to func*on elFect￿ty in U* comwMJ I￿r.

Ibti
Th& Trustees are re5FOnSib￿ for pr8pariThJ the TftJ5tees' Report and the finar￿￿?1 staiements in aC(x)rda￿• %hith the
awlicable law aTrJ United KiTrJdom AttountirwJ StsrKlard$ (Unw Kingd¢￿ GeTr*ally A¢c8Pt&a Accounting
Pr8¢tKel.
The law ar4)lICab￿ to ¢harrtEs in Eng&NJ & Wa￿$ rwuire5 Ihe Tntsts8¥ to prwre thma￿l#l stal•ments foreach
ya8rwh￿h give a tnE aTr1 fair ofthe stste of affaits ol Charity armj of Ihe Income ￿sOurCeS and applicabon
of resouTC88 of the Charity ferthat pwb)Y. In p￿pan￿j these finanaal statemenb. the T￿￿18￿5 arè lo".
Select suilabkn account#ig and then appty consi5tenty'.
¢)bserve the methods 8fkl pri￿1p￿S in the char￿e$ SORP..
Make judgement atKJ estimate5 that are wsonab(e arwj pr￿l
Stsle wh8ll¢r applicabk UK Accounting Stsndards have been fotrA•I. subject to any material
dopartures di5dosed aThl fjxpLwr￿d in the finanoal statements..
Prepare the finanoal S¢*ements on Ihe goiThJ Con￿r￿ basi4 $ inarwcyiate to pr8surrts that
the chaiitabk company o)ntinue in busir
The Trustees arB respons*)kn for keepir¥J PFcyer accounimg rEcord5 Ihat thebse ￿asonab￿ accuraty al any
tin the fina￿181 Jx)sition of tl* chaiity and enabk t￿rn to ensute that the finarrto15tatements compfy ￿th the
Ch8rtes Act 2011, the Charty IAcc(xJnts and Reports) Regulalk)n5 and the provtsDI of the tru51 deed. They ar
aLTo responsib￿ for safeguarding the assets of the chanty ar*J ￿nc8 for tsknng re￿nab￿ steps forthe prevention
and deiectron of fraud ar41 ottsr Irwujaiities.
proved by thg Trustees and Sty3￿d on th￿"r0eh￿Fty.
Tru¥te¥
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Independent Examinerfs Report to the Trustees of Weston-super-mare Foodbank
I report to the Trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Weston-super-mare Foodbank
Ithe Charity) for the year ended 31 March 2024.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the tmstees of the Charity you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in
accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 20111'the ACVI.
I report in respert of my examination of the charity accounts carried out under section 145 of the
2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Direttions given by
the Charity Commission under sertion 14515llbl of the Act.
Independent examinerfs statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention
in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respert.. i.
accountin8 records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by settion 130 of the Act: or
2. the account5 do not accord with those records. I have no concerns and have come across no
other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this
reDOrt in order to enable a nrooer understandine of the accounts to be reached.
Signed:
Name:
Peirf NJ kcbF*N
Address..
7 [￿lf&￿ PLtfc,
Date:
IIK £o£S

12 M¢yrth$ to 31 Mafth 2024
31 March
2023
Unrestridets Restriftsd Total Furth Tc4al Funds
Funds £
Funds £
Gener811)0Tr8lK)r
132.290
74.f
2Cfj.8
236.948
Totsl R8¢elpts
132.290
236,948
Salarres, National Insuran(* & PensK*n ccsts
Premises Costs
Vehide Gosts
Adminstrative artd Ofvr G05ts
63.442
39.164
3.102
37.013
92.4C6
67.TT8
3.102
37,842
28,614
67.989
44,059
21.805
4S.053
Total Poyments
142.r21
201,127
178.V
110.4311
16.2
5,769
58.042
un
203.417
237.221
179.179
192,*6
242.￿9
237.221
There no OeswJnated Furnls in either peTh)d
of
Cash Fund5
C¢>op 8ank Account
Ins&nis Investrnerns
Petty Cash
Funds £
Fund5 £
Tolal E
16.252
176.292
442
16.252
).[￿ 226.296
442
TOW C88h Funds
192.986
242.9
31
UnrestrKt•J Re5tnctwJ
Funds £
FuThYs £
Cash FuTrJs
Cfrop Bank Account
Petty Cash
Tow£
202.695
722
33.804 236.499
Total Cash Funds
203.417
33.804
237.221
Appr¢>v8d by Trust8e$ 4nd $vJned on their behajfby..
Tru$tee
Trustee
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