weslDn-super4￿8lÈ Foodbank Twsl8È Report and Accourrts Year Ended 31 March 2025 The Tru8tees have pleasuie in presenting their report together the finanaal 3tatemenl$ of WesitYF$vper-Mare Foodbank I'IIE Charity") for the ye81 ended 31 March 2025 vbmanco And na ent wesl￿-SUpe1-ma1e Foadbar& is regislered a5 a Charitable IncOrp￿ated 0rgank5a1K￿ ￿1th the Charity Commission RefÈrÈnce Number 1177071. and Is govemeij by a con5tiknlion dated 8th Fetrfuary 2018. arHI operates ff(xn its Reg181ered Office of North Slreel, Weslon-$uper-Mare B523 1QF. Dwng yeartlE follo￿n9 were Tiuslees. FelL￿ty Wlson Leslip Halhaway Rev Julie ￿rk¢ll Vlillism Painter Margar8t Bailey Mark Bodley Natalie Dawn Ga￿￿deS And[ew￿len Ob ciIv06 and Actfvltl•s The Charity exists for the public benefit, the relief of nariJsl)Ip amongsi poople In need in North Somersel and the Lkniled ￿ngdorn by providing food and Iral￿n9 and 81renglhening and erllpowering iTHlIMdu81s, famiks and comtnunilies. WeslDn-5up2r-Maie FDL¥Jbank Is a charity that ￿nab￿S Ihe CDTNnunity In and around Weslon-super-mare lo meel the emergency food needs of Ihosc within Ine same community are al 8 ¢Y1S15 point In Iheir Ilves. Thousands benpfil. tthusand5 mDre enable Ihits lo lake place. The FDDdbank 13 siFnpty a ThEan5 Df Iinkiro a generous ccmmunlty ￿1th th058 n nÈed Df support. During Ihe 12 Thonth5 to March 2025. Weslon-super-mare Foodbank haÈ provided ern)ergency food for about 7.200 people. 8 slight drop compared lo the premous year. 86.OOOkg of food h85 been distrfbthed but fiF the firsi lime since Ihp foDdbank ws$ Ope￿4. had tD buy 8 substanual arnouDI of foLNJ ID $uppletr*nl our donation5. With the contin￿4 IncFea5e in fo￿ pnces. don81ions have droppeLI dramgtscally. $￿e KEeks are receiwry les5 than ha piewous donation levels. In a￿e %￿lh addillonal rttds lo volunteer. inaTrGial ReviEW The ChaThty receives donabons fr(Kn ITN11triduals and organsalion SUPPDrt thE work of the Foodbank. The Foodbank ha5 3150 received a 9raftt from N(rth Sometsei Comcil to 5UPPQrt byotk in the are8. For th& full year lh& Charty had four part tirne ern￿OYeeS and up lo SO ¥rAunieers splil 8vos8 our kJcaUon5 and learn5. The malonty of volunleers offer S hours of their lime each bspek a number of Ihptn V￿￿￿teer 8UOSS iÈarn5. up 10 15 ho￿￿ pervEek. The finaroal circumslancess for Ihe year are sel out in the a¢cDmpanwn9 financial slalements. Th3nk$ iothe conlinu£d grant for Financlal Inclusion work, arp ab￿ lo hosi a Cilizens Adwce worker 3 times 8 %¥tek. In addition Citizens AdMTr ig present at BkJ Worle w18 run our session Ihis Is not fvnded by u5. The pury￿e Shpep Panlty stèrted oper81ing w1h0￿ a bank accouni and Weslon-super-mare Foodbank supported Ihe Charity by re¢eMry Income and rnaking paymen18 ￿ their behaW. Duriry the year Charity opened h$ o¥m benk account and the balance of £23.522 was Ir8n5ferred from WeslorFsuperthlare Foodbank 10 the Purp￿ S￿p Pantry bank account. Tne accounts for the year have been prepa￿d on a receipls gnd payrnents bJsL8. The Charity has cash reserves of £173.￿5 as 8131 March 2025 IL£s1 year £242.9901. most of *thi¢h is hdd In a CD- Op Bank Account and Insuris Dpposils. TruyieÈs havÈ adopted 8 ReseT¥e5 Pdicy YkH¢h requi￿5 3 monlh5' of unreslncted expeTKSiture to be he￿ in unTestricted re5erve5, This equ8tés 10 3Ppr0￿M21￿Y t50k. This alltsw the Chanly lo coTrlln¢Je lo operate for a tninimal period of lime should giwng reduce. The Tr￿lee5 recognise Ihgl the financial ¢ommllmènt r618ling lo the %Yarehouse lease mark5 an a(*Jiliwal risk. Hnd Ihelore Ihe Chanty holds reseNes against t￿5 In re¢ognition Ih8t there is Tr) 5epaT8le Income stream that fu￿d$ this cwrentty. Tho of the reserves VAII be monrtored on a regular basis In Iht IKJhl of cwrent giving kvds, itetns of ewendiiuie. and annually as patf af the ￿￿get process. Al Ihe balance sheet dale. the Chanty hdd unreslnctefj resewes of £159.673 (La51 year £192.gB51. WhllÈ this figuTe Is above the required ￿￿e1. the TTU51ees bdieve thai lollowng a review of ¢ommilmenis. Induding the oper?Iional costs of the Warehouse. arby Inve51ffteril$ In'rnore than Iniative5" Ihal the levd of reserves 15 The unrÈ51fciied ￿serV￿9 feducbon in the year was P8ftJy due lo Ihe cest5 of opeTaliry fr(￿ the Hughenden Gentre when renliry froTn Enjoy church vthith finished thè yèar, and panty higher demand ar￿ Dperaiing ¢osls vmlh reduced donations posl ￿￿1￿. The ￿￿get for 202512026 shov￿ a shortfall of £76k In the knovAedge th* one regular donatiw will cease at the e of Marth End the a55U[npli￿ that fv Foodbank operaies from ihe Cenire wdEf the new ovmwshlp olvleslon al a redU￿d renl. 11 is assumed that Ihe Dperallng costs ol the Foodbank corilinue to be hlgher Ihan the incorne into the future, the balan￿ tsf reserves providing 8 buffer intD 202612027 Al the balance sheet dale the organisalion has resirithed rese￿e5 gf £14,282 (Last year £50.0041. These rèlate 10 Granls and DonatlQn5 relating 10 Addrtonal 8ervitÉs bÈlng offered 10 the cltenls Icurrenlly CIlLzens Ad￿te North Sotnetseii. The Trustees are sa115fied that me Charity hdds suffic*DI rest￿eS at the Baltsnce Sheet d81e, togetrEY I￿1h ongoing Income antitipaitd. 10 en8ble the charlty to funcbon effectively In the coming year. Statement of Trustvos Res The Trtsslees are responsible for preparing the Tru$tees' Report aThJ tre slatemenls In accordance the 1¢a￿e lawan(J Uniled Kingdom Accounliry SlandardÈ (United K￿gdOM Gewally Accepled Ac¢ounilng PraGticel. The law applicable lo chanbes in En9land & W8les requires I￿ Truslees lo wep8re financial Statements foi each year which give a Irue lalr of the siale ol allails of Ihe Charity and of Ihe income res￿rceS and applic41ion of resour￿$ of the Charity forihai peno¢. In prep3ring the$e fin8nci81 sialemenls, lh8 Trustees are requiied lo.. Se￿cl suilablÈ aCCOUffling polides 8na then apptythem con8isienlly'. Observe Ihe melho¢5 principle5 in the Charllles SORP., Make iudgemenl arKJ Bsbtnates that are ieasonable and prudent.. $181È ￿tte1￿ar appliC8￿e UK Ac¢ounting Standards have been follo￿*d. subjecl lo any maierial dep8rtures dIs￿O$e￿ arLd explained in fin8nu81518lement$. Prepare the finanual statetnenls on the goirg concern basis UTh￿$8 5118 Inapprwri31e lo presuTne that Ihe cha￿table company wll conllnue In business. Th? Tru51ees are responsible for keeping propeT accounling records that disd05e ￿ry1h reason&Die accuracy at any litne the finan¢lal pos￿10￿ of Ihe charity and enable them lo ensure that the financial slaiemenls c(wY￿y wth the Ch8rrties Act 2011. thts Chaitty (Accounls and Re￿s) Re9Ld8lior& and lh& prO￿510n of the tsust deed. They are also responsible for $8fegu3rding the assets of the chanty and hence fOrtakI￿ reaso￿￿8 step5 for the weventsDn and delecUoD of tra￿1 and other irre9Ldanlies. Approve(I by Ih TtU51ee$ 8nd 8igrEd on th￿r behaw by." Tmslee .2025 R•£oi tsandPa mènts Ac 31 March 2024 Total FuThls 12 Monihs 10 31 March 2025 Ljnreslricted RÈÈincteo To181 Fund5 Fund$ £ Funds £ Rocel GeneTal Donation5 128.553 39.142 167.696 2￿,8 Total R8c•lpts 128.553 39.142 167.696 206,896 Pa Salaries. National Insurance & Pension cv$is Premises Costs Vehide Cosls Adrninsiralive ond Other Costs 67.888 48,499 2.057 33.037 39.472 21.864 107.380 70.363 2.￿7 33,429 92,405 67,778 3,102 37,842 392 Total Paymgnts 151.481 61.728 213.209 201,127 22,586 45.613 192,988 E42.990 237,221 Funds Transfer IHugh8nden Road) FLJnd$ Transfer IPuryAe Sheepl 110,3851 10,385 123.5221 123,5221 Th15 159 673 14.281 173 955 242.990 There V￿re no Designaied Funds ellher period 1 Mareh 202S UnregkncLÈd Restrfcted Funds £ Total £ Cash Funds CTrDP 8ank Acc￿nI Insignis InveslmÈnts Peity Cash 19.020 139.595 1.058 19,020 153.876 1.058 14,281 TO1￿ C85h Fund5 159.673 173,955 ent Df Unreslrided Funds £ Resthded Funds £ To181 £ Cash Funds C&cp Bank Acrounl Insiynis In%e$imen15 Petty Cash 16,252 176.292 442 16,252 226.296 442 50.004 TO￿ Cash 192.986 242.990 Awro¥ed by the TFu$lees ar￿ Signed on their beham by. Trustee Trustee Independent Examlnerfs Report to the Trustees of Weston-super-mare Foodbank I report to the Trustees on my ex3mination of the accounts of the Weston-5upe¥-Mor¥ Fuodbank (the Charity) for the year ended 31 March 2025.. R•sponslbllltle5 •nd basls of repDrt As the trustees of the Charity you are responsible forthe preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requlrements of the Charities Act 20111'the ACYI. l Feport In respect of my èxaminatlon of the charity account5 carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrytnB Out my exarnination I have followed all the applicable DiTections given bv the Chartty Commission under section 1451511bl of thp Act. Ind•pendent gxamlnerfs ststemènt I have completed my exarnination. I confirm that no matgrial Matte￿ hav8 come to my attention In connection wlth the examination giving me cayse to belleve that in any material respect.. i. accounting records were not kept in respe¢t of the Trust a5 Tequired by settion 130 of the Art,. or 2. the accounts do not 8ccord with those records. I have no concerns and have come acr0$5 no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a Drooer understanding of the accounts to be reached. Slsned.. Name.. Peter Needham Address.. 7 lunlper Place. Weston-suDer-Mare, North SomÈrset. BS22 9XD Date.. 21st October 2025