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2025-03-31-accounts

Charity no. 1177585

Report and Audited Financial Statements

31 March 2025

Feeding Bristol

Reference and administrative details

For the year ended 31 March 2025

Charity number 1177585
Registered office and Avonquay House
operational address 2 Dock Gate Lane
Bristol
BS1 6XL
Trustees The trustees who served during the year and up to the date of this report
were as follows:
Jamie Cameron
Sara Goodfellow appointed 1 October 2025
Lucy Holburn appointed 1 October 2025
Sally Jaeckle
Anna Jones
Ellie King appointed 1 October 2025
Julian Mines resigned 1 October 2025
Shada Nasrullah appointed 1 October 2025
Rebekah Stone appointed 1 October 2025
Christine Storry
Andrew Street (Chair)
Jasmine Tippett appointed 1 October 2025
Sara Venn passed away June 2025
Director Ped Asgarian
Bankers Triodos Bank
Deanery Road
Bristol
BS1 5AS
Auditors Godfrey Wilson Limited
Chartered accountants and statutory auditors
5th Floor Mariner House
62 Prince Street
Bristol
BS1 4QD

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1. Introduction

1.1. Note from the Chair of the Board

As one of the original, founding trustees of Feeding Bristol, which was set up as a charity in 2018, I’m very conscious of the journey that we have been on as an organisation over the last 7 years. It’s been an extraordinary one! In the first year or so the focus was on supporting children experiencing food insecurity. With the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020 the work of Feeding Bristol expanded to helping to co-ordinate the city’s response to a huge increase in the number of people in need of food related support. Those first 2-3 years were formative for Feeding Bristol, and the impact was significant. But over the last 3-4 years the influence, reach and impact of the charity has grown hugely under the guidance and leadership of our Director, Ped Asgarian, supported by a small but highly motivated team.

I am sure that as you read this report you will appreciate just what has been achieved by Ped and the team, and I would like to express my personal thanks to them. The range of work that has been progressed over the last year, and outlined in this report, is extensive. Partnership, collaboration and inclusion are at the heart of all we do. The fact that so many people in our city experience food insecurity in one form or another is an injustice – it simply isn’t right. Progress is being made, but there is still much that needs to be done. We’re hugely grateful to those that have worked with us over the last year to support our mission – stakeholders, partners, collaborators, funders and of fellow trustees. Without all of you Feeding Bristol would not have been able to do what we have. Thank you!

Andy Street Chair Feeding Bristol

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1.2. Background

Feeding Bristol was registered as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) on 19[th] March 2018, with the following charitable object:

The object of the CIO is the relief of people in need in Bristol and the surrounding area and specifically for them to access and afford good quality and nutritious food, and thereby alleviate hunger caused by the lack of opportunities or resources to obtain sufficient food on a sustainable basis.

1.3. Year Seven

This is the seventh annual report from Feeding Bristol. 2024-25 has been another good year for Feeding Bristol as we have continued to consolidate and embed the way we work as an organisation, both internally and across the city.

and ensure we are embedding our values and culture to support the legacy of Feeding Bristol as it grows and evolves.

We feel very positive about the future for the charity, and that we are beginning to truly see the impact we are having in Bristol. 2025/26 promises to be a very exciting and productive year.

1.4. Trustees

The Board of Trustees who served during the year and up to the date of this report were as follows:

We have continued to develop strong links with groups working in this sector through distribution of Household Support funding, the community food justice network meetings and the continued growth and evolution of Food Justice Fortnight. All these activities are significantly aligned with the delivery of the One City Food Equality Strategy and Action Plan.

The food education branch of our work has started to expand out of delivery of The Children’s Kitchen (which continues to grow its reach and impact), to begin work on a research project with the University of Bristol to create a Bristol Food Education Charter, centred around the voices of children.

1.5. Changes to Staffing Structure

There were no changes of note in our staffing structure in 2024 – 25.

We have also undertaken significant work on defining our ways of working, focusing on the three main areas of Food Education, Research and Development and Engagement and Advocacy. This focus is allowing us to take a holistic approach to tackling food insecurity and supports our desire to have a mix of direct delivery projects, measuring impact and investigating new projects and concepts, and supporting and championing partners across the sector.

As part of this work, we have spent time as a Board and Staff team working on our guiding principles to help support the delivery of our vision

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2. Vision, Purpose and Strategic Priorities

2.1. Background

Following a Strategy Workshop in January 2020, the terminology presented below defines Feeding Bristol as an organisation, what we are trying to achieve, and how. Building on the operational success of activities in 2019 and 2020, these strategic discussions have helped to inform what the charity’s role is in the city, and which is detailed in a Theory of Change document.

The Board of Trustees will continue to bring a challenge to ensure that the charity adds real value to the city in fulfilling its vision in alleviating food insecurity.

2.2. Vision

This describes the position we are aspiring to for Bristol in the longer-term:

Everyone in Bristol has access to nutritious and affordable food, and has the skills, knowledge, and is empowered to eat healthily.

This describes how Feeding Bristol will seek to achieve this vision at a high level:

Feeding Bristol exists to improve access to nourishing, culturally appropriate and affordable food for all communities in Bristol experiencing injustice. We take a holistic approach by focusing on education, research, and community engagement, and work in partnership across sectors to achieve our goals and build community food resilience.

2.3. Strategic Priorities

In 2022/23 we updated our strategic priorities to better reflect our work:

1. Identifying Need

Working across the city with communities to identify groups and localities experiencing or at-risk of food insecurity and ensuring that provision matches the need.

2. Increasing Access

Working to ensure that there is equity in how nutritious food is accessed across the city, regardless of locality, background or physical need.

3. Improving Education

Encouraging a more secure food culture, where people and communities have the confidence, skills and resources to grow, cook and eat healthy food.

4. Influencing Change

Driving positive change by addressing root causes of food injustice and co-creating strategies to influence local and national policies.

3. Ways of Working

Feeding Bristol categorises its activities across three separate streams of work: core infrastructure; community intervention; and systemic change. When planning and running projects, there is an inherent overlap across some of the Strategic Priorities (SP’s). Therefore, we seek to describe what we are focusing on through these SP’s but then break down our resources to align with these three streams of work.

Feeding Bristol seeks to bring benefit to the whole city and not simply to one single project. Success will be gradual but progressive – achieving our Vision one step at a time and across numerous work streams. Critically, collaborative working across Bristol is fundamental in achieving this vision. Achieving our Vision is not something we are capable of or intend to deliver on our own.

During 2024/25, the Board and Staff worked on defining our guiding principles. These principles outline who we aspire to be, what we aim to achieve and the approach we take as an organisation. They anchor the direction we adopt as a charity to make us more accountable and effective;

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they form the basis for the organisation and the culture we aim to create. They are as follows:

Who we are

We strive to be:

3.1. Delivering our vision

3.1.1. Core costs and volunteers

What we do

We aim to:

How we do it

Part of adding value to the city by acting as an umbrella organisation means we are seeking to not unnecessarily ‘compete’ for or divert grant funds that could support direct delivery of projects by others. This means we will always attempt to be as ‘lean’ as possible and keep our core operational costs to a minimum. This also has the benefit of putting additional focus on using the resources available to us in the smartest way possible, including the recruitment and management of volunteers. Overall, we strongly believe this helps to demonstrate the collaborative ‘One City’ approach, emphasising that a project Feeding Bristol may have a vested interest in does not necessarily mean we need to run it.

3.1.2. Who we work with

Feeding Bristol works with a wide range of organisations and businesses across Bristol. We know that communities within the city can experience a range of different issues and challenges, so it is important that we all work together in providing a holistic level of support to those in need. Feeding Bristol will continue to catalyse and link different sectors, including businesses and grassroots organisations, in an effort to more effectively deliver food solutions across the city - and build a place where everyone is able to eat healthily and appropriately to meet their dietary needs.

Feeding Bristol does not generally work directly with individuals who are experiencing food insecurity. We are not an organisation that provides direct support or advice at a grassroots level. Rather, we seek to work with organisations that have already developed those relationships and trust within and across the more deprived communities.

The Children’s Kitchen is an example of a direct project that Feeding Bristol is now delivering. However, it is important to note that this project was designed and developed completely by Jo Ingleby, before the project was

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brought under the management of Feeding Bristol. After careful scrutiny, the Trustees of Feeding Bristol decided that we could best support this project (with objectives and ways of working that aligned to those of Feeding Bristol) by bringing it within our organisation. So, while it is a project we are delivering, this is an excellent example of how we most effectively seek to support good work in the city.

3.1.3. Who we work for

As ‘One City’, Bristol has a vast array of individuals and organisations focused on helping to improve the circumstances of people who are less fortunate. Through targeting food security needs, Feeding Bristol acts as an umbrella organisation for the city, supporting initiatives to get started, upscale or collaborate with others where possible and appropriate. By providing a central point of contact to those focusing on tackling similar issues, Bristol can act as ‘One City’ to ensure a lasting and positive step change towards zero hunger.

Feeding Bristol focuses its efforts on working with organisations that support communities, and we foster and promote a culture of collaborative working and co-creation. Organisations we partner with must show a commitment to working collaboratively to support individuals and communities in need. People who experience food insecurity are most likely to experience other forms of social inequality. Therefore, by being issue ‘agnostic’ when selecting partner organisations, we can help to alleviate the broader pressures of life on those who experience food insecurity.

Bristol is an extremely diverse city, with over 91 different languages spoken (reflecting the high level of social and ethnic diversity). Therefore, when considering our Vision, this includes the very diverse dietary requirements of different people (for all reasons – religion, ethical, health, etc.). We are also passionate about considering all ages within our work.

4. Projects and Activity

4.1. Food Equality Strategy and Action Plan

“Food equality exists when all people, at all times, have access to nutritious, affordable and appropriate food according to their social,

cultural and dietary needs. They are equipped with the resources, skills and knowledge to use and benefit from food, which is sourced from a resilient, fair and environmentally sustainable food system ”.

– One City Food Equality Stakeholders, 2021

In 2022, A One City Food Equality Strategy for Bristol (2022-2032) was published, setting out what food equality means for the city and identifying five key priority themes where action is needed to achieve this vision.

in 2023, Bristol published its first Food Equality Strategy Action Plan (FESAP), identifying the most pressing actions that we need to take, and the actions that are needed to lay the foundation for future progress. It includes:

Co-produced with stakeholders, communities and individuals across Bristol, the Action Plan was created to help develop best practice across the city. It includes actions that everyone can contribute to but is largely aimed at stakeholders working to support communities at-risk of food inequality across Bristol

Over the past year, the cost-of-living crisis has disproportionately impacted Bristol residents living on lower incomes, worsening the effects of the Covid19 pandemic.

Food insecurity has increased, with 1 in 12 (8.3%) households now experiencing moderate to severe food insecurity, rising to 1 in 5 households in certain parts of the city (JSNA, 2024). In addition to where you live in the city, some groups are more at-risk (e.g., disabled people, single parents, 16 to 24-year-olds). With regards to families, 29% of Bristol’s children and young people are now eligible for Free School Meals. Despite these societal challenges, progress has been made to improve food equality in Bristol. A growing number of groups and organisations are finding innovative ways to

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tackle systemic inequalities in our food system. Such efforts are evidenced through these figures, the case studies and the progress summaries presented in this report.

With the support of Bristol City Council, we were able to use the Household Support Fund to provide grants to organisations in the city that were aligned with tackling food inequality and the FESAP aims and goals.

Feeding Bristol receives funding from the local authority to oversee and monitor the delivery of the FESAP, follow through on city-wide actions, conduct regular community conversations and complete an annual progress report. The second progress report will be published in the summer of 2025.

4.2. Household Support Fund

The Household Support Fund (HSF) is provided by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and supports vulnerable households with the rising cost of living. Over 2024-25, Feeding Bristol managed the community food element of the Household Support Fund (HSF) on behalf of Bristol City Council.

Securing funding is a significant challenge to progressing the Action Plan. To have the most impact from this Fund, all applicants were asked to demonstrate how their project addresses at least one of the priority themes in the One City Food Equality Strategy and Action Plan. Though the HSF does not fund the entirety of the Action Plan it does help to push forward the Food Equality agenda.

Over the course of the year, Feeding Bristol distributed approximately £1m to 101 organisations, funding 173 projects.

4.3. Bristol Local Food Fund

Bristol Local Food Fund (BLFF) was created to improve access to quality, affordable, local food across Bristol by supporting community food projects. The BLFF has the aim of using a participatory grant-making process, which puts individuals and communities with lived experience of food insecurity at the heart of the funding decision-making process, being enabled to provide ongoing and continual support.

Feeding Bristol, along with Quartet Community Foundation, are the lead strategic partners in overseeing the delivery of this project.

During 2024/25, Feeding Bristol supported BLFF to distribute £113k to 19 community projects across the city.

In 2024/25 we are expecting to help run a similar grant process to distribute approximately £70k.

4.4. Avon Gleaning Network

We continue to hold funds for Avon Gleaning Network as they progress to becoming a constituted organisation. This has involved being the recipient for a variety of funds that they apply for and managing the distribution of their funding to their project team. Progress is being made in them becoming a constituted organisation during 2025.

4.5. The Children’s Kitchen (TCK)

During the 2024-2025 period, The Children’s Kitchen (TCK) continued to collaborate with existing settings and also started termly Network Sessions. These sessions, designed to include all settings, serve as an efficient platform for communication, resource development, and focus on key areas. Commencing in Spring 2025, these sessions are planned to be ongoing, fostering continuous engagement and support.

Significant progress was made in establishing regular TCK partnerships, notably with St Philip's Marsh Nursery School and Four Acres Primary School in Withywood. At St Philips they had previously engaged briefly but now benefit from consistent food sessions and the development of their growing space. The nursery serves a diverse community, including areas such as Barton Hill and St Jude’s/St Phillips, which are known to experience high levels of food insecurity. This partnership aims to address nutritional needs and promote healthy eating habits among children in these communities.

Another key partnership was formed with Four Acres Primary School in Withywood, focusing on their early years department. Withywood is an area identified for need, and the relationship was built through prior visits for the Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme. Initial work concentrates on

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food sessions and garden activities within early years rooms, with plans to expand to parent sessions and to utilise the school’s rarely used teaching kitchen. Future developments may include extending the focus to older students across the school, promoting a comprehensive approach to food education.

Funding received from the Foundation for Children has enabled ongoing weekly work within South Bristol settings, including Hartcliffe, Knowle West Nursery Schools, and the Gatehouse Nursery. This financial support, amounting to £30,000 annually over two years, has also facilitated parent sessions, enhancing family engagement in food-related activities.

4.5.1. Food Leaders

In 2024-25, we delivered another Food Leaders course for HAF activity providers, continuing to be an effective method for training the trainers and improving food provision during holidays.

The online version of this course runs concurrently with the in-person sessions, broadening access and impact.

During 2025-26 we will be exploring the development of the Food Leaders programme with our delivery partners.

The programme is delivered as a partnership between Feeding Bristol, Square Food Foundation, 91ways, Travelling Kitchen, Josh Eggleton and Adrian Kirikmaa.

4.5.2. The Bristol Food Education Charter

Funding application success with Dr Will Baker from the University of Bristol through the Participatory Research Fund has supported the research and development of The Bristol Food Education Charter. This project aims to amplify the voices of children and young people regarding food education— highlighting their perspectives on what they should learn, and where and how they learn most effectively. The work, ongoing through 2024-2026, seeks to influence policy and practice by centring children’s experiences and preferences in food education strategies.

The Charter was launched at Felix Road Adventure Playground in June 2024 as part of Food Justice Fortnight and went on to include sessions

during HAF, sessions in two primary schools and large open access research workshops in Adventure Playgrounds.

To support the Charter development, we secured pro-bono graphic design and development help from Wood for Trees, a local product development company. They are going to help us design the charter with input from children and young people and help us in developing ways of co-designing with children.

4.5.3. Family Hubs

The establishment of Family Hubs in Bristol marked a significant development during this period. The organisation actively participated in working groups for all three hubs—Hartcliffe, Southmead, and Barton Hill— attending regular meetings and planning sessions. The goal is to integrate food insecurity strategies into the broader development of the hubs, ensuring they serve as vital resources for families. The Family Hubs are well positioned to support families by providing access to food support, financial advice, wellbeing services, and opportunities to develop food skills. They also serve as points for linking families to programmes such as HAF, with ongoing development planned over the coming years.

Funding was secured for Family Food Sessions, resulting in a series of hands-on workshops titled ‘Feeding your Family’ across six settings. While initial cohorts experienced high attendance and positive feedback, subsequent sessions saw reduced participation, attributed to changes in promotion and timing during winter months. Lessons learned from this experience will inform future sessions, including partnering with trusted local agencies such as nurseries to improve engagement and attendance.

4.5.4. National and Regional Work

We have worked with the Bristol and Beyond Stronger Practice Hubs (SPH) in this period on a series of online and in-person training events for practitioners in the early years sector in the local education authority region. This has included a TCK Roadshow in all local areas (BANES, South Gloucestershire, North Somerset and Wiltshire) and a session specifically for childminders. We also delivered webinars for the SPH in this time for those who couldn’t attend sessions. This work focuses on the importance of

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opportunities to explore fresh food for children from low-income families and the value of a child-led, exploratory approach rather than traditional cookery sessions.

In 2024-2025, The Children’s Kitchen delivered three webinars in collaboration with Feeding Britain, which were very well attended and fostered national awareness of Bristol’s work. Topics covered included Inclusive Cookery, Involving Families and Communities, and Exploring Food with Young Children. These sessions are intended to continue, maintaining the organisation’s profile within the national food education network.

Jo Ingleby was invited to join the Department for Education Working Group focused on developing free school breakfast clubs. This recognition stems from the organisation’s work with the HAF awards in 2023 and signifies a notable achievement. The group involves online meetings with leading figures in children’s food, including the Jamie Oliver Foundation, Chefs in Schools, School Food Matters, and the Food Foundation. The focus is on enhancing breakfast quality and variety, with potential for The Children’s Kitchen to contribute recipe and activity resources for upcoming nationwide rollouts.

Jo has also delivered guest lectures for the University of Bristol and Bath Spa University to share the work done by TCK and Feeding Bristol to address food insecurity through food education.

4.6. Healthy Holidays/Holiday Activity and Food Fund

4.6.1. Holiday Activity and Food Fund

In 2021, we saw a big change to the way the Healthy Holidays programme was operated in Bristol. No longer was it necessary for Feeding Bristol to raise funds to support the initiative as the Government committed to providing funding through the Holiday Activities and Food Fund (HAF). This has enabled Bristol to come together to reach more children than ever before, allowing for a larger network of organisations to build new relationships and stronger infrastructure for the future. Feeding Bristol continues to be part of the steering group with Bristol City Council and the city’s youth and play sector to ensure that we continue to build an appropriate infrastructure of support for those most in need. The value here

has been how the city came together – an example of how resilience can grow moving forward, with over 70 organisations taking part and supporting each other to deliver food and activities for children.

The HAF fund only covers Spring, Summer and Winter end of term holidays and not the half-term holidays, which still leaves a gap in provision that Feeding Bristol continues to address in partnership with the youth and play sector.

4.6.2. The Children’s Kitchen (TCK)

Throughout 2024-2025, The Children’s Kitchen remained a key contributor to the HAF programme, particularly through the Your Holiday Hub steering group. The organisation provided advice and training on healthy food, food education, and adherence to School Food Standards. This included delivering webinars that are now part of the HAF Toolkit, ensuring consistent messaging across providers.

Practical engagement was a core component, with hands-on sessions conducted during major holidays across the city. These sessions incorporated research for the Bristol Food Education Charter, involving over 120 children and young people. Additionally, a new recipe booklet titled ‘Sensory Cooking’ was produced, focusing on inclusive cookery accessible to all children, especially those with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). Developed with input from Briarwood School and experts in food education, the booklet features sensory exploration activities aligned with sound, smell, touch, sight, and taste, and has been well received by settings working with high numbers of children with SEND.

4.7. Children, Young People and Families funding (Quartet funding)

In December 2022 we were awarded funding from Quartet Community Foundation to work with a selection of our partner organisations on projects that will positively impact children, young people and families. This project ran through 2022 - 2025 and addressed the following:

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4.8. WECA Pollinator fund

During 2023-24 we were successful in an application for funding to work with The Children’s Kitchen Early Years Settings to install wormeries and pollinators plants as part of funding provided by the West of England Combined Authority (WECA). This project was completed in 2025.

4.9. Working Groups

As Feeding Bristol has evolved and expanded its approach to supporting the city, the working groups as they currently were set up were considered to be no longer fit for our purpose. Instead, we have sought to work in a more agile fashion, joining and working with other strategic groups across the city. These include, but are not limited to:

4.10. Shaping Places for Healthier lives

Over the past two years Feeding Bristol has supported the councils in Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset in the delivery of their shaping places for Healthier Lives project. This project was focused on community-based solutions to localised food insecurity issues.

For the final stage of the project, Feeding Bristol supported the administration of funding to local groups and the payment of the project coordinator between November 2024 and March 2025.

4.11. Food Justice Fortnight

2024-25 saw the second edition of Food Justice Fortnight.

It was an overflowing cauldron of community celebration, engaging conversations and heartfelt connections. The aim of this year’s series was simple – to bring people together to share food and stories, and to celebrate the work of fantastic food support settings. By doing this, we would make space for important and necessary conversations about Food Justice.

With a growing number of people experiencing food insecurity in this country, it might feel like there’s little to celebrate. But it’s exactly because of this that space needs to be made to connect with each other and acknowledge the wins, however small they may feel within the wider context. Injustice thrives in social isolation, so joy and celebration can be an act of defiance that brings us together so we can keep building our resilience. And importantly, food projects and organisations have worked harder than ever in recent years to make people feel cared for. We think this deserves to be celebrated.

It can often feel like discussions about food insecurity are outdated or are based on harmful stereotypes. By coming together and sharing perspectives and experiences, we also make space for thoughtful and meaningful

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conversations that lead to stronger connections and collective action. These conversations allow us to move away from unhelpful tropes and consider how, together, we can progress our work to achieve food justice.

Once again there was a huge variety of events, 23 in total, from community meals to panel discussions and cross-sector collaboration meetings to children led food activities.

4.12. Community Food Justice Network

During 2024-25 we held two community food justice network meetings, in November and February. These network meetings were designed as a space for groups working to tackle food inequality across the city to come together to share their work, network with other like-minded organisations and have discussion around health and wellbeing or Food Citizenship.

5. Statements

4.13. Financial Review

For the year ended 31 March 2025, income was £1,244,413 (2024: £1,315,232) and expenditure was £1,291,900 (2024: £1,318,395), resulting in a deficit for the year of £47,487 (2024: deficit of £3,163). Total funds at 31 March 2025 were £134,717 (2024: £182,204). There was a total of £95,642 of restricted funds at the year end and unrestricted funds totaled £39,075. At the end of the year, cash in the bank totaled was £98,255.

The trustees agreed a reserves policy in March 2024 to work towards securing and retaining 6 months of core operating costs, amounting to £50,000, as the charity’s unrestricted reserves. For the year ended 31 March 2025 the charity held £39,075 in unrestricted reserves, representing just above 4.5 months of core costs. The trustees and management team are satisfied with the level of reserves at the year end and will be focusing on increasing unrestricted reserves in the coming year.

The trustees believe the charity has the ability to continue as a going concern for a period of the next 12 months on the basis of the unrestricted reserves, and the increased fundraising performance in recent years.

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The main risks for Feeding Bristol and mitigations are stated in the table below:

Risk Overview Risk
Impact		 Risk
Likelihood		 Risk Mitigation (aimed at reducing impact
or likelihood)		 New Risk
Impact		 New Risk
Likelihood
Bristol Early Years
stop providing
funding for TCK		 We have a two-year contract with BCC
Early years services to provide TCK
support and learning to Early Years
settings in Bristol. this runs until
September 2026. The current value is
£24k pa. The loss of this contract would
significantly dent our available funds for
TCK		 3 2 We have begun discussions about expanding
this work to Family hubs also for 2026-28.
We have monthly meetings with the Council
Early Years team for updates and reports on
progress		 2 1
Bristol Public
Health stop
providing funding
for FESAP work		 We have a two-year contract with the
council for FESAP work at £20k pa which
runs through to until March 2026. We
currently will need to negotiate on a new
contract in Janunary 2026		 3 3 Discussion have begun with a new council
committee about this work. Regular fortnightly
meetings with the public health team to
update on work, and we currently oversee the
steering group for the FESAP.		 3 2
BCC stop providing
funding for HAF
involvement		 BCC currently provides £12 pa for
strategic oversight to the HAF
programme. This funding has been
continued by national government.		 1 1 We have been central to the holiday provision
for the last 5 years, and with the work of TCK
and the food leaders programme, and a
desire to wrap the work around the FESAP, it
should add security to our continued inclusion
in this work. The funding is secured till 2026.		 1 1

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Risk Overview Risk
Impact		 Risk
Likelihood		 Risk Mitigation (aimed at reducing impact
or likelihood)		 New Risk
Impact		 New Risk
Likelihood
TCK Funding We secured funding from Foundation for
Children for £30k to supplement the TCK
costs and are looking to provide sessions
for the Family hubs in 2025/26 again. The
relationship with Foundation for Children
has potential to be a longer term
partnership.		 4 3 We have had success in previous years
finding funding to cover our activities, and will
look to secure funding from the following
sources:
- We are having discussions with the
Children's Foundation over multi-year funding
opportunity worth approx. £30k pa
- We will deliver activities for the HAF
programme which will net approx. £10-15k		 4 2
Failure to raise
funds from
corporate
donations		 Corporate partnerships have been
beneficial over the past few years, but
donations have begun to slow. The team
has limited resource to develop this.		 4 4 We need to plan to reach out to corporate
partners to create partnerships for charity of
the year once again. We need to minimise the
impact of reduced income from donations by
securing funding from outer grant sources		 4 3
Failure to raise
enough funds to
continue operating
before reserves run
out		 At year end we have approximately £45k
of reserves and secured income of £120k.
We will need approx. £260k to cover
operating costs for the year, leaving a
funding gap of £95k. If we do not raise
enough funds on an annual basis, then
we will no longer be able to operate.		 5 3 We have a variety of funding opportunities
that are already progressing that will
contribute towards our core operating costs
these include:
- The National Benevolent foundation
- Esmee Fairbairn
- Awards for All
- Family Hubs
- Bristol Food Education Charter (with UoB)
These will all add significantly towards
covering our funding gap for this year.		 4 2

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Risk Overview Risk
Impact		 Risk
Likelihood		 Risk Mitigation (aimed at reducing impact
or likelihood)		 New Risk
Impact		 New Risk
Likelihood
Core costs become
too high to maintain
on an annual basis		 We have increased core costs over the
last two years by adopting TCK as a
permanent project and by taking on more
staff to manage the projects like the
FESAP and HAF work.		 4 2 We need to constantly review staffing levels
to ensure that all projects are both well
equipped to succeed, whilst ensuring we
continue to stay as “lean” an organisation as
possible, not spending funds unnecessarily.
We must review this on an annual basis and
scrutinise any decisions to take on further
costs.		 4 1
Loss of key staff As a small organisation, the loss of one or
two staff members through long-term
illness, maternity leave or leaving the
organisation has the potential to have a
big impact on operations, funding streams
and organisational viability		 5 2 We are working to ensure that our systems,
knowledge and culture is easily accessible so
that any new staff and/or Board members can
pick up operations or financial work with ease.
The implementation of board/staff sub-groups
to support key areas of work will go a long
way to ensuring a better understand of work
programmes across the organisation.		 3 2
Workload becomes
unmanageable		 In recent years we have seen our
workload increase dramatically, and this
has been reflected in the increase in FTE.
If workload becomes too much, we run
the risk of not delivering and either failing
to meet funding criteria or delivering poor
quality work which will impact future
funding and contracts.		 3 3 We need to have systems to constantly
review the staffing to ensure that all projects
are both well equipped to succeed. We must
review this on a quarterly basis and scrutinise
any decisions to take on further costs.		 4 2

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Report of the Trustees

For the year ended 31 March 2025

4.14. Statement of Responsibilities of the Trustees

The trustees are responsible for preparing the trustees' report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102: The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

The law applicable to charities in England and Wales requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year, which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and the incoming resources and application of resources, including the net income or expenditure, of the charity for the year. In preparing those financial statements the trustees are required to:

The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and which enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and the provisions of the constitution. The trustees are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

Members of the charity are not liable to the assets of the charity in the event of winding up. The trustees are members of the charity, but this entitles them only to voting rights. The trustees have no beneficial interest in the charity.

5.1. Fundraising Disclosure (as per section 13 of the Charities Act 2016)

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Report of the Trustees

For the year ended 31 March 2025

4.15. Auditors

Godfrey Wilson Limited were re-appointed as auditors to the charity during the year and have expressed their willingness to continue in that capacity.

Approved by the trustees on 11 December 2025 and signed on their behalf by

Andrew Street

Andrew Street – Chair

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To the trustees of

Feeding Bristol

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Feeding Bristol (the 'charity') for the year ended 31 March 2025 which comprise the statement of financial activities, balance sheet, and the related notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102: The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion, the financial statements:

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charity in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and the provisions available for small entities, in the circumstances set out in note 8 to the financial statements, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees’ use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charity's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

Other information

The other information comprises the information included in the annual report other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. The trustees are responsible for the other information. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

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To the trustees of

Feeding Bristol

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.

We have nothing to report in this regard.

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 require us to report to you if, in our opinion:

Responsibilities of the trustees

As explained more fully in the trustees’ responsibilities statement set out in the trustees’ report, the trustees are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as they determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are responsible for assessing the charity’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the trustees either intend to liquidate the charity or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

We have been appointed as auditor under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 and report in accordance with the Act and relevant regulations made or having effect thereunder.

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The procedures we carried out and the extent to which they are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud, are detailed below:

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Feeding Bristol

(1) We obtained an understanding of the legal and regulatory framework that the charity operates in, and assessed the risk of non-compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Throughout the audit, we remained alert to possible indications of non-compliance.

(3) We inspected the minutes of trustee meetings.

(4) We enquired about any non-routine communication with regulators and reviewed any reports made to them.

(5) We reviewed the financial statement disclosures and assessed their compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

(6) We performed analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected transactions or balances that may indicate a risk of material fraud or error.

(7) We assessed the risk of fraud through management override of controls and carried out procedures to address this risk. Our procedures included:

Because of the inherent limitations of an audit, there is a risk that we will not detect all irregularities, including those leading to a material misstatement in the financial statements or non-compliance with regulation. Irregularities that arise due to fraud can be even harder to detect than those that arise from error as they may involve deliberate concealment or collusion.

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor’s report.

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Feeding Bristol

Use of our report

This report is made solely to the charityʼs trustees, as a body, in accordance with Part 4 of the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charityʼs trustees those matters we are required to state to them in an auditorʼs report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charity and the charityʼs trustees as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Godfrey Wilson Limited

Date: 11 December 2025

GODFREY WILSON LIMITED

Chartered accountants and statutory auditors 5th Floor Mariner House 62 Prince Street Bristol BS1 4QD

Godfrey Wilson Limited is eligible for appointment as auditor of the charity by virtue of its eligibility for appointment as auditor of a company under section 1212 of the Companies Act 2006.

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Statement of financial activities

For the year ended 31 March 2025

Restricted
Unrestricted
Note
£
£
Income from:
Donations
3
10,520
54,256
Charitable activities
4
1,167,177
11,226
Investments
-
1,234
Total income
1,177,697
66,716
Expenditure on:
Raising funds
-
13,955
Charitable activities
1,198,152
79,793
Total expenditure
6
1,198,152
93,748
8
(20,455)
(27,032)
Reconciliation of funds:
Total funds brought forward
116,097
66,107
Total funds carried forward
15
95,642
39,075
Net expenditure and net
movement in funds		 2025
Total
£
64,776
1,178,403
1,234
1,244,413
13,955
1,277,945
1,291,900
(47,487)
182,204
134,717		 2024
Total
£
113,914
1,199,495
1,823
1,315,232
12,875
1,305,520
1,318,395
(3,163)
185,367
182,204

All of the above results are derived from continuing activities. There were no other recognised gains or losses other than those stated above. Movements in funds are disclosed in note 15 to the accounts.

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Balance sheet

As at 31 March 2025

Note
Current assets
Debtors
11
Cash at bank and in hand
Liabilities
Creditors: amounts falling due within 1 year
12
Net current assets
Net assets
14
Funds
15
Restricted funds
Unrestricted funds
General funds
Total charity funds		 £
46,036
98,255
144,291
(9,574)		 2025
£
134,717
134,717
95,642
39,075
134,717		 2024
£
19,389
177,800
197,189
(14,985)
182,204
182,204
116,097
66,107
182,204

Approved by the trustees on 11 December 2025 and signed on their behalf by

Andrew Street

Andrew Street - Chair

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Statement of cash flows

For the year ended 31 March 2025

For the year ended 31 March 2025
Cash used in operating activities:
Net movement in funds
Interest from investments
Increase in debtors
(Decrease) / increase in creditors
Net cash used in operating activities
Cash flows from investing activities:
Interest from investments
Net cash provided by investing activities
Decrease in cash and cash equivalents in the year
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year		 2025
£
(47,487)
(1,234)
(26,647)
(5,411)
(80,779)
1,234
1,234
(79,545)
177,800
98,255		 2024
£
(3,163)
(1,823)
(16,422)
4,915
(16,493)
1,823
1,823
(14,670)
192,470
177,800

The charity has not provided an analysis of changes in net debt as it does not have any long term financing arrangements.

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2025

1. Accounting policies

a) Basis of preparation

Feeding Bristol is an unincorporated charity registered in England and Wales. The registered office address is Avonquay House, 2 Dock Gate Lane, Bristol, BS1 6XL.

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities in preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019) - (Charities SORP (FRS 102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).

Feeding Bristol meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy note.

b) Going concern basis of accounting

The accounts have been prepared on the assumption that the charity is able to continue as a going concern, which the trustees consider appropriate having regard to the current level of unrestricted reserves as described in the trustees' annual report, and having regard to the working capital requirements of the charity. The majority of income and expenditure are restricted, and other overheads can be readily covered out of unrestricted income received. Therefore the trustees are satisfied that there are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

c) Income

Income is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the item of income have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.

Income from the government and other grants, whether 'capital' grants or 'revenue' grants, is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the grants have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably and is not deferred.

d) Interest receivable

Interest on funds held on deposit is included when receivable and the amount can be measured reliably by the charity; this is normally upon notification of the interest paid or payable by the bank.

e) Funds accounting

Unrestricted funds are available to spend on activities that further any of the purposes of the charity. Designated funds are unrestricted funds of the charity which the trustees have decided at their discretion to set aside to use for a specific purpose. Restricted funds are donations which the donor has specified are to be solely used for particular areas of the charity's work or for specific projects being undertaken by the charity.

f) Expenditure and irrecoverable VAT

Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to make a payment to a third party, it is probable that settlement will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably.

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2025

1. Accounting policies (continued)

g) Allocation of support and governance costs

2025 2024
Raising funds 1.1% 1.0%
Charitable activities 98.9% 99.0%

h) Grants payable

Grants payable are charged in the year in which the offer is conveyed to the recipient except in those cases where the offer is conditional, such grants being recognised as expenditure when the conditions attached have been fulfilled. Grants offered subject to conditions at the year end are noted as commitment but are not accrued as expenditure.

i) Debtors

Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due after any trade discount offered. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due.

j) Cash at bank and in hand

Cash at bank and cash in hand includes cash and short term highly liquid investments with a short maturity of three months or less from the date of acquisition or opening of the deposit or similar account.

k) Creditors

Creditors and provisions are recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors and provisions are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts due.

l) Financial instruments

The charity only has financial assets and financial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction value and subsequently measured at their settlement value with the exception of bank loans which are subsequently recognised at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

m) Operating leases

Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to the statement of financial activities as they fall due.

n) Pension costs

The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme for its employees. There are no further liabilities other than that already recognised in the SOFA.

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2025

1. Accounting policies (continued)

o) Accounting estimates and key judgements

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised if the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods if the revision affects both current and future periods.

There are no sources of estimation uncertainty that have a significant effect on the amounts recognised in the financial statements.

2. Prior period comparatives: statement of financial activities

Income from:
Donations
Charitable activities
Investments
Total income
Expenditure on:
Raising funds
Charitable activities
Total expenditure
Income from donations
Donations
Total income from donations
Net income / (expenditure) and net
movement in funds		 Restricted
£
£
22,623
91,291
1,188,575
10,920
-
1,823
1,211,198
104,034
-
12,875
1,232,052
73,468
1,232,052
86,343
(20,854)
17,691
Restricted
£
£
10,520
54,256
10,520
54,256
Unrestricted
Unrestricted		 2024
Total
£
113,914
1,199,495
1,823
1,315,232
12,875
1,305,520
1,318,395
(3,163)
2025
Total
£
64,776
64,776

3. Income from donations

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2025

3. Income from donations (continued) Prior period comparative:

Donations
Total income from donations		 2024
Restricted
Total
£
£
£
22,623
91,291
113,914
22,623
91,291
113,914
Unrestricted

4. Income from charitable activities

Grants
Project income
Total income from charitable activities
Prior period comparative:
Grants
Project income
Total income from charitable activities		 Restricted
£
£
1,167,177
-
-
11,226
1,167,177
11,226
Restricted
£
£
1,188,575
-
-
10,920
1,188,575
10,920
Unrestricted
Unrestricted		 2025
Total
£
1,167,177
11,226
1,178,403
2024
Total
£
1,188,575
10,920
1,199,495

5. Government grants

The charity receives government grants, defined as funding from Bristol City Council to fund charitable activities. The total value of such grants in the period ending 31 March 2025 was £1,109,100 (2024: £1,161,584). There are no unfulfilled conditions or contingencies attaching to these grants in 2024/25.

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2025

6. Total expenditure

Grants payable (note 7)
Staff costs (note 9)
Activity costs
Rent and rates
Accountancy
Office costs
Subscriptions
Insurance
Travel
Sub-total
Allocation of support and governance costs
Total expenditure
Total governance costs were £8,280 (2024:		 Raising
funds
£
-
12,466
-
1,068
-
-
-
-
-
13,534
421
13,955
£8,400).		 Charitable
activities
£
£
994,316
-
127,420
23,910
106,374
-
10,919
2,049
-
9,457
-
834
-
1,666
-
1,074
347
-
1,239,376
38,990
38,569
(38,990)
1,277,945
-
Support and
governance
costs		 2025 Total
£
994,316
163,796
106,374
14,036
9,457
834
1,666
1,074
347
1,291,900
-
1,291,900
Prior period comparative:
Grants payable (note 7)
Staff costs (note 9)
Activity costs
Subcontractors and payments to partners
Rent and rates
Accountancy
Office costs
Subscriptions
Insurance
Travel
Sub-total
Allocation of support and governance costs
Total expenditure		 Raising
funds
£
-
11,470
-
992
-
-
-
-
-
-
12,462
413
12,875		 Charitable
activities
£
£
1,010,322
-
117,675
21,767
124,885
-
10,181
1,883
-
10,821
-
3,255
-
1,999
-
1,494
-
1,065
586
-
1,263,649
42,284
41,871
(42,284)
1,305,520
-
Support and
governance
costs		 2024 Total
£
1,010,322
150,912
124,885
13,056
10,821
3,255
1,999
1,494
1,065
586
1,318,395
-
1,318,395

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2025

7. Grants payable

Grants are made for the purpose of distributing funds to organisations through the Household Support Fund to enable delivery of food parcels, vouchers and/or cash to beneficiaries facing food poverty. The amounts payable and committed in the period comprise the following:

2025
No.
Grants
Grants to institutions:
1
Square Food Foundation
1
Eastside Community Trust
1
Caring in Bristol
1
Trojan Free Fighters Education
1
Family Action Food Clubs
1
Heart of BS13
1
The MAZI Project CIC
1
Quartet
1
North Bristol and South Gloucestershire Foo
1
Hillfields Community Garden
1
Biiig CIC
1
inHope
1
Bristol Council Group
1
91 Ways
1
The Community Farm
-
Bristol Charities
-
Wellspring Settlement
-
Borderlands
-
Easton Jamia Masjid
-
Early Learning Catering
-
Other grants < £20k
89
Grants to individuals
-
104
Community Initiatives South West
(FareShare South West)		 2025
£
78,477
41,658
31,057
27,662
26,200
25,696
24,500
24,424
23,717
23,189
22,450
22,000
22,000
20,980
20,181
-
-
-
-
-
-
560,125
-
994,316		 2024
No.
1
1
1
-
-
1
1
1
-
1
-
-
1
-
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
86
3
104		 2024
£
80,000
38,042
21,190
-
-
40,000
26,770
37,635
-
25,854
-
-
32,557
-
21,273
35,000
34,500
30,481
24,406
22,333
20,000
518,432
1,849
1,010,322

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2025

8. Net movement in funds

Net movement in funds
This is stated after charging: 2025 2024
£ £
Operating lease payments 12,818 11,750
Trustees' remuneration Nil Nil
Trustees' reimbursed expenses Nil Nil
Auditors' remuneration (excluding VAT)
Statutory audit 6,900 7,000
Other services 1,000 1,000

In common with other charities of our size and nature we use our auditors to assist with the preparation of the financial statements. Our auditors have also provided year end bookkeeping support to the charity during the year.

9. Staff costs and numbers Staff costs were as follows:

Salaries and wages
Social security costs
Pension costs		 2025
£
149,457
10,604
3,735
163,796		 2024
£
138,649
8,871
3,392
150,912

No employee earned more than £60,000 during the current or prior year.

The key management personnel of the CIO comprise the trustees and senior management team. The total employee benefits of the key management personnel were £98,097 (2024: £90,419).

Average head count 2025
No.
4		 2024
No.
4

10. Taxation

The charity is exempt from corporation tax as all its income is charitable and is applied for charitable purposes.

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2025

11. Debtors : amounts due within 1 year

Debtors : amounts due within 1 year
Accrued income
Trade debtors
Other debtors		 2025
£
21,024
24,960
52
46,036		 2024
£
10,352
8,985
52
19,389

12. Creditors : amounts due within 1 year

Accruals
Deferred income (see note 13)
Other creditors
Deferred income
At 1 April 2024
Deferred during the year
Released during the year
At 31 March 2025		 2025
£
9,480
-
94
9,574
2025
£
5,300
-
(5,300)
-		 2024
£
9,600
5,300
85
14,985
2024
£
-
5,300
-
5,300

13. Deferred income

Deferred income relates to workshop delivery income received in advance of the activity taking place.

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2025

14. Analysis of net assets between funds

Analysis of net assets between funds
Current assets
Current liabilities
Net assets at 31 March 2025
Prior year comparative
Current assets
Current liabilities
Net assets at 31 March 2024		 £
£
95,642
48,649
-
(9,574)
95,642
39,075
£
£
116,097
81,092
-
(14,985)
116,097
66,107
Restricted
funds
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Unrestricted
funds		 Total
funds
£
144,291
(9,574)
134,717
Total
funds
£
197,189
(14,985)
182,204

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2025

15. Movements in funds

Movements in funds
Restricted funds
Bristol Local Food Fund
Nottingham TCK
The Children's Kitchen
HAF
NHSE
Household Support
Quartet CYPF Fund
WECA
Burges Salmon
Family Hubs
Stronger Practice hubs
Shaping Places Healthier Lives
Foundation for Children
Burges Salmon Cap Support
Total restricted funds
General funds
Total unrestricted funds
Total funds
Unrestricted funds
Food Equality Strategy and
Action Plan
National Lottery - Gleaning
Network		 At 1 April
2024
£
25,290
2,915
2,787
9,987
8,333
-
473
2,650
25,728
(494)
8,562
29,866
-
-
-
-
116,097
66,107
66,107
182,204		 Income
£
19,440
5,000
20,000
-
24,000
40,100
-
1,000,000
-
4,577
-
5,580
25,000
30,000
4,000
1,177,697
66,716
66,716
1,244,413		 £
(25,980)
(4,151)
(22,385)
(9,987)
(22,334)
(40,100)
(454)
(991,158)
(19,515)
(4,083)
(4,000)
(21,931)
(5,580)
(21,494)
(5,000)
-
(1,198,152)
(93,748)
(93,748)
(1,291,900)
Expenditure		 £
18,750
3,764
402
-
9,999
-
19
11,492
6,213
-
4,562
7,935
-
3,506
25,000
4,000
At 31
March
2025
95,642
39,075
39,075
134,717

Purposes of restricted funds Bristol Local Food Fund

Funding to tackle food insecurity by funding and supporting community food projects that are helping people most in need in our city. Feeding Bristol is a strategic partner in this project, providing governance and operational support. As part of this work we hold the raised funds in our account and help to manage its spend, with Quartet Community Foundation through a citizens panel.

National Lottery - Gleaning Network

We are supporting the Avon Gleaning Network by being the named charity on a National Lottery Climate Action Fund bid for £10,000. As they are not a constituted organisation, we have been the lead charity on the funding bid and support its implementation.

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2025

15. Movements in funds (continued) Purposes of restricted funds (continued)

Food Equality Strategy and Action Plan

We are the lead organisation in the creation of a Food Equality Strategy and Action Plan for Bristol. Working closely with the local authority and public health team we have led on stakeholder conversations, community conversations and a public consultation for the work. The strategy was completed and signed off by Bristol City One City Health and Wellbeing Board in February. The action plan is ongoing at the year end.

Nottingham TCK

Working with Nottinghamshire County Council and Feeding Britain, we have begun a trial of The Children’s Kitchen project in Nottinghamshire.

The Children's Kitchen

The Children’s Kitchen aims to establish growing and food sessions for children within Early Years settings including Nursery Schools and Children’s Centres, with a particular focus on families who live in the most deprived areas of Bristol.

HAF

Feeding Bristol works in partnership with the Local Authority in Bristol to both oversee the delivery of the Holiday Activity and Food fund in the city, and with The Children’s Kitchen Project, to help provide food and learning sessions with eligible children and organisations over the Spring, Summer and Winter holidays. This funding is targeted at children who are eligible for Free School Meals as part of a wider, national government initiative delivered through the Department of Education.

NHSE In early 2023, Feeding Bristol obtained funding from the local NHS partnerships for 2 projects: 1. To run a series of family food sessions in Nursery School and Early years settings in areas of high deprivation with The Children’s Kitchen Project, and 2. To work with Square Food Foundation to develop a digital version of the Food Leaders programme.

Household Support

Feeding Bristol worked closely with the Local Authority in Bristol to help distribute a portion of the Household Support Fund. We agreed to distribute funding to organisations that were working in alignment with the One City Food Equality strategy to increase the number of vulnerable households being supported in the city with food provision and support in accordance with the guidelines provided by the Department of Works and Pensions.

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Feeding Bristol

Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2025

15. Movements in funds (continued) Purposes of restricted funds (continued)

Quartet CYPF Fund

This fund was designed to for supporting children, young people and families. The funding is designed to work collaboratively with a number of organisations across a variety of projects with the aim of identifying areas of support that are needed and developing projects to tackle the issues.

WECA

During 2023-24 we were successful in an application for funding to work with The Children’s Kitchen Early Years Settings to install wormeries and pollinator plants as part of funding provided by the West of England Combined Authority (WECA).

Burges Salmon

As part of their theme of @No Child Goes Hungry', Burges Salmon have allocated some funds for Feeding Bristol to distribute over the course of 2024/25. These include funds to provide early years' settings with annual FareShare SW produce and funds to start mapping Community Kitchen spaces in Bristol.

Family Hubs We are working in partnership with the Family Hubs to ensure that food and addressing food insecurity is part of the development of the hubs. This includes: support around the food approach at the family hubs including advising on equipment needed and providing recipe booklets, cash-first leaflets and healthy start leaflets, hands-on cookery sessions, and general strategic support with the staff and practitioners.

Stronger Practice hubs

We have worked with the Bristol and Beyond Stronger Practice Hubs (SPH) in this period on a series of online and in-person training events for practitioners in the early years sector in the local education authority region. This has included a The Children's Kitchen Roadshow in all local areas (BANES, South Gloucestershire, North Somerset and Wiltshire) and a session specifically for childminders. We also delivered webinars for the SPH in this time for those who couldn’t attend sessions. This work focuses on the importance of opportunities to explore fresh food for children from low-income families and the value of a child-led, exploratory approach rather than traditional cookery sessions.

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Feeding Bristol

Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2025

15. Movements in funds (continued) Purposes of restricted funds (continued)

Shaping Places Healthier Lives

Over the past two years Feeding Bristol has supported the councils in Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset in the delivery of their shaping places for Healthier Lives project. This project was focused on community-based solutions to localised food insecurity issues.

For the final stage of the project, Feeding Bristol supported the administration of funding to local groups and the payment of the project co-ordinator between November 2024 and March 2025.

Foundation for Children

Funding received from the Foundation for Children has enabled ongoing weekly work with South Bristol settings, including Hartcliffe, Knowle West Nursery Schools, and the Gatehouse Nursery. This financial support, amounting to £30,000 annually over two years, has also facilitated parent sessions, enhancing family engagement in food-related activities. This funding will run from February 2025 to February 2026.

Burges Salmon Cap Support

As part of Burges Salmon's fundraising to support the no child goes hungry theme, we will administer an emergency capital expenditure fund for food support organisations. This will allow them to access funding for issues that might disrupt operational activities to support people experience high levels of food insecurity in Bristol.

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Feeding Bristol

Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2025

15. Movements in funds (continued)
Prior year comparative
Restricted funds
Bristol Local Food Fund
Healthy Holidays
Nottingham TCK
The Children's Kitchen
HAF
NHSE
Household Support
Quartet CYPF Fund
UWE Community Fund
WECA
Burges Salmon
Family hubs
Total restricted funds
General funds
Total unrestricted funds
Total funds
National Lottery - Gleaning
Network
Food Equality Strategy and
Action Plan
Unrestricted funds		 At 1 April
2023
£
9,951
6,224
-
2,787
16,377
8,333
-
36,880
24,653
32,000
(254)
-
-
-
136,951
48,416
48,416
185,367		 Income
£
21,872
4,321
-
31,000
-
20,000
53,505
-
1,036,182
-
2,500
1,600
10,352
29,866
1,211,198
104,034
104,034
1,315,232		 £
£
(6,533)
25,290
(7,630)
2,915
-
-
(31,000)
2,787
(6,390)
9,987
(20,000)
8,333
(53,505)
-
(36,407)
473
(1,058,185)
2,650
(6,272)
25,728
(2,246)
-
(2,094)
(494)
(1,790)
8,562
-
29,866
(1,232,052)
116,097
(86,343)
66,107
(86,343)
66,107
(1,318,395)
182,204
Expenditure
At 31 March
2024		 £
£
(6,533)
25,290
(7,630)
2,915
-
-
(31,000)
2,787
(6,390)
9,987
(20,000)
8,333
(53,505)
-
(36,407)
473
(1,058,185)
2,650
(6,272)
25,728
(2,246)
-
(2,094)
(494)
(1,790)
8,562
-
29,866
(1,232,052)
116,097
(86,343)
66,107
(86,343)
66,107
(1,318,395)
182,204
Expenditure
At 31 March
2024
116,097
66,107
66,107
182,204

16. Related party transactions

Andrew Street, a trustee, is also a trustee of Community Initiatives South-West. Community Initiatives South-West received £83,659 (2024: £80,000) from the charity in grants as part of the Household Support Fund. There were no outstanding obligations for either party relating to these transactions as at 31 March 2025. There were no amounts outstanding at the year-end (2024: £nil).

Julian Mines is also a CEO of Bristol Charities. Bristol Charities received £3,875 in 2025 (2024: £34,500) from the charity in grants as part of the Household Support Fund. There were no amounts outstanding at the year-end (2024: £nil).

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Feeding Bristol

Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2025

17. Operating lease commitments

The charity had operating leases at the year end with total future minimum lease payments as follows:

Amount falling due:
Within 1 year
Within 1 - 5 years		 2025
2024
£
£
12,818
12,818
-
12,818
12,818
25,636

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