Billingham & Stockton
Borough
foodb
Annual Report
to 31" March 2022
## **Contents**
Letter from the Chair of Trustees .................................................. 2 Project Manager's Report .............................................................. 3 Summary ........................................................................ 3 Personnel ....................................................................... 3 Outcomes ....................................................................... 3 Welfare advice ................................................................ 3 Donations ....................................................................... 4 Warehouse ..................................................................... 5 Partner and referral agencies ......................................... 5 The future ....................................................................... 5 Financial report .............................................................. 6 Balance Sheet ................................................................. 7 Notes to accounts — appendix 1 .................................... 8 Foodbank details ............................................................ 9 Examiners report ........................................................... 10
## **Billingham and Stockton Borough Foodbank**
## **Letter from Chair of Trustees**
Billingham and Stockton Borough Foodbank as a charity in its own right was formed on 3[rd] April 2018, established from the existing Billingham Foodbank linked to New Life Church.
We consist of 4 foodbank centres – Billingham, Hebron Stockton, Norton and Stockton Hope together with a food warehouse, clothing bank and some household goods. We continue to grow our presence across the borough supporting those in need of emergency food.
This year has continued to be challenging, working within the covid restrictions, albeit, improving. My thanks to the staff and volunteers who have worked tirelessly to continue to provide the service throughout this pandemic.
My thanks to C F Fertilisers, Co-op Community Fund, The Teesside Charity, Newcastle B Soc and Co. Durham Community Fund for their funding support, together with the numerous local businesses who have continued to support their community. Also the supermarkets who continue to support our work- Tesco, Asda, Sainsburys, Co-op, Aldi and Lidl.
My thanks to Trussell Trust who have funded a welfare adviser from Stockton Citizens Advice (SDAIS) to help those visiting the foodbank with advice and support to improve their situation.
Finally, I would like to acknowledge all of our supporters who give on a monthly basis through our bank account or our CAF donate account, your donations are much appreciated. We are all aware of the financial challenges that will face many of those in our community this year and unfortunately there is likely to be a far greater reliance on the Foodbank service.
Janine Browne (Chair of Trustees)
## **Project Manager's Report**
## **Summary**
This has been another year impacted by the coronavirus, we have managed to keep all four foodbank centres open albeit with reduced access but in a safe and socially distanced manner. As always, we have tried to find a way to continue to support those in food crisis. At the year-end we had fed 7,394 people, together with local support to family hubs, schools and several smaller charities.
## **Personnel**
Our foodbank centres are primarily run by volunteers but with Covid social distance rules, we have operated on a skeleton staff. I am indebted to those who have given us their time and talent to support our charity through this last year. We have been supported by Trussell Trust with many training courses and all volunteers are now signed up to the Assemble volunteer management system.
## **Outcomes**
In the last year we processed 3,358 vouchers, 54% of which were from those citing low income. We have seen many new clients visiting the foodbank due to job losses or other ways the pandemic has affected their lives. We have also provided food parcels to local schools and some smaller charities to feed those in need. We are all aware of the present cost of living rises which will impact so many in our community this coming year and we would expect this to be reflected in the number of Foodbank users.
## **Welfare advice**
With the support of Trussell Trust we have been able to provide help and support to Foodbank clients from a welfare adviser from Stockton Citizens Advice (SDAIS). This has made such an impact on those receiving advice, ensuring that many have been able to rectify the underlying cause of their crisis.
## **Donations**
Donations from the public have been largely made through Tesco stores at Billingham and Stockton, and also Asda, Stockton. Donations made by shoppers in these stores are topp ed up with a monetary donation.
We also have collection bins in Spar, Billingham, Norton and Stockton, Sainsburys Billingham and Bishopton Rd West, Stockton and One stop, Birkdale rd, Stockton. I am grateful for all donations made.
We receive end of day food from Tesco, Aldi and Lidl. This gives us fruit, vegetables and bread to give to clients in addition to their food parcels. Also, we receive end of day sandwiches and cakes from Greggs.
## Christmas
Christmas was again a very busy time for us for both clients fed and donations received. We continued our practice of making up food hampers for those in need and gave out hampers, together with some Christmas gifts. My thanks to all those who donated.
## Individual and regular donations
We have a generous community in the Stockton Borough and we appreciate all of the support we receive, whether it's a single food donation or local social event. When stocks run low, we put out an appeal on Facebook and the response is always amazing. Special thanks to Steve & Rachel Wing who have undertaken a weekly food collection from their neighbours since the start of the pandemic.
We also run 'Friends of Billingham and Stockton Borough Foodbank' enabling donors to give financially on a monthly basis to support our work. This has been built on throughout the year and makes a significant contribution to the running of the Foodbank. My thanks to all who donate in this way.
## Local Company support
We have received many financial donations from local Companies who are looking to help those in need in their communities. They often attend the Foodbank for their volunteer day, learning about our work and undertaking warehouse duties. It is great to see local business stepping up in this way and I appreciate all you do.
## **Warehouse**
Our warehouse is now fully operational, managed by Billy Lake, supporting all 4 foodbank centres with food supplies. In addition, we house our clothing bank which also makes a financial contribution due to donations but more importantly helps those in need.
## **Partner and Referral Agencies**
We work with 216 referral agencies throughout the Borough, all of which have switched to E- vouchers which speeds up the process of issuing vouchers for all concerned.
## **The future**
We hope to expand our work with SDAIS providing support and advice to our Foodbank clients. This will be key in the light of the rising cost of living. Hopefully the easing of covid restrictions and the spread of infection will allow us to welcome both clients and volunteers back into our premises. We will continue to support smaller charities and community projects where we can and challenge government decisions affecting those in food poverty, with the support of Trussell Trust.
## **Helen Winspear Project Manager**
**Income**
|||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|**Total**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Description**|**Note**|**funds £**|**Funds £**|**Funds**|
||||||
|Private donations||15,887.23|0.00|15,887.23|
|Collections||10,411.48|0.00|10,411.48|
|Grant funding|1|53,866.69|25,430.00|79,296.69|
|Clothing||162.30|0.00|162.30|
|Gift Aid tax recovered||2,866.75|0.00|2,866.75|
|Virgingiving/Caf donate||14,666.94|0.00|14,666.94|
|Bank savings interest||21.73|0.00|21.73|
|Paypal||113.75|0.00|113.75|
|Amazonsmile||128.31|0.00|128.31|
|**Total receipts**||**98,125.18**|**25,430.00**|**123,555.18**|
## **Expenditure**
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|---|---|---|
|**Description**|**Note**|**Funds**|
||||
|**Premises**|||
|Maintenance and repairs||944.00|
|Insurance||2,367.52|
|Utilities||12,192.11|
|Equipment||13,479.81|
||||
|**Running Expenses**|||
|Admin||617.50|
|Motoring Expenses||3,304.52|
|Printing||439.32|
|Depreciation||5,680.40|
|Employee costs||55,543.93|
|**Totalpayments**||**94,569.11**|
## **Balance Sheet as at 31/03/2022**
|||||
|---|---|---|---|
|**Description**|**Notes**|**3/22**|**3/2**|
|||**£**|**1**|
|**Assets**||||
|Fixed assets- van||21,800.00|14,230.00|
|-computers||1,250.60|1,152.00|
|||||
|Foodbank acc||239,591.19|212,311.32|
|Cash||1,212.44|1,341.55|
|Debtors|2|223.12|449.75|
|**Total Assets**||**264,077.35**|**229,484.62**|
|||||
|**Liabilities**||||
|Creditors (falling due within 1 year)|3|278.86|352.60|
|||||
|**Net current assets**||**263,798.49**|**229,132.02**|
|(Total assets less current liabilities)||||
|||||
|Creditors (falling due after 1 year)||0.00|0.00|
|||||
|**Total Net Assets**||**263,798.49**|**229,132.02**|
|||||
|**Funds**||||
|Unrestricted General||115,569.49|99,942.69|
|Designated account||122,799.00|108,056.00|
|Restricted|4|25,430.00|21,133.33|
|||||
|**Total Funds**||**263,798.49**|**229,132.02**|
## **Appendix 1**
## **Notes to Accounts**
|**1**|**Donor**|**Amount £**|**Restricted to**|
|---|---|---|---|
|||||
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||Trussell Trust|37,472.45||
||SDAIS|8,798.00|Salary|
||C F Fertilisers|11,350.00||
||Stockton Borough Council|3,000.00||
||Co-op Community fund|5,906.23||
||Co. Durham Community Fund (Newcastle B Soc)|3,000.00||
||McColls|878.94||
||The Teesside Charity (formerly Philanthropic)|2,000.00||
||Sainsburys|3,391.07||
||CAT care soc|1,000.00||
||BEP|2,500.00||
|||||
||**Total**|**79,296.69**||
|**2**|Gift Aid|223.12||
|**3**|PAYE due for month 12|278.86||
|||||
|**4**|**Restricted funds**|**£ spent**|**Restricted**|
||||**reserve at year end**|
|||||
|||||
||Trussell Trust Financial Inclusion Grant|0.00|25,430.00|
||**Total restricted funds**|**0.00**|**25,430.00**|
## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
**Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
**Report to the trustees/** Charity Name **members of** Billingham and Stockton Borough Foodbank **On accounts for the year** 31[st] March 2022 **Charity no** 1177777 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** 1-2
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31[st] March 2022
**Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the **basis of report** accounts in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect,:
- the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act; or
- the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
- the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
- _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._
|**Signed:**|**Date:**|17.07.2022|
|---|---|---|
|**Name:**|Sadie Gormally||
|**Relevant professional**
**qualification(s) or body**
**(if any):**|ACCA||
|**Address:**|Flat 2, Jubilee House, Gateshead, NE10 9HL||
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**October 2018**
**IER**
**Section B**
## **Disclosure**
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
**Give here details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** .
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**October 2018**
**IER**
## **Billingham and Stockton Borough Foodbank CIO**
Billingham and Stockton Borough Foodbank was established on 3rd April 2018 and is registered with the Charity Commission as a Charitable Incorporated Organization (CIO) Charity No. 1177777.
## **Addresses:**
Registered Office & Billingham Foodbank Centre: 4-6 West Precinct, Billingham TS23 2NH.
Stockton
Centres: Hebron Church, Brittania Road, Stockton on Tees, TS19 OAJ
Stockton Hope, St Andrew's Methodist Church, Hardwick Road, Stockton on Tees, TS19 8PH.
Norton
Centre: St Michael & All Angels Church, Norton, Imperial Avenue, Norton Stockton on Tees, TS20 2EN.
The **Objects** of the CIO are:
Billingham and Stockton Borough Foodbank exists to help alleviate poverty within the Stockton Borough primarily, but not exclusively, through the supply of food or any other provision that helps alleviate or reduce poverty and hardship.
## The **Trustees** are:
Ms Janine Browne - Chair of Trustees
Ms Beverley Burton — Finance Manager
Mrs Jill Coyle
Mrs Jacqueline Andrea Jackson
Mr Alan Coyle
Mr George Cliff Henderson Mr David Luke Taylor