Chorlton & Didsbury Foodbank Chairs Report 2021-22
This year, we saw the ending of all Covid-19 Pandemic Restrictions. In October 2021 we reintroduced our face to face sessions with Clients on Wednesays, continuing with deliveries on Tuesdays and Fridays. However, we reverted back to delivery only after about a month for a variety of reasons. From this experience we were better placed to return to face to face with clients from 1[st] April 2022. This has provided us with new opportunities to explore with clients the areas of greatest need beyond food, to help us inform future directions for our work.
We have given thought to how we can support fuel vouchers schemes, a further employee, and along with 5 other South Manchester Trussell Trust network foodbanks, we have secured funding to provide for an arrangement with Citizens Advice Manchester for qualified advisers to attend our face to face sessions. The aim of this is to assisit in achieving less dependence on foodbanks, by providing clients with the best advice, help, and advocacy as appropriate to their need. At the time of writing, this will become a live project in the last quarter of 2022-23 tax year.
During this period the Board of Trustees met on 6 occasions, with additionally an AGM held on-line on 20[th] October 2021. We said farewell to Fiona O’Sullivan who stood down from the board in November 2021. Paul Lee joined us as a board member from May 2022. As a board of Trustees we therefore continue to remain static, with 8 out of a possilble 9 Trustee positions filled.
We continued to operate from the Hall at Christ Church West Didsbury, which also serves as our main store, and a further store room within the Barlow Moor Community Centre nearby, and our main office at St Barnabas Church. Face to face sessions did not resume at St Barnabas until earlier this year, and have not resumed at Chorlton Central. For much of this year, we have had sufficient food donations so as not to require purchasing foods to keep consistant food parcel content, though towards the end of quarter 4 there were several weeks where purchases became necessary.
Our board of Trustees meets bi-monthly; we more regularly convened an operations team, and a financial planning team. These were respectively to oversee more frequently the operational functions, and to facilitate the exploration of options for future growth and their financial impact that could then be reported to the board for final discussions before approval.
Our greatest assets though are people, our donors – known and unkown to us; our volunteers - who graft tirelessly and willingly; our project manager – who appreciates, encourages and motivates, and our Trustees. Without all of these, we wouldn’t be able to serve as many folks in need as we do.
Phil Gay Chair of Trustees 10[th] November 2022
Registered Charity Number 1177999
Chorlton and Didsbury Foodbank Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) Unaudited Financial Statements 31[st] March 2022
Diane Crowcroft
The Broughton Trust Humphrey Booth Building Heath Avenue Salford, M7 1NY
Chorlton and Didsbury Foodbank (CIO)
Year end 31[st] March 2022
Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of Chorlton and Didsbury Foodbank (CIO).
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Chorlton and Didsbury foodbank (CIO) (the Trust) for the year ended 31[st] March 2022.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of 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 in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
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accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or
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the accounts do not accord with those records.
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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 accounts to be reached.
Signed:
Name: Diane Crowcroft
Address: The Broughton Trust Humphrey Booth Centre
Salford, M7 1NY
Date: 25.08.2022
Annual Accounts Year end 31.03.22
| Income Outgoings |
Income Fundraising collections Regular donations - direct Donations via GoldenGiving Other donations Trussell Trust/Tesco Grants Mcr City Council Asda Grant Donation towards post Totals Expenses Room hire Equipment (incl covid related) Premises cost (maintenance etc) Salary & on-costs Stationary, inks etc Software It Support/Security Telephones & Wi-fi Fees (incl exam of accounts) Insurance Travel expenses Activities - food Sundries Totals |
2021- 2022 actual £18.48 £4,710.00 £19,421.19 £4,483.91 £2,741.43 £2,449.24 £7,707.00 |
2021- 2022 actual £18.48 £4,710.00 £19,421.19 £4,483.91 £2,741.43 £2,449.24 £7,707.00 |
2020- 2021 actual £1,774.63 £3,900.36 £27,882.45 £16,264.69 £884.95 £2,985.00 £7,483.00 £1,250.00 |
2020- 2021 actual £1,774.63 £3,900.36 £27,882.45 £16,264.69 £884.95 £2,985.00 £7,483.00 £1,250.00 |
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| £41,531.25 | £62,425.08 | |||||||
| £6,490.00 £651.63 £735.00 £17,200.78 £73.36 £79.99 £240.66 £722.55 £285.00 £287.87 £68.40 £889.27 £432.98 |
£9,049.34 £2,266.33 £720.00 £17,610.78 £671.57 £581.27 £905.22 £285.00 £146.61 £365.85 |
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| £28,157.49 | £32,601.97 |
Year end 31.03.2022 Income £41,531.25 Outgoings £28,157.49
1.04.2021 Bank balance brought forward £68,883.84 Bank balance at 31.03.2022- £78,424.82
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of Chorlton and DNJsbury Foodbank CIO Charlty no {If any) 1177999 ended Set out on pages 1 & 2 I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity {°the Trusf) for the year ended Responsibilities and basls of report As the chariWs tru51ees. you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordanGe with the requirements of Ihe Chanties Ad 2011 ("the Act'}. I report in SpeCt of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under sedion 145 ofthe 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all apFliGable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 14515)(b) of the Art. Independent I have Cornpted my examination. l ¢onfimi that no material matters have examiner's statement come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below ') which gives me cause to believe that in. any material respect." the accounting record5 were not kept in accordance *ith section 130 of the Charities Aci; Of the accounts did not accord Imth the accounting records., or the accounts dKI not comply vthh the applicable requirements conceming the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (A¢¢ounts and Reports) Regulalions 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts gwe a Irue and fair, view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no corKerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understandirvj of the accounts to be reached. . Pl&ase delete the words in the brackets rfthey do not apply. Slgned: Date: 25.08.2022 Name: Diane Crowcroft Relevant professlonal qualification(sl or l)ody (if any): Address: The Broughton Trust, Hun)phrey Booth Center, Salford, M7 1 NY IER Oct 2018
Section B Disclosure Only complete rf the examiner needs to highluht material matters of ¢on¢em (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and gUKlan for examiners). Glve here brlef delalls of any items that the examiner wlshes to disclose. IER Oct 2018