_Barbara Rowe’s work being celebrated by the High Sheriff – February 2020_
Annual Report 2020 **Charity Number 1178940**
## CHAIR OF TRUSTEES REPORT
It wasn’t the year we expected but it turned out well in the end.
We stepped into the start of 2020 with a good team of volunteers, ably coordinated by Barbara Rowe as they served lunch three days each week. Numbers of customers were high at that time and the wheels turned well allowing Pathway to open, serve great food and give a warm welcome to those who came through the doors.
In February 2020 we had a lovely moment of celebration when The High Sheriff of Norfolk came and gave an award to Barbara in recognition of her service and dedication of those in need through the work of Pathway. All customers who were there joined in warm applause.
In late March Covid-19 lockdown came and we needed to think again. Swiftly we adapted to serve a takeaway meal. Often it was a sandwich and soup lunch and in early times of lockdown customer numbers dropped significantly. The other complicating factor was that a number of regular volunteers needed to shield due to personal health. This included Barbara Rowe and our chef, Brian Faulkner. Thanks are due to those who helped to keep things running through the spring and summer of 2020.
Events took another turn with news that Barbara Rowe was to move away to the West Country. In addition, Brian Faulkner also announced that he was to move away. Barbara was renowned for her dedication to the work of Pathway and her implicit compassion with those in need. Week after week she devoted hours to keeping everything running smoothly from organising volunteers, to ensuring collections happened, to maintaining standards and training for all concerned. Chiefly, she was appreciated most by the customers for her kindness and welcome. Brian was involved with Pathway from the very start and was renowned for his ability to make something tasty out of more or less anything! He gave many hours to Pathway and the heart of all we have done and stood for has always been based around a good meal. To Barbara and to Brian, words cannot adequately express gratitude for all you have given. One lingering sadness many of us felt was that we were not able to join together for a thank you and community send off in celebration of such outstanding work.
This left something of a quandary for the trustees and volunteers. Clearly there was a need for the work of Pathway but coping with the loss of the two mainstays was going to be hard. It was noted that the way Pathway had grown over time meant that the scope of the project far exceeded what was envisaged at the start. This placed huge burdens on key volunteers. In addition, if Pathway was going to develop and flex in order to serve those most in need, a new sustainable and funded approach was necessary.
The Trustees decided to secure funding to employ a Pathway Manager and also a Community Chef. Applications were successful to Norfolk Community Foundation (chef) and WRAP (The Waste and Resources Action Programme UK) for a 6-month pilot for a manager. Pathway is hugely grateful to both of these funders. Also, I must thank The Mercers’ for their substantial contribution to core funding in 2019 and 2020. Without such funders, and more who are not named here, the work of Pathway cannot happen. Thanks also to GYBC staff for support with applications.
Pathway cannot happen without our amazing volunteers who have collected food, filled brown paper takeaway bags and filled sandwiches. Many helped throughout 2020 but the contribution of Luke Rickard and Nicola Cannon is especially appreciated who have both been dependable mainstays. Thanks also to the supermarkets who have partnered with us in 2020: M&S, Greggs, Tesco, Sainsbury, Lidl and also to FareShare. Help also came from the King’s Arms on Northgate Street who helped us with food preparation and meals served from Kingsgate Community Church. We recruited an experienced chef in Peter Jones served many good meals and soon began to enjoy a new challenge.
Following recruitment in summer 2020, Jennifer King was appointed as Pathway Manager and began work in October 2020. Trustees have been delighted with the professional experience she has brought to the role and her energy in implementing new systems and helping us grow. Despite the challenges and changes of an extraordinary year, we know we are in good hands.
We can look back at 2020 as being a year of challenge and change from which Pathway has emerged stronger. We have grown as a charity as we look to become fundable and sustainable. We are putting human resources in place to help us grow in capacity and look to increase and diversify our offer. We have attracted good funders to support our work. We have continued to serve those in this community who are most in need and have an appetite to sustain and grow this work. We continue to reach out and serve those most in need with Christian love and compassion.
My heartfelt thanks to all who are a part of the Pathway community and to all those who give much of their time, energy and resources.
As I said at the start, it wasn’t the year we expected but it turned out well in the end.
## _**Revd Simon Ward**_
## _**Chair of Trustees**_
## MANAGER’S REPORT
Pathway continued to operate throughout the national pandemic, working from the Minster Mission every Monday Wednesday and Friday. We had to serve a takeaway hot meal and lunch bag instead of our normal café service, alongside any surplus food we had donated, but I am proud that we didn’t close our doors at any point
Our mission is to provide a hot meal, combined with a warm welcome, support network and signposting service.
We work in partnership with other similar charities across Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, and regularly have representatives from the likes of Herring House on-site who support our customers.
We currently have over 300 registered names on our database and serve on average 90-100 customers each day at this point in early 2021.
We offer a range of training opportunities for volunteers, and between September and December 2020 welcomed 4 new volunteers to the team, in addition to the newly appointed chef and my own appointment as charity manager. Every volunteer completes safeguarding training, food hygiene training and we also hold emergency first aid training courses for those interested. In November 2020 we held a fire safety and awareness course for all staff/volunteers and we support learning and encourage access development opportunities.
This year we have had several successful grant applications, most notably a £15,000 grant from the Norfolk Winter Resilience Fund. We are currently in a strong financial position, and our ongoing fundraising efforts will continue in order to secure our future. We are genuinely grateful for all the generosity of our benefactors and the continued support we receive from the Parish of Great Yarmouth.
Our volunteers and customers are the heart of what we do and I am proud of everything we achieve. My first 3 months have been an eye opening, welcoming and fulfilling time and I look forward to all the developments and progressions we will take in 2021.
## _**Jennifer King**_
## _**Pathway Manager**_
## **Pathway Statistics 2020**
We keep a record of names every time we serve to maintain an accurate representation of the numbers of meals we serve. When lockdown happened in late March, numbers initially fell. Many customers we did not see for some time before they returned hence a high number of “returns” in May 2020. Throughout 2020 we continually welcomed new customers, many of whom had been offered temporary accommodation in Great Yarmouth as a result of the pandemic.
|**Month**|**Meals Served**|**Customers**
**served per**
**month**|**Returning**
**Customers (after 3**
**months absence)**|**New Customers**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|January|1102|230|_3_|_2_|
|February|1017|198|2|1|
|March|811|196|19|12|
|April|591|167|17|0|
|May|762|175|52|2|
|June|827|174|14|16|
|July|887|195|16|12|
|August
_(2 week closure)_|467|157|12|15|
|September|825|197|35|22|
|October|839|204|37|18|
|November|839|188|26|18|
|December|708|159|16|5|
|**Totals for 2020**|**9675**|_Not applicable_|**249**|**124**|
## TREASURERS REPORT
I would like to start first by thanking all the staff, volunteers and various helpers for their marvellous efforts in what has been an exceptional year due to Covid-19. Although we have not able to serve internal meals since April we have continued to serve takeaways at the door. We still serve about 80 free hot meals on three days each week. We also offer other food items when available.
The total income received in the year was £58,254.40 and £34,264.76 was paid out. The gift of £11,000 from the Mercers Company which is the second half of a two-year support to Pathway. Norfolk Community Foundation have via various partners made five donations totalling £39,068. Other donations ranged from £5 to £5000 and we thank all of them for their support of Gt. Yarmouth Pathway. The donations are both local and national with one from Australia.
One major change has been the appointment of a paid Manager. We have received a grant to cover that cost for a number of months and are looking at additional grants in 2021. In additional to Fare Share and Thompson Foods we have begun to use other suppliers and have increased our commitment to using donated food; saving on food waste. We pay £150 per week to the PCC for the hire of the hall. This covers all the utilities we use.
The total £31,743.66 was carried forward into 2021: Much of this earmarked for expenditure including core costs and salaries.
Again, I thank all our various donors for their contributions and also the Trustees for all the assistance given to me over year and in producing these accounts.
## _**Michael Hewitt**_
## _**Treasurer**_
_Chef Peter Jones pleased with the new cooker funded by NCF_
## Financial Summary 2020
|Financial Summary 2020|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Great Yarmouth Pathway**|||||||
|**Statement of Financial Activities**|||||||
|**Year ending 31st December 2020**|||||||
||||**2020**|||**2019**|
|**INCOME**|||||||
|Gift Aid donations|||0|||100.00|
|Fundraising|||0|||60.00|
|Churches|||115|||352.82|
|Other Groups or Charities|||263.90|||570.00|
|Individuals|||520|||50.00|
|Grants from Trusts(recurring)|||11200|||12300.00|
|Grants from Trusts|||45818|||8861.75|
|Training|||337.50|||0|
||||||||
|**TOTAL INCOME**|||**58,254.40**|||**22294.57**|
||||||||
||||||||
|**EXPENDITURE**|||||||
||||||||
|Insurance|||459.41|||207.88|
|CateringSupplies|||8381.75|||8,347.57|
|CleaningSupplies|||549.85||||
|FareShare|||1110.70|||1703.17|
|Volunteer Expenses|||1699.45|||1110.00|
|TrainingCosts|||450.00|||206.00|
|Rent to GY PCC|||7800|||7800.00|
|New Equipment|||5446.41|||2429.94|
|Centres management and administration||||||235.43|
|Staff Wages: Manager|||5327.95|||0|
|Staff Wages: Chef|||2540.00||||
|Staff Expenses|||499.24||||
||||||||
||||||||
|**TOTAL EXPENDITURE**|||**34264.76**|||**22039.99**|
||||||||
|BALANCES BROUGHT FORWARD|||7754.02|||7499.44|
||||||||
|**BALANCES CARRIED FORWARD**|||31743.66|||7754.02|
||||||||
_A full set of accounts is available on request and will be uploaded to the Charity Commission Register: www.charitycommission.gov.uk_
_The full accounts were independently examined and approved by Mrs Jane Freeman: 16[th] February 2021._
## **Great Yarmouth Pathway**
## **Statement of Financial Activities**
|**For the year ending 31st December 2020**
Note
**INCOMING RESOURCES**
_incoming resources from donors_
2(a)
_Other voluntry incoming resources_
2(b)
_incoming resources from operating activities_
- to further the Centres objects
2( c )
- to generate funds
2(d)
_Income fro investment_
2(e)
_Other incoming resources_
2(f)
**TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES**
**RESOURCES EXPENDED**
_Grants_
3(a)
_Activities directly relating to the work of the centre_
3(b)
_Centres management and administration_
3( c )
_Cost of generating funds_
3(d)
_Major Capital Expenditure_
3 (e)
**TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED**
**NET INCOMING/(OUTGOING) RESOURCES**
**GAINS AND LOSSES ON INVESTMENTS**
5(b)
**NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS**
BALANCES BROUGHT FORWARD
**BALANCES CARRIED FORWARD**
**AT 31 December 2020**|Unrestricted
Funds
£
898.90
47518.00
337.50
0.00
48754.40
22238.12
2526.64
0.00
0.00
24764.76
23989.64
0.00
23989.64
7754.02
31743.66|Restricted
Funds
£
9500.00
9500.00
4500.00
5000.00
9500.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00|TOTAL
2020
£
898.90
57018.00
337.50
0.00
58254.40
26738.12
7526.64
0.00
0.00
34264.76
23989.64
0.00
23989.64
7754.02
31743.66|TOTAL
2019
£
1132.82
21161.75
0.00
0.00|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||22294.57|
|||||21804.56
235.43
0.00
0.00|
|||||22039.99|
|||||254.58
0.00|
|||||254.58
7499.44|
|||||7754.02|
93
## **Gt. Yarmouth Pathway**
## **Balance Sheet at 31 December 2020**
|Note
**FIXED ASSETS**
Tangible fixed assets
5(a)
Investment assets
5(b)
**CURRENT ASSETS**
Stock
Debtors
7
Short term deposits
Cash at bank and in hand ( £0.00 in hand )
**LIABILITIES: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**
8
**NET CURRENT ASSETS**
**NET ASSETS**
**FUNDS**
6
Unrestricted
Restricted|31-Dec
31-Dec
2020
2019
£
£
31743.66
7754.02
31743.66
7754.02
0.00
0.00
31743.66
7754.02
31743.66
7754.02
31743.66
7754.02
0.00
0.00
31743.66
7754.02|
|---|---|
94
## **Great Yarmouth Pathway**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements**
**For the year ended 31 December 2020**
## **1 ACCOUNTING POLICIES**
|**2**
**INCOMING RESOURCES**
2(a)
_Incoming resources from donors_
101
Gift Aid donations
102
Income tax recoverable
103
Standing Orders/Direct Debits
104
Funds Raising
104
Churches
105
Other Groups or Charities
105
Individuals
105
pay Pal
2(b)
_Other voluntary incoming resources_
201(a)
Grants (recurring grants)
201(b)
Grants (non-recurring grants)
2( c )
_Income from operating activities:_
_to further the Centre's objects_
401
402
Training
403
404
500
2(d)
_Income from operating activities:_
203(a)
2(e)
_Income from investment_
301
Dividends and interest including
302
any reclaimable tax
2(f)
_Other ordinary incoming resources_
601
602
**TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES**|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**£**
0.00
0.00
0.00
115.00
258.90
520.00
5.00
898.90
11200.00
36318.00
0.00
47518.00
337.50
337.50
0.00
48754.40|**Restricted**
**Funds**
**£**
9500.00
9500.00
9500.00|**TOTAL**
**2020**
**£**
0.00
0.00
0.00
115.00
258.90
520.00
5.00
898.90
11200.00
45818.00
57018.00
337.50
337.50
0.00
58254.40|**FUNDS**
**2019**
**£**
100.00
0.00
60.00
352.82
570.00
50.00
0.00|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||1132.82|
|||||12300.00
8861.75|
|||||21161.75|
|||||0.00|
|||||0.00|
||||||
|||||0.00|
||||||
||||||
||||||
||||||
|||||22294.57|
95
## **Great Yarmouth Pathway**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)**
## **For the year ended 31 December 2020**
|**3**
**RESOURCES EXPENDED**
**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**£**
3(a)
_Grants_
Charitable giving:
1001/5 All Charity Giving
0.00
3(b)
_Activities directly relating to the work of the Centre_
2001
2002
Centre - running expenses Insurance
459.41
2003
Centre - running expenses Thompsons
6510.25
2004
Centre - running expenses KANDO
549.85
2005
Centre - running expenses Fare Share
1110.70
2006
Centre - running expenses Chef Expenses
2540.00
2007
Centre - running expenses Bramfield Meats
352.40
2008
Centre - running expenses Bookers
479.10
2009
Centre - running expenses HOPE
540.00
2010
2011
Training Costs
450.00
2016
Rent
7800.00
2017
Equipment Costs
1446.41
22238.12
3( c )
_Centre management and administration_
Administration:
4000
Manager Salary
327.95
4000
Managers Expenses for Items
499.24
4000
Volunteer Costs
1699.45
2526.64
3 (d)
_Cost of generating funds_
3000
Fund-raising events
3000
0
0
3 (e)
_Major Capital Expenditure_
2012/14 Major repairs - Centre building
0.00
2015
ALL New building work
0
**TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED**
24764.76|**Restricted**
**Funds**
**£**
500.00
4000.00
4500.00
5000.00
5000.00
9500.00|**TOTAL**
**2020**
**£**
0.00
459.41
6510.25
549.85
1110.70
2540.00
352.40
479.10
1040.00
450.00
7800.00
5446.41
26738.12
5327.95
499.24
1699.45
7526.64
0
0
0.00
0
34264.76|**FUNDS**
**2019**
**£**|
|---|---|---|---|
||||0.00|
||||207.88
7485.31
862.26
1703.17
1110.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
206.00
7800.00
2429.94|
||||21804.56|
||||0.00
21.50
213.93|
||||235.43|
|||||
||||0|
||||0.00|
||||0|
|||||
||||22039.99|
96
## **Great Yarmouth Pathway**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)**
|**For the year ended 31 December 2020**
**5**
**FIXED ASSETS FOR USE BY PATHWAY**
5(a)
_Tangible fixed assets_
**ACTUAL/DEEMED COST**At 1 January 2020
Additions
At 31 December 2020
**DEPRECIATION**
At 1 January 2020
Charge for the year*
At 31 December 2020
**NET BOOK VALUE**
At 1 January 2020
At 31 December 2020
(insert notes)
5(b)
_Investment fixed assets_
Movements in year:
Market value - 1 January 2020
Purchases at cost, less disposals at carrying value
Net gains on disposals
and annual revalation
Market value - 31 December 2020
(insert notes)
**6**
**ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BY FUND**
Fixed Assets for Centre use
Investment Fixed Assets
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
**Fund balance**|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**£**
31743.66
31743.66|**Freehold land**
**and buildings**
**£**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**£**
0
0|**Centre**
**equipment**
**£**|**Total**
**£**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||
||||||
||||||
||||||
||||||
|||||**Total**
**£**
31743.66|
|||||31743.66|
97
## **Great Yarmouth Pathway**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)**
|**For the year ended 31 December 2020**
**7**
**DEBTORS**
Income tax recoverable
Prepayments and accrued interest (insurance)
Other debtors
**8**
**LIABILITIES: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**
Deferred income
Accruals of utility and other costs
Creditors for goods and services -
Other ceditors
**9**
**FUND DETAILS**|**2020**
**£**
0
**2020**
**£**
0|**2019**
**£**|
|---|---|---|
|||0|
|||**2019**
**£**|
|||0|
||||
98
Independent Examlnerfs Report to the Gt. Yarmouth Pathway
This report is basesd on the financial statements of the Great Yam)outh Pathway for the
year ending 31st December 2019.
Respective responsibilities of Great Yarmouth Pathway Trustees and the
examiner
As Trustee members you are responsible for the preparation of the financial
statements. It is my responsibility to issue this report on these financial
statements.
Basis of this report
My examination was carried out carried out in accordance with the General Directions Biven
by the Charity Commission. That examination includes a reveiw of the accounting records
kept by the Great Yarmouth Pathway and a comparison of the accounts with those record5.
It a150 includes considering any unsual items or disclosures in the financial statements and
seeking explation5 from the trusees concerning any such matters.
Independent examlnerf5 Statement
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
(l} Which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the
requirements
To keep accountintg records In accoundence with the Charity Act and
To prepare financial statements, which accord with the accounting records
and comply with the Act have not been met: or
{2) To whlch, in my opion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper
understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed:
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Date:
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