## organisation details FEEDING FAMILIES CIO CHARITY NUMBER: 1179694 COMPANY NUMBER : CE014977 UNIT 2 | FRANKLIN INDUSTRIAL ESTATE | BLAYDON TYNE AND WEAR | NE21 5TL 0191 908 7163 info@feedingfamilies.org.uk feedingfamilies.org.uk /instagram.com/ukfeedingfamilies /facebook.com/ukfeedingfamilies /instagram.com/ukfeedingfamilies /twitter.com/feedingfamilie1 ## With thanks to our TRUSTEes Emma Jarvis (Chair) Brian Palmer (Treasurer) Antony Byrne Jon Regan Alex Wilby David Jackson ANNUAL REPORT 2022/2023 2022-23 Annual Report A very warm welcome to our annual review. In 2022/23 the Feeding Families team worked harder than ever to balance a significant drop in food donations with increased need as the soaring cost of living crisis impacted people across the region. Our primary focus was to strengthen our core activities - the provision of Emergency & Welcome Home food boxes, the Christmas matching & food box project. As a result, we successfully increased our community impact across all areas of support- the number of food boxes & meals delivered, the volume of people we helped, the schools we visited and the new partnerships that we established across the region; but behind the numbers is a bigger story, behind every number is a person that the charity has positively impacted. I am immensely proud of how the team and the community adapted, evolved and innovated; for their hard work, commitment and passionate determination. It was heartening to see the efforts of the team being deservedly recognised this year, winning multiple awards, most notably the charity's CEO & founder, Juliet, winning “Woman of the Year”. I am also incredibly grateful to our donors and funders whose support is so fundamental to everything we achieve. As we look to the year ahead we expect to see the need for our services to continue to rise. The Child Poverty and Cost of Living Crisis report released earlier this year by Child of the North made for worrying reading, reporting that children in the North of England are among the most vulnerable to rising living costs, including fuel poverty and food insecurity. ## trustee SUMMARY emmA jARVIS cHAIR The scale and severity of deprivation experienced by many is unprecedented. For this reason, the work that Feeding Families undertakes continues to be crucial. As the need for our services further increases, we will expand in 2023. Bigger packing centre premises and an increased team size will enable us to manage the demands being made of the charity and allow us to explore new services, partnerships and vary our fundraising efforts to maintain financial stability. It could be easy to read the statistics and feel that the scale of poverty in the North East is insurmountable, but for Feeding Families our mission has never been clearer and we remain laser focussed with a fire in our bellies to make a difference. A huge thank you to our Volunteers, Staff, Trustees, Fundraisers & Donors for your continued hard work and support. As Juliet our CEO says “We can all do something to make a difference, everyday” and you ALL most certainly do. feedingfamilies.org.uk 2022-23 Annual Report ## Mission Statement 1) Provide relief to any person experiencing poverty' primarily in the North East of England. We will do this, in particular but not exclusively, through the provision of food, education and other resources which they could not otherwise afford. 2) Promote wellbeing and mental health for those who give and receive aid. "We're not a food bank!" This often surprises people who assume we are. However Feeding Families takes an innovative approach to food poverty by supporting the organisations who are dealing directly with the people who are suffering most. It might be a school or another charity, but they KNOW who is in need. By supplying our boxes filled with food and love, we can get supplies on the ground across the North East and ready to be used directly as needs arise. This means individuals don't come to us, we are not tied up in assessing and administration, but we trust professional partners to make sound judgements and direct food where it is most needed. In 2022-2023 we have seen a massive increase in demand and fantastic feedback from the organisations and individuals who receive our help. In the coming year we have exciting plans in place to do even more. We believe every person has something to contribute and be part of the solution - what can YOU do? Juliet sanders founder & CEO feedingfamilies.org.uk 2022-23 Annual Report ## emergency food boxes Feeding Families works with partner organisations to provide emergency food boxes and give support to families in need. We believe everyone has the right to access food and we offer more than just food - we show compassion to those in crisis. In 2022-2023 We supported 154 project partners in delivering 16,511 emergency food boxes across 12 local authorities, totaling 346,731 meals valued at £330,220 through donations and funding. Over 400,000 items of food have been distributed via the emergency food boxes. 186 16,511 ## 346,731 Emergency Food Boxes distributed meals donated (est) Supporting our partners with food allows them to concentrate on their valuable work and they know they can rely on having food available quickly for the people they know and support. A lady who is supported by us lost her daughter to suicide last year and has since nursed her terminally ill mum... The Emergency Food boxes took a lot of pressure off her both emotionally and financially. If U CARE SHARE foundation £330,220 12 of emergency food distributed (est) Partners worked with working over local authorities 2022-23 Annual Report ## welcome home boxes The Welcome Home box program was introduced in 2020, as an innovative pilot project to provide support to vulnerable patients who were being discharged from hospitals after receiving medical care. The program received widespread acclaim in hospitals across the northeast region for its combination of low cook meals and essential toiletries. In 2022-2023 the project expanded into 10 hospitals across the region, ## Some of our most vulnerable clients have to choose whether to eat or heat. Age UK Throughout the year, our partners provided feedback indicating a growing demand for food that required minimal or no cooking. 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£36,504 20 Welcome home box content (est) Welcome home boxes delivered Non hospital partners supplied Hospitals serviced 2022-23 Annual Report ## toiletry packs my way to say thank you for your help is to hand sew draw string bags as I can do it at home where I feel safe. I understand how hard it is for people to run a home on very little money and how hard it can be to ask for help, to be at the point where you have no where to turn and that you no longer want to be alive. recipient and Volunteer Toiletry packs are being given out as part of Welcome Home boxes, which are meant to help make the transition from a hospital or other care facility back to the home environment a little easier. These bags are filled with essential items like soap, shampoo, toothpaste, and other personal care products that can be expensive or difficult to obtain for people who are recovering from an illness or injury. The bags themselves are typically made by volunteers who donate their time and skills. Over the past year, the demand for these bags has risen dramatically, in large part due to the ongoing cost of living crisis. The success of the toiletry bags have led us to start making packs to support low income families with cleaning materials. 806 toiletry packs distributed in 2022-2023 feedingfamilies.org.uk 2022-23 Annual Report ## christmas matching project Each festive season, Feeding Families undertakes two large projects. The charity was founded in 2017 with a project that paired a family in need of food, with another willing to provide the gift of food. We call this our 'Matched' Project. In 2022, in response to the cost of living crisis, we reduced the quantity of food required for donor families to purchase and instead gave a choice of menus and a list of ingredients for a complete Christmas dinner.This modification was welcomed by both donors and recipients. 2,531 7,713 £42 it absolutely made our Christmas. honestly I don't know what we would have done without the help really we most appreciate everything. Matched Christmas Dinner Recipient £106,300 3.25 Total amount of matched Christmas giving (est) average size of family Average cost of food donated per family People supported Matched Christmas dinners delivered 2022-23 Annual Report ## christmas food boxes The matched project isn't suitable for eveyone due to safeguarding concerns and organisational capacity. We therefore also work with partners to provide a Christmas food box, that contains emergency food and some Christmas treats. All the food is ambient. The food that goes in these boxes is purchased by the charity and donated by the public via large scale food drives. "It has helped more then you could think as choosing between heating and food is hard when ’ you have 2 teenagers and I m unable to work ’ because I ve just done 6 years and 4 rounds OF ’ chemo and stem cell transplant so I m very tired. Helps when people care and help each other and hopefully one day I can pay it forward " Christmas Recipient £263,550 669 8,785 28,550 184,485 Christmas food boxes distributed People supported Total amount of Christmas food box food Volunteers (est) Total tems of food 2022-23 Annual Report ## volunteers The success of Feeding Families depends on the dedication of its volunteers. Whether they are creating and delivering hampers, assisting in the packing centers, delivering supplies throughout the area, managing administrative tasks, or contributing to fundraising efforts, each individual brings their own valuable skills to the cause. Thanks to their unwavering support, we are able to make a significant impact on the lives of thousands of individuals and families in need. Volunteero, the volunteer management system, has allowed for maximum efficiency, and has been well received by volunteers. it helps those in need that can fall between the cracks for many different ’ reasons. It is without judgement. It s a charity with a big heart and with a fabulous group of staff and volunteers, all with a similar frame of mind. Jane, Volunteer 4388 Volunteers Our volunteers include: Our core team, who volunteer every week Those who can only volunteer occasionally The corporate teams who are encouraged to come by their workplace The Christmas team who volunteer seasonally Our Christmas donors who buy and deliver a Christmas dinner personally All made possible via the app 2022-23 Annual Report ## impact 102% Increase in demand 4,388 Volunteers 11,316 Households supported over Christmas £744,634 Total support distributed 16,511 Emergency Food Boxes Distributed ## 36,363 Individuals supported over Christmas 346,731 Emergency meals donated ## 806 Toiletry packs distributed 28,400 Total boxes distributed 2,038 Welcome home boxes delivered ## 400,000 Approximate number of items distributed in 2022-2023 **----- Start of picture text -----**
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Working over local authorities 2022-23 Annual Report ## impact oN families At Feeding Families we often refer to acts of kindness. Any small act of kindness can be life-changing during a critical moment of need. We all have the power to make a difference. Erin & her family became involved with Feeding Families after their Mum, Jo, was diagnosed with terminal cancer in 2019. Jo sadly passed away in 2021. The organisation has continued to support Erin and her siblings each Christmas. ## Feeding Familes has really helped me throughout the last year TO deal with the loss of my mam. ’ I don t know what I would have done without them. They went above and beyond. I am so thankful. We got a hamper with a full dinner so I did not have to pay for anything over Christmas. It was really nice of them. They HAVE given me and the kids so much. I really appreciate everything they have done. I hope they can get all of the support they need and I will help any way I can. With what is going on at the minute people are having to decide between heating their house and feeding their kids. People should not be having to make decisionS like this." Erin crow, recipient feedingfamilies.org.uk 2022-23 Annual Report ## Impact on donors I received a food donation at Christmas 2020, I lost my job during covid, I really ’ struggled and wouldn t have coped without the fabulous donation I received, ’ due to a change in circumstances I ve been able to do hampers for the last two years ’ and give a regular donation. It s amazing to be able to give back after I was helped at one of the hardest times. ## Matched Christmas Dinner donor Doing good not only benefits others, but it also has positive effects on oneself. In addition to the thousands of families who benefit from our services, our donors express how meaningful it is to them. While Christmas is a time of giving, the positive impact of these good deeds extends throughout the year. As the cost of living crisis is upon us now more than ever our local communities need the support all year round, feedingfamilies.org.uk 2022-23 Annual Report ## impact on partners Throughout 2022-23, we collaborated through the year and at Christmas with over 180 different charities, schools, and organisations to ensure that food was distributed to the areas within the community where it was most needed. Our provision of food assistance to these partners allowed them to focus on their essential work, knowing they could count on a prompt supply of food for the individuals they serve and support. In 2021, Mindstars began our partnership with Feeding Families, supplying emergency food parcels to families in need over our Summer Camp provision. Since then, our partnership has grown. Feeding Families are an amazing organisation who believe everyone has the right to be able to feed themselves and their families, and our partnership has enabled us to work together, supporting the hearts, minds and tummies of many children and families in North Tyneside. Marisa May, mindstars co-founder and director feedingfamilies.org.uk 2022-23 Annual Report ## business Impact Ensuring that Feeding Families' food support reaches those in need throughout the region is crucial, and partnerships like the one with Collins Sea Foods are instrumental in achieving this goal. Collins Seafoods kindly donates each month. These are very challenging times for everyone and, with the cost of living rising significantly and big hikes in energy costs due shortly, we felt there ’ couldn t be a better time to offer our support. Feeding Families share our core values and we believe we can help them make a positive impact in our communities. The need for help and support has never been greater and we are proud to play a small part in helping people in all kinds of circumstances. Craig English, Collins Seafoods Managing Director, feedingfamilies.org.uk 2022-23 Annual Report ## Youth Champions The goal of our Youth Project is to encourage and inspire the younger citizens in our community that they can make difference no matter how big or small. Discussions focus on normalising food poverty (sadly 38% of children in the North East are growing experiencing food poverty) but also on encouraging children to collaborate in groups and contemplate ways they can make a difference. I'm happy because we have made a difference. I would really like to go back. It has inspired me to want to volunteer in my own time. Selina Leybourne, Student Bisohop Auckalnd college feedingfamilies.org.uk 2022-23 Annual Report ## awards Juliet Sanders - Woman of the Year Juliet Sanders, CEO & Founder, was awarded Women of the Year – Community Champion at a starstudded event in London. The award recognises Juliet’s hard work and determination to support thousands of people experiencing food poverty within the region. Juliet Sanders with Julie Etchingham - Women of the Year President Feeding Families won at the Angel Awards, organised by our local MPGateshead Angel Liz Twist. Steve Sheard, Senior OperationsAwards Manager, collected the award on behalf of the charity. "This is great recognition for all the hard work by our volunteers, donors, staff and trustees who work so hard to help so many people. Thank you to every person who has helped." Juliet Sanders, CEO Steve Sheard, Juliet Sanders, Emma Jarvis & Liz Twist MP Feeding Families was nominated and won at the Angel Awards, organised by our local MP Liz Twist. Steve Sheard, Senior Operations Manager, collected the award on behalf of the charity. ## FSB - Community Award (Federation of Small Business)g (Federation of Small Business)g The FSB Awards celebrate the successes, achievements and uniqueness of outstanding small business teams. Feeding Families were awarded North East Community Champions in March 2023 and will take part in the national finals in Birmingham in May. Juliet Sanders CEO & Sarah McPhie Head of Engement feedingfamilies.org.uk 2022-23 Annual Report ## fishburn youth & community centre Due to the sale of the Byers Green church hall we found ourselves in the postion of needing to find a new home. In July we moved to Fishburn Youth & Community Centre where we found a very warm welcome! The centre is based in Fishburn, County Durham - situated between to main access roads to the rest of region the A1 & A19. We currently pack emergency food boxes here on a Tuesday. feedingfamilies.org.uk 2022-23 Annual Report ## Gala Dinner raised over £12,500 ## Gala Dinner On 1st October 2022 we held our first Gala Dinner at the Grand Hotel, Gosforth Park. Britain's Got Talent winner 'Lost Voice Guy' joined over 200 guests to help raise in excess of £12,500. We would especially like to thank our Gala Dinner sponsors: SIG Bellway Homes Karbon Homes Cello Electronics and Gary Phillipson of BBC Radio Tees for volunteering his time to host the Gala. Our next Gala Dinner will be on 30th September 2023. feedingfamilies.org.uk 2022-23 Annual Report ## grants Grants from funding bodies are a crucial source of our income, as they cover our core expenses such as salaries, administration, insurance, utilities, and other essential costs. We are extremely grateful for this support. 1989 Willan Charitable Trust Livin Alive Church Neighbourly Newcastle Council Newcastle Building Society P&G Awards for All Barbour Foundation Batworth Trust bp Penchant Foundation Postcode Lottery Sage Sainsburys Scotto Trust Sir James Knott Trust Souter Trust Squires Foundation St James Wealth Management Swire Charitable Trust Tesco VCSE County Durham Community Foundation Community Foundation T&W Darlington Building Society Durham County Council Durham University Enterprise Garfield Weston Gateshead Council Greggs Hadrian Trust Hays Foundation Julia and Hans Rausing Trust Karbon Homes Kavli feedingfamilies.org.uk 2022-23 Annual Report ## corporate donations We are grateful to so many businesses who have given their financial support over the past year. Special thanks must go to following organisations and their unfaltering ongoing support: Durham Box Home Bargains Durham University Those businesses who give to us each month, thank you for your ongoing commitment: Cello Electronics Castle Keep Collins Seafood We must also say thank you to the individuals and businesses who have supported us with pro-bono work, gifts in kind and corporate volunteering, including: Muckle Solicitors Northern Floorcraft Sage Rowen Homes SOS Group The Accounts Department NE feedingfamilies.org.uk Accountancy Solutions ## FEEDING FAMILIES Financial statements for the year ended 31st March 2023 ## Charity number: 1179694 Charitable Incorporated Organisation Registered England and Wales **Call: 07926 450 250 Email: info@hslaccountancysolutions.co.uk www.hslaccountancysolutions.co.uk** **FEEDING FAMILIES Contents of the financial statements for the year ended 31st March 2023** ______________________________________________________________________________________________ ||Page| |---|---| |Administrative Details|1| |Trustees Report|2 - 4| |Independent Examiners Report|5| |Statement of Financial Activities|6| |Balance sheet|7| |Statement of Cash Flows|8| |Notes to the accounts|9 - 13| **FEEDING FAMILIES Administrative details for the year ended 31st March 2023** _____________________________________________________________________________________________ |**Registered Charity number**|1179694|| |---|---|---| |**Trustees and Management Committee**|Emma Jarvis|- From 26/05/2021| ||David Jackson|- From 01/05/2021| ||Alex Arthur Wilby|- From 27/07/2021| ||Brian John Palmer|- From 06/04/2021| ||Jon Daniel Regan|- From 29/01/2020| ||Anthony Patrick Byrne|- From 22/07/2019| |**Administrative address**|Unit 2|| ||Franklin Park,Patterson Street|| ||BLAYDON-ON-TYNE|| ||Tyne And Wear|| ||NE21 5TL|| |**Bankers**|Lloyds bank Plc|| ||LEWISHAM|| ||PO BOX 1000|| ||BX11LT|| |**Independent Examiner**|Heera Singh FMAAT|| ||HSL Accountancy Solutions Ltd|| ||Enterprise House|| ||61a Carr House|| ||Doncaster|| ||DN1 2BY|| Page 1 **FEEDING FAMILIES The trustees present their annual report for the year ended 31st March 2023** ______________________________________________________________________________________________ ## **Governing document** Feeding Families is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) and is governed by a constitution, which is registered with the Charity Commission. A copy of the constitution is available on request. ## **Organisational Structure and Management** The organisation operates as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO), registered on 28 Aug 2018 with the Charity Commission. The organisation is governed by the Trustees, who determine strategic direction and policy. The day to day operation is also carried out by the Trustees. ## **Recruitment and appointment of new trustees** New trustees are invited to apply when a vacancy arises, and this is advertised to our supporters as well as on volunteer websites. Following application, a series of meetings takes place to ascertain if the applicant and charity are suited to work together and then a vote is taken by the trustees to confirm the appointment. ## **Risk management** Risks are highlighted and managed within the context of trustee meetings. The charity has taken appropriate insurance cover for the main risks it faces. ## **Objectives** Our mission is to: 1) provide relief to any person experiencing poverty primarily in north east England. We will do this, in particular but not exclusively, through the provision of food, education and other resources which they could not otherwise afford. 2) Promote wellbeing and mental health for those who give and receive aid. We aspire to be a numerically growing and geographically expanding community of people who offer practical help and support to families in financial difficulties at Christmas and beyond. We aim to motivate individuals and local and national businesses to connect with us and to inspire acts of kindness and generosity which bring joy and hope and provide a practical response to a very real and desperate situation that is happening right here in our towns and cities. ## **Significant activities** 2022-23 was a year of significant growth. The move to the premises on Blaydon Bank laid the foundation for expansion and we were able to upscale our operations to serve the need in Tyne and Wear, Northumberland and North Durham. However after only two years here we have outgrown the building. We also had logistical challenges with limited vehicular access and having to lift food onto a platform to access the hall. With increased volumes this was becoming a problem and we realised we would need to relocate again. We identified a new building close by with more than double the floor space and the move here will take place by the end of April 2023. Offices will be built to accommodate the staff and an improved volunteer area will be created. We have been able to strategise this move due to funding received late in the financial year. Some of this arrived as a large restricted grant while other donations in our busy Christmas period gave us a strong base to move forward from. The trustees met in January 2023 and agreed that we would not only respond to the 102% increase in demand that we had seen in the previous 12 months but that we would also prepare for further expansion as demand continues to rise. The building we rented in Byers Green as our southern packing centre was put up for sale and so we moved the operation here to Fishburn Youth and Community Centre. While we received a warm welcome here and have built up a core of committed volunteers, we do not have sole use of the building and therefore we have to move everything in and out of the building on a weekly basis. This severely limits our production and distribution so we have been searching for a more substantial solution. Despite these practicalities we have been able to increase our distribution and in the financial year we had four areas of focus: **Emergency boxes:** across the two centres we distributed 16,511 boxes across the north east through 154 partners. Our unique model makes us different from food banks in that individuals do not access us. Instead, we supply charities, schools and organisations who work with those most in need. They receive boxes in bulk which they can allocate as they are needed, often providing a speedier and more flexible solution. Page 2 **FEEDING FAMILIES The trustees present their annual report for the year ended 31st March 2023** ## **Significant activities (continued)** **Welcome Home boxes:** these boxes of low/no cook food were piloted during Covid, initially for patients leaving hospital. However demand has risen and we now provide to other groups such as prison leavers, care leavers, the homeless and those experiencing fuel poverty. 2028 were distributed through 10 hospital and 20 non-hospital partners. Schools project: we delivered education around food poverty into 42 schools. The purpose was not only to inform but to inspire young people to use their talents to come up with solutions to the problem. Some did food drives or fundraising events and a number of groups then came to our packing centres with donations and saw how we pack and distribute the boxes to families in need. Christmas: our two projects this year focused on providing a Christmas dinner through a donor family who would buy and deliver everything needed from a prescribed list. Secondly, we packed boxes of staple foods and Christmas treats to be distributed by our partners. In total 11,316 households received support during December. At the start of 2023 we have begun two new pilots to extend our service. These are an out of hours service, where we make food available on evenings and weekends when food banks are closed and crises may arise. The Intensive Food Support Programme (IFSP) offers 6 weeks’ worth of food where a professional refers and is doing ongoing work with the family or individual to bring them out of poverty and into a more stable future. We have engaged with 184 partners to deliver these projects. Some only ask for support at Christmas while others come to us either regularly or on an ad hoc basis. This collaborative way of working reduces administration - we don’t record end users but the professional organisations are working with the individuals and are best placed to assess need. This also reduces the risk of data breaches and means the same information is not being recorded twice and held by different organisations. Our model is built on our specialism in being able to offer food support in large quantities and this allows professionals to focus on their specialism, without the need to be continually seeking a food supply if this is the immediate need. The relationships we are building across the region have ensured a lifeline for many. In addition to the quantitative measures we collect, we receive anecdotal evidence and stories of how individual boxes have made an impact in specific situations. The cost of living crisis impacted our contributions from the general public and we saw a downturn in food donations. In response to this we examined our income streams and focused on regular giving, corporate donations and events. ## **Fundraising Activities** We have a number of individual and corporate donors who give monthly, which is providing a regular income and we have plans to invest more heavily in community fundraising in the coming year, now we are moving away from the Covid impact that we experienced. In October 2022 we held our first gala dinner at the Grand Hotel, Gosforth Park which attracted over 200 attendees and raised in excess of £12k. This success has encouraged us to look strategically to more events in 2023-24 and the gala will be a regular highlight of our year. Students of Durham University organised a fashion show with Feeding Families as their beneficiary and raised £17k (exact figure?) which made a magnificent contribution to our funds. Various individuals have set up fundraising pages to do runs, walks and other sponsored events. Now that we have some traction we plan to encourage more people to support us in this way. ## **Reserves policy** The trustees aim to maintain reserves in designated funds at a level which equates to approximately three months of expenditure. The trustees consider that this level will provide funds to respond to carry out the work of the charity and the support and governance required for it to operate. Page 3 **FEEDING FAMILIES The trustees present their annual report for the year ended 31st March 2023** ## **Statement of trustees' responsibilities** Charity law 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 at the year end and of its incoming resources and resources expended during that year. In preparing those financial statements, the trustees are required to: - select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently; - observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP; where applicable - make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; - state whether applicable accounting standards and statements of recommended practice have been - followed subject to any departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and - prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in business. The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011. They 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. The trustees declare that they have approved the above report. Signed on behalf of the trustees Signed: Name and Position: Emma Jarvis, Director Date: 26[th] October 2023 Page 4 **Independent examiners report to the trustees of FEEDING FAMILIES for the year ended 31st March 2023** I report on the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31st March 2023 which are set out on pages 6 to 8. ## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner** The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to: - examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act; - follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act; and - state whether particular matters have come to my attention. ## **Basis of independent examiner's report** My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a “true and fair view” and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. ## **Independent examiner's statement** In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention: - 1 - which gives me reasonable cause to believe that, in any material respect, the requirements: - to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act; and - to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act have not been met; or - 2 to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Mr Heera Singh FMAAT HSL Accountancy Solutions Ltd Enterprise House 61a Carr House Doncaster DN1 2BY Date: 3[rd] November 2023 Page 5 **FEEDING FAMILIES** ## **Statement of Financial Activities (Incorporating the Income and Expenditure Account) for the year ended 31st March 2023** |**Notes**
**Income**
Grants and donations
2
**Total income**
**Expenditure**
Cost of raising funds
3
Charitable activities
**Total expenditure**
Net income (expenditure)
Balance brought forward 1st April 2022
Transfer between funds
**Balance carried forward 31st March 2023**|**Unrestricted Designated Restricted**
**2023**
**2022**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**Total**
**Total**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
337,507
454,607 792,114 255,910| |---|---| ||**337,507**
**0**
**454,607 792,114 255,910**| ||209,161
243,524 452,685 206,741| ||**209,161**
**0**
**243,524 452,685 206,741**| ||128,346
0
211,084 339,430
49,169
8,060
84,050
54,003 146,113
96,944
75,198
-35,250
-39,948
0
0| ||**211,603**
**48,800**
**225,140 485,543 146,113**| The accounting policies and notes on pages 9 to 13 form part of these financial statements Page 6 **FEEDING FAMILIES Balance sheet for the year ended 31st March 2023** |**Fixed assets**
Tangible assets
**Current assets**
Debtors
Cash at bank and in hand
**Current Liabilities**
Creditors - amounts due within one year
**Net current assets**
**(Liabilities)**
**Net assets (Liabilities)**
**Funds of the Charity**
Unrestricted Funds
Designated Funds
Restricted Funds
**Total Funds**|**2023**
**Total**
**£**
15,709
217
475,188
475,405
-5,571
469,834
**485,543**
211,603
48,800
225,140
**485,543**|**2022**
**Total**
**£**
17,797
32
128,858| |---|---|---| |||128,890
-574| |||128,316| |||**146,113**| |||8,060
84,050
54,003| |||**146,113**| The financial statements on pages 5 and 6 were approved by the Trustees and signed on their behalf by: Signed: Name and Position: Emma Jarvis, Director Date: 26[th] October 2023 The accounting policies and notes on pages 9 to 13 form part of these financial statements Page 7 **FEEDING FAMILIES Statement of Cash Flows for the year ended 31st March 2023** |**Cash flows from operating activities:**
Net income/(expenditure) per SoFA
(Increase)/decrease in assets
(Increase)/decrease in debtors
Increase/(decrease) in creditors
**Cash flows from investing activities:**
Investment income
**Net increase/(decrease) in cash:**
Total cash as at 01 April 2022
**Total cash as at 31 March 2023**|**Total**
**2023**
**£**
339,430
2,088
-185
4,997| |---|---| ||346,330
0| ||**346,330**
128,858| ||**475,188**| Page 8 **FEEDING FAMILIES Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31st March 2023** ## **1 Accounting policies** ## **1.1 Basis of preparation** These accounts (financial statements) have been prepared under the historic cost convention, with items recognised at cost or transaction value, unless otherwise stated in the relevant note(s), in accordance with: - The Charities Act 2011 - Accounting & Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice (Charities SORP FRS102) (effective January 2015) - 1.1.2. The charity meets the definition of a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102 - 1.1.3. The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charity’s ability to continue as a going concern. ## **1.2. Incoming resources** These are included in the Statement of Financial Activities. Incoming resources are recognised when: - the company becomes entitled to the resources - the trustees are virtually certain they will receive the resources; and - the monetary value can be measured with sufficient reliability Where incoming resources have related expenditure (as with fund-raising or contract income) the incoming resources and related expenditure are reported gross in the Statement of Financial Activities. Grants and donations are only included in the Statement of Financial Activities when the company has unconditional entitlement to the resources. Contractual income is only included in the Statement of Financial Activities once the related goods or performance related services have been delivered. Investment income is included in the accounts when receivable. Donated goods and services are included in the Statement of Financial Activities and measured at the fair value. ## 1.3. **Expenditure** Expenditure is charged to the Statement of Financial Activities on an accruals basis, inclusive of any VAT which cannot be recovered. Expenditure is classified under headings that aggregate all costs related to that category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources. Charitable expenditure comprises those costs incurred in the delivery of the charity’s activities and services for its beneficiaries, including both direct and support costs. The expenditure has been analysed but usage. Professional fees include those costs associated with meeting constitutional and statutory requirements, including Accountancy fees. ## **1.4.** ## **Fund accounting** Restricted funds are funds received from donors which are subject to restrictions on the purposes for which they may be used of which have been raised for a specific project. Unrestricted funds are those where there are no externally imposed restrictions. These include funds freely available to the charity for expenditure or appropriation to reserves for internally designated purposes. ## **1.5. Assets** Tangible assets are capitalised if they can be used for more than one year, and cost at least £500. They are valued at cost, or, if gifted, at the value to the company on receipt. The rates applicable are; Office equipment-33% on cost, Fixtures and fittings-25% on cost, Motor vehicle -10% reducing Page 9 **FEEDING FAMILIES Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31st March 2023** ## **1.6. Debtors** Debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid. ## **1.7. Cash** Cash comprises bank deposits repayable on demand and any short-term highly liquid investments with a maturity date of three months or less from the date of acquisition or opening of the deposit or similar account. ## **1.8. Creditors** Creditors 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 are normally recognised at their settlement amount, usually the invoice amount. Accrued charges are normally valued at their settlement amount. ## **1.9. Taxes** The company is not VAT registered. As a Charity the organisation is exempt from taxation on income and gains falling within section 505 of the Taxes Act 1988 or s256 of the Taxation of chargeable gains Act section 505 of the Taxes Act 1988 or s256 of the Taxation of chargeable gains Act 1992 to the extent that these are applied to its charitable objects. ## **2. Income from:** |**ncome from:**||||| |---|---|---|---|---| ||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|**2023**|**2022**| |**Income**|**Funds**|**Funds**|**Total**|**Total**| |**Grants and donations**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**| |Donations|337,507||337,507|99,160| |#iwill|||0|10,000| |BP Grant||200,000|200,000|0| |CDCF - Poverty Hurts||11,960|11,960|10,000| |Community Foundation Tyne and Wear||13,000|13,000|13,500| |Darlington Building Society||8,000|8,000|0| |Durham County Council||60,000|60,000|45,000| |Frank & Phillis Scotto Trust Fund|||0|5,000| |Gateshead Council||18,750|18,750|500| |Greggs Foundation||10,770|10,770|0| |Groundworks UK|||0|750| |Julia and Hans Rausing Trust||40,558|40,558|0| |Karbon Homes||13,125|13,125|20,000| |Lottery Awards for all||10,000|10,000|10,000| |Neighbourly||1,500|1,500|1,000| |Newby Trust|||0|25,000| |P and G fund||4,500|4,500|0| |Sage Foundation||10,000|10,000|0| |Squires||5,000|5,000|0| |St Georges CC||10,500|10,500|0| |The FORE|||0|15,000| |The Postcode Lottery||22,944|22,944|0| |VCSE||4,000|4,000|0| |1989 Willan Charitable Trust||10,000|10,000|0| |**Total income**|**337,507**|**454,607**|**792,114**|**254,910**| Page 10 **FEEDING FAMILIES Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31st March 2023** ## **3. Expenditure on** ## **4.** |**Expenditure on**|||| |---|---|---|---| |**Charitable Activities**
Food hampers
Other project costs
**Charitable activities**
Wages
Employers pension
Travel expenses
Rent and premise costs
Insurance
Office administration
Website and publicity
Sundries
Legal and professional fees
Other professional fees
Computer/Software
Bank and other charges
Depreciation
**Total expenditure**
**Fixed assets**
**Cost**
At 1st April 2022
Additions
Disposals
At 31st March 2023
**Depreciation**
At 1st April 2022
Charge this period
At 31st March 2023
Net book value at 31st March 2023
Net book value at 31st March 2022
**Debtors and creditors**||**Unrestricted Restricted**
**2023**
**2022**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**Total**
**Total**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
73,702
108,942
182,643
73,167
15,418
10,370
25,788
2,388
67,808
87,512
155,321
83,177
1,484
1,113
2,596
1,091
6,625
2,631
9,255
2,532
16,839
24,675
41,515
29,825
310
0
310
889
3,172
1,610
4,782
1,894
6,471
0
6,471
917
56
0
56
36
850
850
850
3,065
2,610
5,675
2,637
7,685
4,061
11,747
4,214
3,590
0
3,590
851
2,088
0
2,088
2,275
**209,161**
**243,524**
**452,685**
**206,741**
**Furniture**
**Office**
**Motor**
**Total**
**& fittings Equipment**
**Vehicle**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
590
916
18,714
20,220
0
0|| |||**Furniture**
**Office**
**& fittings Equipment**
**£**
**£**
590
916|| |||590
916|18,714
20,220| |||147
404
147
256|1,871
2,422
1,684
2,088| |||295
660|3,555
4,510| ||||| |||295
256|15,159
15,709| ||||| |||442
512|16843
17,797| ||||**2023**
**2022**
**Total**
**Total**
**£**
**£**
217
32
-5,571
-574
Page 11| ||||| |**Debtors**|||| |Trade debtors|||| |**Creditors due within one year**|||| |Trade creditors|||| ||||| **5** **FEEDING FAMILIES Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31st March 2023** ## **6. Staff costs** |**taff costs**|| |---|---| |Wages and salaries
Pension|**2023**
**2022**
**£**
**£**
155,321
83,177
2,596
1,091| ||**157,917**
**95,693**| No person received emoluments of more than £60,000.in the year. The average number of staff during the year was 7. (2022:5) ## **7. Movement of funds** |**Movement of funds**|| |---|---| ||**Opening**
**Incoming**
**Resources**
**Closing**| ||**Balance**
**Resources**
**Expended**
**Transfers**
**Balance**| |**Unrestricted funds**|**£**
**£**
**£**
**Transfers**
**£**| |General funds|8,060
337,507
-209,161
75,198
211,603| ||| |**Designated funds**|| |Reserves|84,050
0
0
-35,250
48,800| ||| |**Restricted funds**|| |#iwill|5,886
0
-5,886
0
0| |Aviva|500
0
0
-500
0| |BP Grant|0
200,000
-9,900
0
190,100| |CDCF - Poverty Hurts|6,268
11,960
-12,632
0
5,596| |Community Foundation Tyne and Wear|0
13,000
-13,000
0
0| |Darlington Building Society|0
8,000
-8,000
0
0| |Durham County Council|4,545
60,000
-60,000
-4,545
0| |Frank & Phyllis Scotto Trust Fund|1,380
0
0
-1,380
0| |Gateshead Council|0
18,750
-16,697
0
2,054| |Greggs Foundation|0
10,770
-10,770
0
0| |Hedley Denton|89
0
0
-89
0| |Julia and Hans Rausing Trust|0
40,558
-13,168
0
27,390| |Karbon Homes|579
13,125
-13,704
0
0| |Lottery Awards for all|72
10,000
-10,072
0
0| |Neighbourly|10
1,500
-1,510
0
0| |Newby Trust|18,434
0
0
-18,434
0| |P & G|0
4,500
-4,500
0
0| |Postcode Lottery|0
22,944
-22,944
0
0| |Sage Foundation|1,241
10,000
-11,241
0
0| |Squires|0
5,000
-5,000
0
0| |St Georges CC|0
10,500
-10,500
0
0| |The FORE|15,000
0
0
-15,000
0| |VCSE|0
4,000
-4,000
0
0| |1989 Willan Charitable Trust|0
10,000
-10,000
0
0| ||| |**Total funds**|**146,113**
**792,114**
**-452,685**
**0**
**485,543**| Page 12 **FEEDING FAMILIES Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31[st] March 2023** ## **8 In kind contributions** - During the period of these accounts, the Trustees have identified 7564 hours of in kind contribution volunteers. The amounts have not been included in the Statement of Financial Activities as the Trustees feel this would mislead the readers of the accounts. For more information, please refer to the Charity Annual Report. ## **9 Trustees remuneration, benefits and expenses** Trustees received no remuneration during the period of these accounts. Only expenses properly incurred in respect of charity business were reimbursed. ## **10 Previous year’s comparison** Where available, previous period's figures have been included for comparison purposes only. Page 13