Chiltern Foodbank Accounts for year ended 31 March 202512025 CHILTERN FOODBANK CIO TRUSTEES REPORT AND ACCOUNTS YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 CharityReglstratlon Number. 1181094 1 |Page Chiltern Foodbank Accounts for year ended 31 March 2025 i 2025 CONTENTS: R•port of Iha TruÈt Stslerwil of Flnancial Athrb85 11 Balonce Sheèt 12 Not•s to th• Accounts 1&18 Ind8p8nd8nl Examinerfs Report 19 21Page Chiltern Foodbank Accounts for year ended 31 March 2025 2025 REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 The Trustees presenttheir annual Teport and charity aco)unts forthe year ended 31st March 2025. Chari Infonnation Chiltem Foodbank was rcgitstercd with the Charity Cornrn&Jaion on 10 DerzmLw 2018 as a Charildbl¥ Incorporat8d Oryanisation {CIOI. registered number 1181094. Tru$t• Jonathan Stewart Salkeld. appointed as Tntstee on 21 May 2024 and appointed Chalr on 27 November 2024 Michaol John Ridout WV3ned aB Trustoc on 10 D¢￿rnber 2024 Emma Burgham Colin Osbaldeston passed away on 9 May 2025. John Shaw Christopher Paul Kay Varkey M Abraham, resbned as Trustee ￿ 26 Novemter 21r25 Brian John Mull•ng. appoint•d on 24 Sèptarnbar 2026 Jonathan Stewart Salkekj appolnted Chairon 27 Novemter2024. Prior lo tha( mèetings had b8Én ¢haiTed by Mth881 RthuL Michael RKltwt's tem ofoffice end•J on 10 De¢￿ber 2024 and he ￿SIgn￿l as a twslee effective that (lat Subsequent lo the year4nd Colin Osboldoslon passed ￿Y on 9 May 2025. 8rfan John Mulien8 w88 appointed 8$ 8 Trustee on 24 September 2025. Varkey M Abraham rgsignod as a Trusteg ?n 26 November 2025. Thjrfno thA yAAr thÉ4 TrLrtt••s rn•t on 8 oeea#*>n$ to l￿d r•vi•w gpwthnB ond polloy. Prfn¢ipal Address Chittem Foodbank CIO 71 Broadway Chesham HP.fj 1 BX Tel.. 01494 775668 E: Snfo@chiltem.foodbar*.org.uk W: WV￿.¢hI)tem.Ioodb8nk.Org.uk Bankers Bardays Bank. 32 Bridae St. B8nbury. OX16 4PN Independent Examlner: Christopher Nisbet FCA Azets Audrt ServN Suites B and D Bumham Yard Beaconsfigkl Bucks HP9 2JH 31Page Chiltern Foodbank Accounts for year ended 31 March 202512025 Annts41 report ofthè Tru$tee5 forthe year end•d 31 March 2025 Management and Govemance Arrnng•mÈnts The CEO 8nd Coordinator of the Ftxxybank is Diane Rutter and the Warehouse Manager is Kiz ROÈÈ. Distribution centre team ￿aderS duriro this year have bew) Hekn Emmerson (p￿S￿¥00d1. Joh Shaw (Wendoverl and J8mes Sim[￿ns {Chaifonl Sl Peter). Change of personntrl- Chair of Trust￿ and Treasurer Jonathan Stewart saIke￿ was appointed Chwr on 27 November 2024. Prior to thaL meetings had b••n ch¥irgd by Miehaol Ridtsut during the Fir0￿￿ for a new Chair. The Treasurer througholrt the year was Colin Osbaldeston. Subsequgnt to the year end. Colin Osbaldeston passed away on 9 May 2025. and we tske thi% ¢)pporlunity to pay tribute to Colin'¥ faithful service over a number of years. John Shaw became Interim Treasurer in May 2025, and Brfan Mullens took over as Treasurerfrom l DeLember 2025. Strategy Actwity during the yearwas guideil by the >year stratsgic pl￿ 8lvJns vAth Twsseifs strategy. In It the Tru$lees artioJlat• Chilièm Foodbank's puryjoso and 3 $tratogic aim& Strai*¢ic Dir¢fymln(from uce ihe need INdiMts Htlp •ddress •1 ' £Th￿teve￿(￿l￿ Our hefy ih*y n•od If In¢r•as• ￿p￿t1)thIrs*I￿C*1thI1 ol f￿d povwryindit5 C¥J 4rvi¢• Énsurnthat ¢xws•Trw¥t Irrwo¥oour und*%t*ry f•*herthta XCWI￿ a¢wmtafneod Ofwrcl￿Trts1ftd Ihl n•tiohal ahd pd lit￿ ret*n MorNatethtwhJn￿0n 0￿r%0￿￿•dIP0knds V•lu A strategy rgview was inittated by the Chair in January 2025 and is undepAf8y. Statèmènt of Trustses. Rosponslbllttles Charity law requires th• Trustees lo prepare ffinancral ststements for each finandal year, which show a tnje and fair VIÈW of thg %tAtp nf affair* nf thp. rhxrity. rts finanaal aebvrbes for that y•ar. In preparing those finanaal siatements, the Trustees are requi￿￿ to: select suitable accounts.ng poli¢xs and then appty thgm ￿nsIstenty'. make judgements and esb"mates that a￿ reasonable arKI prudentr state whether applKable accounting stsndards and slatements of recommended pra(Ilce have i￿n foltowed. subieca to any depthres disc4osed and explair￿￿ in the finan¢i81 ststernents.. and prepare the financial statements on the going o)ncem basis it is inappropriate to presume that the charity wll ￿ntinue in operational wsteno. 41Page Chiltern Foodbank Accounts for year ended 31 March 2025 ,: 2025 REPORT OM ACTMTIES OF CHILTERN FOODBANK CIO FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2024 Chiltom Foodbank CIO {CFBI o)ntsnues to bc gratefvl to the genetal publiG and mai)y utydiiRJuDun¥ and businesses that have supported it with food and financ¢al donations to enable it to meet the volume of need amongst our dients and to keep our operations running smoothty. Chlltsrn Foodbank CIO & The Trussell Trust CFB continues to be a rnernber of the Foodbank Nelwork run by the Salisbury based Trussell Trust. In 2024r25 thiÈ neKvork compriscd 1,711 food bonk eentrea acro￿ the c4)untry. CFB ha) a IiGenGe agTeement wth Tru&sell. Trussell continues to be invow in k)bbying national govemment 8boLrt inadequ8aes, ineffiaencie$ and unf•mess in the bgnefrts systern as w811 undertaking signffunl media coveragg which ha8 a vary beneficial effect on food and finanool donation8 to indNidual Foodbanks, induding CFB, as well as increa&ng the number of volunteers willing to work al Foodbanks. Trussell 15 a campahjning organlsation against twty in the UK and CFB'S data eontributg$ to th• •vid•nee baÈé abolrt food povorty ith the U Pypmises CFB continuas to use 71 8roa¢fvAy, Chasham as its Prinryp￿ warnhouse and disthbution r*ntro supported by satellite distribution c8ntres in Wendover. Preskny and Chaifonl St Peter. The leasè on the Chesham propety expi¥ed on 31 Juty 2019 and 8 verbal agreement was mad8 the then Foodbank Coordinator, Dav• Wory>ll, and tho landbrd that tho tsrrtsngcrncnts could continue until 31 Juty 2024 on the sarne terns and ￿ndrt￿)s. CF8 is currenuy in negotiation with the landlord for a new lease. We have been g￿n an indution that the landlord is supportive of CFB eontlnulng to uso the premisès and we eyp8Ct those nagotiations to b8 0)ndudèd in the near future. Nurnbgrs Fod ?￿ar?8 ?7% decrea￿ In th• tsUrn￿r of Vou¢h•TS Adults redwm•d dfromth Childr•n Fed r0ViOU¢ Totsl In¢re¥so decr•a Iner•• Incr•a$• nereas• decr•a 2021122 April- Mareh 2022123 Apri March 2023124 April 2090 -24% 3043 40% -30% 4892 -30% 2288 10% 2205 19% 5540 13% 1794 .22% 2573 .23% 1671 -24% 4244 -23% Klarch 2024￿5 Aprti- Marth 1369 -24% 1931 -25% 1167 40% 3098 -27% Food DonatSons and Dlstribution Thcre wa- - a rcduction in omount of fotsd recewed this yur. There was also • reduclp)n in fwd distributed because of 8 lower numter of refeTh818 from partners. Donatod stod(8nd purehaÈ•s in 2W2415 was 50,390kg {2023r24 w88 60,793kgl. Sl(x* oirt to dienls & other distributsons in 2024125 was 50,465kg12023124 was 60,147kgl The value attributed to food tJon8tad to CFB and food g￿en to dients is dotemiined at a fixed unit price per kg. This was £2.37 per kg at the beginning ofthe rewrting period. and In￿8$ed lo £2.Tl Fer kg in September 2024, 88 a¢fvwJ by Trussell. CFB contintjes to be generously supported by the I￿1 community wtth the donations made by the customers of the Amer5ham Tesco Superstore being the main contributor. Tesco also prowde a financial top up based on the weight of goods donated by their c#Jstomers. 51Page Chiltern Foodbank Accounts for year ended 31 March 2025 1 2025 Pennanent ¢x)lkntion bins are OL￿ found in the supern￿￿et trx8nches of Sainsbu￿$, W8itrose arhj Tegeo in Chesham, Sweeneys in Wendover. Sainsburf5 in Prestsyood and Co4Jp in Great Missenden and PreshvocKI. In addtlion, communty shops at the Wigginton Village Store and al The Lee Village Shop are doing regular ¢0118ction8. Customers of all Sto￿ rnade irnportant donations. Fairtradè has consislenty delNered gfX)d qU￿rtY products to us, purchased with donati¢)ns frorn their customer5. This is an alkround Mn, our dients and for Fairtrade's prcxlU￿r$. Spacial collections have been carried out by various t￿)mmunItieS and organisations induding the Little Chatfont communty and many sd)ooJ5 and thurches. We continue lo have a nefvKJrk of Fcod Champions in ts Amersh8m area who cc4lert donations from their neighbours, chur(*88 and W0￿p1ace, and bn.ng them to the Fofxjbank. A benefrt of this is that people who purthase online groceries and no kJnger vi$it a supem*rket. 8re 8ti118ble to donate lo the Foodbank. Food Champions collected 183 kg throughout the year. The Trustees are grnteful to all the Foo<1 ChampSon& and to Susan Bosher, th￿r volunteer team Wer who pioneered this seh*m•. We also utilise an opp Calkd B8nk the For￿1. plngs whèn people with the app enter on8 of our food collathn points and lets them know what the Foodbank cuffonty natds. Donations via thls route are very low, but it is a means for vtho wish to engage by app lo do so. At tirn￿ w• hw• mtsr• Btock comiT*g in than w• ean $afgly 6toro ot our premltsttrs. WThilc we want to have suffi¢ient stock lo gwe out to everyone ￿ferred lo us. we do not wish to stOGkpile large qU8nlilies as il has been given for r*ople In food ￿S1$ and we want to ke8P it flwng out lo those who need it. Wa havè guhlelines for when our stod( lèveb rgadb tho capadty of tsur warehouse, or when we have excess of p8th1ar item& Throughout the ywwe have d¢)natgJ excess stoc* lo other charities serving tocal people in povety.. • First priority.. groups s•Nin9 pgoplg in food I￿$1& within Our own googmphltsjl oroa. because the food was gfven for Ioc81 people in food ¢rfsls- e.g. Family Food Hub 81 Little ChaKonl h book. hub.uk b. see￿nd priority. oth8r groups vtho are seNing people in n••d in our communlUo8, who mKJht be facing poverty issues and c&)uld potentsally be our clients- o.g. Holiday lunch clubs. events for elderly resKlents. wekome sp8ces et e. Th5rd prinrilw AdlAf*nt FhndhAnks who do similar work to 8uppthtirtg Feople who afe bral lo us although not directy In our catthm8nt area - e.g. One Can As w811 a8 proMsl)n of products to dients, CFB prov*Jed food to a number of kxal Initlatfves whld) wè promoted to our dients such as Welcy)mg Spaces, and a o))king course on making nvlritious food 81 low cost. 8etwitip8 wp.rp. in DartnKtr&hlp ¥thh r.hpsh8rn Ur•it•d R•fomi Churth, Ch￿h¥M Library, HoF4 Church Chesham, and Oa&s. Other initiatives tho1 we supt>)rted with foDJ. toHetrS•s And other iterns whore 8ppropriate were Meet and Eat {a child holmlay lunch prowsion run by Chesham Unrted Reforyn Church), Chesham Communty Fridge, Chesham Christsnas Day Lunch Party for the EFderty, Family Food Hub (St George's Little Chalfonll. Christians Against Pnvp.rty, r.hp.qhAm l ihrAry Wg1rn SpacE* (now ealled Welcoming Spacal.. Hoty Trinity Lunch Club IPreth400dl; Hope Churc* CheshBm Pop up Cafe & Warm Space. RSPC& and Women's Refvge (A￿esbUry). Out of date stock IOODI was disposed of by offeriThJ It to the Chesham Communty Fridge, and a help yourself facilty to volunteers, however, sorre items had to be birtned. Most ofthe products found to be out of date We￿ already past their best before dales when received by us. 61Page Chiltern Foodbank Accounts for year ended 31 March 2025 2025 Referral Partne CFB has 99 referral partners Ivouther i55uer5) registered with us. ofwhom 61 have actively issued vouchers in the year 2024125. IPrevk)usty 109 in 2023124 of whom 62 were active). The breakdown by referral partner ha hurch olunta ommun otsl Grou CttLzÈns Advi¢È Bui*nghamshire was the largest issuer of vouchers in 2024rks,15561 wth $ubstsnti81 numbers also issued from Community Support for Bucks (Buckinghamshirè Counfyl's Helping Handsl 12421 and Paradlgm HOu￿ng193). Other referral partners aach Igss th8n 100. most issuing less than 10. v￿un￿Or$ The Foodbank continues to be supported by a well-traineil and enthuskqstic group of 83 volunteers. These suppgrt the work of CF8 al its main W8￿h¢￿J$e in Chesham and ts distribution centres ift Chesham, Chajfont st PetgT. PrgsTh¥c¥)d and Wen¢Jover, and through Ictal food collections. Thg Tw$lee8 a￿ truly grateful for tre very hard work that all volunteers gwe in ensuring that the most vulnerable in our community are fed. CFB woukl like lo aCkntr￿1edge and thank Ross. our warehouse manager ano her tsam ofwarenouse volunteers, ali me troni OT nouse Volunteers, all van drivers. all delivery drtvers, plus the many Oth￿ volunleers who perfomi vrfal fundions in the lrfe of the Foodbank. Fundralsing Our comMuntt￿$ have begn very generou8 and we saw a C•Jntinued geneTosty in financial don8Uons Trurii 1ri¢Jl¥kJu4￿. drid u1y4nl￿t￿n¥, m¥ny olwhom un¢Jertook seif-InlUated frjndraising acuvriies. CFB h8$ not needed to uThJertake any *libonal fundraising actfvlbe8. IT and Dlgltal Support We make signfficanl use of IT in the running of the Foodbank. Most notable is th81 all our data wi1￿111411Y vui ¥lth*. uui aiid fL￿j ¢J1¥￿IbUllyj k¥ Iield uii Tiu¥bWI'¥ Uvuil-by￿ D¥ Collection System. The data and ststistics are ov¢rseen by our volunteer Margaret Irvine. All our files and information are hek1 on Tru88eU'8 doud based Goc4JJedrive. These arg sg¢ure systsms Ihat are GDPR complianL The CFB website Ls a generk on8 based on Twssell fomaL Our volunteer Robert Pender has bean regulady updatin9 our websiie with improvements and news iteiii¥ Iliikjuylivul Itiv yv41. There is a'Donate' button on the CFB website and axess to a 9￿1￿9 portal run by Enthuselcharity Ch￿kOUt. We have a Just Gmng account. used mainty by Corporats pathers overseen by KAte Tumock, our Lead voluntser for Corporate Llg180n. During the year, CF8 continued to receNe online donabons Enthuselcharity Checkout. Wa have an Instagram a¢counL develo￿ 8nd managed by our volunteer Lucy Chapman, whlc* enables us to share infomation, e4mpavJns. thanks and InS￿aht8 via 8IK#81 media. IT support was prwdgj by Cloud Smart Solutions. a local IT support provider at a tharity preferential The Twstees 8re grateful to MaryareL Robert Kate arKI L￿ for their data. IT and digiial supwt. Financial CFB continues to be b￿ed wilh heallhy finanual reserves as incxTh from gifts and grants èxceeded expenditure in 2024r25 by £43,675. 71Page Chiltern Foodbank Accounts for year ended 31 March 2025 i 2025 Bud(inghamshire Couniil ¢ontinued to support CFB through its grants to support the work of p￿dIng emergency food to local people. In particular they enabte Foodbank volunteers to have acrths to parking pennrts enabling them to park for free when volunleering at the Foodbank During th• yoar tha follmng payThents wcrc mddc to Trualees in reimburnemont of expcn4*• kwsonalty incurred in running CFB: Colin Osbaljeston John Shaw £44.95 £315.85 No otherTnJ8tees were Teimtwrsed any expen$8s. As well as emeryJenw ftx)d dlstribution. Chiltem FfM)dbank awards dlstyetionary grants lo help to alleviate povety. During the year 2024r25 the fojbvring grants were m•Je: £740 in Hardship grants to assisl indNidu31 dients in n￿. £30.627 to Citizens Advi￿ BuckiThJhamshire. our main refvrral pather. lo run a dgdicaled fr8gphone food c¥isis line thal allows d￿nts to access vouchers. This is coupled with the proviaion of expert adviLf fui dll ￿e￿￿￿tYj Lo a(J(Jress the undertying Issues contributing to theirfinana81 insecJJrity which in tum drives their need for food vouchers. £6.000 to Resto￿ Hope Latimei. to enable thern to Provide fresh fruit. vegetables and aggs to 80me of our dients. £7.500 to Chrfstian5 Against Povety for suppoiting many of our dlents in theirloumey to becoming debt free. £1,000 to Chetsham United Reform Chuid) tu iuri buiiiii￿ of me￿ & Eat proviaing food and In a safe and fun environrnent for famil*s tr￿n9 lo manage on a Jghl budget during the hol*Jays. £850 to Hoty Trinlty PrtsstsYo¢d to fund theSr Make Lunth Club 8e&8h)ns frorn M8y-December lo enable famil￿S vtho have thIK1ren that ar8 d¥3it4e for tr￿ school mogLg to 8c£e88 a hol and nutritious twtFciyJrse meal once a week in eath school holijay. Thg puth88e of all equipment was wrltten off by 1￿ during the year. The part tlmè CEO ?nd C¢xJrdinator, DK•ne Rutter, was the onty w•J rrember of staff. Sub¥equent to year.end 2 morg p8rt lime paid employges have been recruit8d. TuxAoolot In Chesham ￿ntinue to prov4do payrdl on a pro borv wlihji Lljtty Ii¥v¥ since 2021. for which the Trustees are nw)sl gralelul. R•••rv•• The Trustees consKlered the Chaws TeseNès targgL In 8c¢ordance with its reserves policy, when developing and approving financial pkns and budgets for 2024r25. The purpose of the reserves policy 16 to onBur& tho alabilty of tho dclfvery of th• rn￿￿10n and ongOih9 Qperntiona of the chirte Foodbank. Unrestriclod 9on8r41 fund r•8érvès are Intended to pmvidg an internal source of fvnd8 for srtuations svch as a sudden in¢re8se in eypenses. one-time unbudgeted expenses. unantiapated r•du¢tion in funding. or unlnsured losses. The taTg8t range for unre51ricted general fund reserves is based on 8 risk-based approach. When assessed this equated lo a minimum fiJThJ balan¢x at the end of 2024r25 of tetsyeen £110.ofxJ and £145,000, which represents approximatè￿ 9 to 12 months of planned unrestrirted expenditure. The Trustees havè ￿nS￿leTed the level of General Funds, induding designated funds for hardship and dilaprdations. held at the end of Ihe finanoal year. The level of Ihese funds is £589,601, which is £4t44,601 in excess ofthe lop of r8sarvo8 target range. This has arisen due to the generosty of donors and grant maker5 and vrithout any skwjfic effort being pul into fvndraising in the ￿￿Ou$ years. The Tnjstees have ujntinued lo albcate a Designated Fund of£350.C4)O to support the delivery ofthe Strategy. In additton, there are Designatgj ReseNes for Dilapidations and for the Hardship Fund. Dtjring the year the Trustees set aside oui of Gèneral Reserve Funds an amount of £2,000 to the Dilapidations Reserve. The re5u￿.ng balan￿% at Ihe year*nd were £12.000 and £2.529 respectively. 81Page Chiltern Foodbank Accounts for year ended 31 March 2025 2025 It IS anticipated that the balan(* of excess reserv&s of£80.072 ￿11 redL￿e signthcanty in fijture years due lo hvJher rent and payroll expenses along with add￿onal expendiiure areas that o)ntrknute to CFB'S purpose of helping lo address the (Suses of povety. Foodbank Van The van purchased by the Bu￿InghaM$hlre Building Souety In 2013 ￿ntinUeS to be well used for the (x)lJection of goods from Te$o), Sainsburls and Waitrose as well as the delivery of boxes lo the distribution centres at Preslwood and Chaifont St Peter. However, annual mileage 18 Jow and replacernent wll hopefully not be required for a number of years. The TnJstee3 are gratefttl to 0a￿et9h Garage in Chesham for the free provisKJn of servityng and MOT inspKtion of van durln9 thé y•¥r. Tesco sim card$ Throughout the year CF8 has bgan ab￿ to a¢£888 Tg8co wm cards through a partne￿h1P wlth Trussell and Tesco, whickn provkle 6 months of free data, calls and texts. These can be given lo clients in need when ￿queSted by our relerral parthe￿. FN8 wer6 gNen cyjt during the year. (Previously th• Partn•￿hiP was vthh Vodafonèl. T•seo Glft ¢ard$ Foll¢Ning on th• F¥)SitNe raeeption of Tesco grft cards that wg gave to dionts in 2023-24, tho Trustees agreed to purchase £15,000 worth of grR card$ in the 2024-25 budget for distribution lo d￿nts during the winter months when household costs are usualty al their hvJhest. Once again, the gift cards were WAII rprANPrt and pressure on hous•hold bud9•ts of our cli•nt*. h•lpin9 to r•duco tho nood for them to relum lo the Foodb8nk. Rlsk Manag•m•nt Thè prinapal risks and un￿rtaInt[eS considered by the Trustees included: Health & Saf•ty- Risk assessments and Hoalth and Safety poli￿ rgvwed and updated in July 2024 land *gain in July 20251, wsth mitg4titin¥ put In plow oo opproprfoto to onourc that staff, volunteers and dients were protected. SaleguardSng- The Safeguarding Policy and ass(xiat8d procedures were reviewed and updated and approvéd by the Tw8toe6 in Jufy 2024 Isnd again in Juty 20251. Financial- As the ￿port 8nd acojurrts shcw. the Chirtern Foodbank had a heathy flnancial position at the end ofthe year. The Trustees roviewgj and agreed the Charity's reserves poliey on 23 May 2024 lond o9oin in Moy 2W261, whioh. along ongoing financAal reporting and planning, ￿11 help gnsurg that finanrjal rtsks are managed effectNely. In addition. the Trustees have developed a fijll finanoal controls policy agreed in March 2025. Subsequent lo the year end the grant 9fvSng policy was reviewed and agreed in May 2025 Dats Protection- The Data Prolethon polw vras last wiewed and approved by Trustees in September 2023. It is dug to t* reviewed again in January 2026. Guidance 5$ also in place to holp Trust006, 6tsff ond voluntooro wrnply wilh thi> ptslicy and relevant dota protoction legis￿tIon. No dats breaches were reported to the ICO during the year. or since then to the date of thLg ropc R•tum•rs Project Our Retumers Project In partnership with Trussell and Citizens Adwce Buthnghamshire has continutyj throughout the year. Fundgd throu9h ts Firbanryal Indutsion grontfrorn Truasell thSs project helps us to address our second Strateg￿ aim to reduce the need forpeople to keep Trtuming to th Foodbank. We pay Citizèn$ AdvKe Bud(ingharrtshtrè for ¢aseworkeT time to provide direct support to Focmjbank cl￿nts who have had more than 3 parc819 in 8 6-month period. This enabl￿ a review of their financES and help to acrxss 8ny additional income Ihey arè èntitled to or support debts etc.. to ensure that they receNe the maximurn In￿rne possibk. Volunteer NI￿L3 Raher is the project lead for the Foc*Jbank and the Trustees are gratefvl for hor holp in overseeing and delivering this proje¢ In January 2025 we carried out an internal rewew of the success of the projecL Options we proposed to the trustees forw8ys foThYard teyond the CuT￿nt funding. We subsequenvy rnel wf(h the CEO of Citizèns Advic£ to set out what changes we would require to enabb us to lund the project beyond Novem1￿ 2025. 91P8ge Chiltern Foodbank Accounts for year ended 31 March 202512025 Future Plans- Strategy review and HR changes. In January 2025 we launched a review of our strategy which had run from 21Y21-2025. In each trustee meeting we have prcoressed this. (y)fflp￿ting SWOT an8tyses, Boston matriLX, and exploring options to mitigate our weaknesses and build on our strengths and opportunities. As a wur( of dv4CUS8tons ovèr the paBt ycars. It thgrccd to rec*urt a part time deputy C￿rdinatOr to ftBe up the CEO time to focus on strategy developmenL Subsequent lo the year*nd, of our existing volunteers have been appointed into a pahy lot￿thare ro￿ that commenced on 11t June 2025. We are dalighted to have Julie Gamston and Kate Tumod( in the patd staff tedm. 2 3... January 2026 and SWJ￿1 on their tehaif by: Approved by the Tru8lees on ...... Jon Salkekl Ch81r of Trustees 10IPage ) C* 00 C* 88 È o o v v > Chiltern Foodbank Accounts for year ended 31 March 2025 2025 BALANCE SHEET 31 March 2025 31 March 2024 FIXED ASSETS Furnitu￿, fixtures & equlw￿t £0 £0 CURRENT ASSETS Sto £19,029 £17.705 £527,139 £20.e61 £547,670 £17.221 Cash in bank and in h8rkJ- Genw* Fw*ds C8sh in bank and in hand- Fl￿ A0￿jnt £607,584 i563,87J Crnjitors tslling due wthn crn y¢8r £7ff2 £728 NET ASSETS £604822 £ 563,147 FUNDS: Unr88trtctsd In¢orno Fur 10 £589.601 £Y6,588 A•#triCI￿ Inoom• Fund6 10 £17221 £I0,J￿8 TOTAL CHARbff FUNDS £606.822 £563.147 Th• not•8 at p8g•8 13 to 18 fowm part ofltrese ac4Jknts. Appmved by IhA fin . January 2028 and signgd C￿ b•haW JC￿ Salkeld Chair of Twstees 121Pgge Chiltern Foodbank Accounts for year ended 31 March 2025 2025 NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS l Accounttng Policies {al Bag1$ of pr•paration and a￿•6Bm•nt ￿9•1￿9 ¢x>n¢•rn Tho finanaal slatements have been prepa￿ in actsrdance with the Statsmenl of Recommended practi￿.. Accounting and Reporting by Chaiili8s preparing their aox*unts in 8￿rdance wrf(h the Financial Reporting Standawd applicable in the UK and Republic of I￿land {FRS 102} &8sued in October 2019 and the Finanual Reporting Sland8rd applicable in the United lthngdom and Republic of Ireland IFRS 1n?l and thè Ch8rrtBs Act 2011. The chaiity has tsken advanwe of the provision In the SORP for Char￿&S applwng FRS 102 Upaate 8ullètln 1 not to preparè a Statement of Cash FINS. The finanaal statsments are prepared in sterling. whth is the fvnthonal cJJrrgw of the charity. MonfttAry Amniintg tn th￿ fin•ncial stat•m•nts ar• round•d to the nearo6t £. Th8 charfty eonstrtutes a public bengfft entity 88 defined by FRS 102. The financral statements have been Fryjargj underthe hISt￿]Cal ￿$tcCI￿anti0n wth item8 re¢>)gnisgd atcosl ortran88Ction value unless otherwise stated in the re￿Vant notels)to these financaal statements. Ibl Fund4 4tructvr• Rgstricted funds are funds wfiith are lo b8 u88d In th￿rdanc¥ wlth $FwfK rnstridiong IMp￿•d by th• donor or trust deed. Unrestricted income fijnds o)mpri8A Ihthgp. ftin(l* whip.h thp* Trust￿ ar• fr99 to for any purpoeo In furtherancE of the chatitsble objects. Unrestrict&J funds include designated funds whgre the Truste85. al thelr dlscretion. have c¥eated a fund fora sr*dfic purpo59. Further detsils of each fvnd are dtsdo¥•J in note 10. {el In¢om• r•cognltlon All Incoming r8sourc*s are rwnised once the chaiity has ￿till￿nI to the r880urces. it Is certaln thè resources will be recwd arrtl the monelary value can be [r￿sUr￿l wlth reliabilty. The value of donated good8, cathLqted at the rate set by the Trussem TrusL 18 shovm in Inc>)ming refvnds are recognk8ed vthen the Inc))me to wh** tw r￿fved. Interest on funds held on deposi( is induded when Te(*Nabb and the amount can be measured reliab by the charity,. this is norniaty upon notificalion of Ihe interesl pabj or payable by the bank. Idl Expendltur• roeognitlon Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there i8 a legal or construdvè obligation committs'ng the charity lo that eX￿enditu￿, it is probable thai sett￿rrent whl be required and the 8mount of the obligatton can be meayured relLabty. Ail exp￿nditure i% accounted for on an aoyuaLs basis. ￿1 expense5 induding support costs and govemance (y)sts are allocatsd or apwlioned to the appl￿b￿ expenditu￿ headings. Grants payable are payThents made lo third partks in the fvrtherance of the tharitab￿ obj&ts of the charity. In the 12se of an uncondrbonal grant offer thi% is ac£rued On￿ the recapient ha$ been notffied of tha grant award. The notrfK%tion gNe5 the rec¥Jient a reasonable expectation that they will r￿￿e the grant. Grdnls aYrdTds that a￿ subject to the ￿#plent ￿￿[lIng perfonnance condTbons are only 131P8ge Chiltern Foodbank Accounts for year ended 31 March 2025 12025 accrued when the wp*nt ha5 teen notified of the grant and any remaining unfvlfilled Lxnd(tion atlaching to that grdnt is outstiye of th& control of the charity. Provisions ft)r grants are made when the intention to make a gT3nt has been communic8ted to the roeipiont bth there is une•rtainty as to tho timing olthe grant or Ihc amount of 9rarrt payable. (•) Irrecovernbla VAT Irrecoverable VAT is ch8rged against the exFendrture he•Ying wh•th il was In¢)Jrred. {fj SiippArt *nd oov•mAne• eosts Support and govemance o)sts for thg Chaiity indude all costs invofving the public au>)untabilty ofthe charity and rts etsmpliance with regulation and good prath"￿. These costs indud8 rgbted to fees payable for the indeFendenl examinatb)n of the aczounts tcgevw WTth oth8r adminlstratNe expensgs. Unle88 direct￿ 0ttrlbul8h￿. witr. fiind. all those costs m•t 4)u¢ ol ￿n￿t￿cl•d fund¢. Further delails of the86 ojsts can be seen In notss 5 and 6. Ig) Expond5tur• on eharft•ble •ctlvlt5•9 Exponditur8 on tharitsble actfvltl&8 SnrJiAIA* dnnatinns nffoc#Y and grants m*d•, *$ $htwm in not• 4. Ihl Flxed Assets Fixed Assets are measured at ￿stlesS accumulated depreciation. Depreckgtson 1$ reca)gnSsed so a5 to write off the L))st or valuation of assets less their residual valuès over thèir uselul live5 on the followlng b88e8'. Flxtur8s. fthing5 and equipment 5 yoars stralght line {118tock Stock, recew8d bv way of don8tTh is valued 01 the wr end at Ihe v8luA hy thft TnJAAAII Tnist. Ul D•btorn Debtors are reojgnised at the settle￿t amount due or Intsjmo amount aCpyue*J ngt of any d*coLtnts due. Ik) Cr•dltars Creditors org tecognk8ed 81 thek s8t11e￿ amount afteralkmno for any discounts due. (11 Contlng•nt liabiliti•s The charfty does not have any ¢xMlingent f￿blI rfies. 141Page Chiltern Foodbank Accounts for year ended 31 March 2025 t 2025 Trust••s' Expenses and R•muneration The Trustees ￿1 give freety their time and exFeitise wIlh￿th any forni of remuneration or other benefft in cash or kind12024.. £nill. The Charity has employed a c¢>orfin8lor who has beèn remunerated in the poriod amounting to £2B,68412024.. £26.201). QU￿￿>t tru3tees were reimbursed a total of£861 {2024. £1,229) in the year. 3a Income from Don•ti¢)n5 and Logacl•s Unwp5tr1cted Rostrieted Fund$ Funds Year tts J1 March 2025 Year to 31 March 2024 Food donations Cash donatKJns Donaugns Indudlng tsx recovgraD £132.750 £154 147 £286 897 £132,750 £154,147 £286 897 £144,079 £158 358 £302 437 3b Incom• from Ch•rlt4ble Actlvttl•s Unrestrlct•d Rostrictod Fui)ds Y•ar to 31 Y•ar to 31 Mareh Mlrch 202¥ 2024 Grants- Bud(ingh8mshire Coundl Gr8nts- Trussell Trust Gr8nts- FlnancAal Indyslon Fund raising events Totsl £11. £0 £0 £34.442 £0 £11.960 £0 £34,442 £0 £12,877 £4,968 £33,118 £0 £50 963 £0 £0 £0 3c In￿tr￿ont Incom• unrn8thct•d R•sffi¢ted Funds Fund4 Y•ar to 31 March 2025 Y•arto 31 March 2024 Inte￿81 on Cash DeFo¥6ts 3d Oth•r Inc¢xn• Unr•strICt￿ Restrlct8d Funds Fund¥ Year to 31 March 2025 Yoarto 31 March 2024 Gain on revaluation of stock £0 151P8ge Chiltern Foodbank Accounts for year ended 31 March 202512025 Anatysls of Charitable Expendlturt Year to 31 Marth 2025 Year to 31 March 2024 Foodlcllents etr Value offood gNen to di8nts £131.824 £142.548 PuTchase of Food Gfft cards gNen to dients £0 £14966 £309 £19.687 £146,790 £162,544 Running Expens•s Salary and pensK*n Rent £26.201 £12.000 £0.04? £4,482 £4,233 £3.060 £0 £1.762 £422 £0 £1,194 £d.2Y4 £12,000 Unrforms and oth¢r voluntsor costs Storage and packnng material8 Repairs and maintenan Van expenses and travel ComMunica￿on$ and publiiity Post & stationery Telephone Computer njnnlng costs InsuraneÈ Llylil Ii¥¥l water Bank Charg85 Equipment Deprecaalon Sundry £3.965 £16.966 £3,815 £617 £1,079 £502 £406 £1,442 £23118 £164 £703 £1.373 £1,135 £1.389 £0 a319 £82.352 £65.826 Grants Citllens Athlce Buc*Trnghamshire Communtty Takeaway nnstsans Against Voverty Restore Hope Latimer UCR Meat and Eat Prestsvood Make Lunch OAsS$ Cook•ry Cours9 Soulhend Foodbank Van Ap￿1 st George's Little Challtsnl Flnancial Indusion Retumers Proj& H8fdship Fund £30.627 £29,866 £12,500 £6,000 £s,000 £1.000 £785 É6.000 £1.000 £B50 £0 £0 £33.780 £740 £200 £0 £32,481 £1.618 £80,575 £309.716 Total £318.6fj9 £33,780 12024.. £32,481) of the Flnanci81 IndusKJn Retumers Proje(* aThJ £nil {2024.. £0) of fvel vouchers grven to dierrts were met out of restri￿ fijnds. £740 {2024.. £1.6181 for the Hardship Fund was met out of designale(J funds. The rest of the (x)sts were met out of unrestricted fijnds. 161Page Chiltern Foodbank Accounts for year ended 31 March 2025 ' 2025 Othèr Expgndlture- Govèrnanc¢ Costs Govemance costs forthe Tnjst indude an costs invofving the public accounlability ofthe charity and its c£)mplianeo wth regulation and 9ood proclir*. These indude costs tpjated to iTidvy¥iid¥iiL examination fees as followE: Yoarto 31 Mar¢h 2025 Year to 31 March 2024 Independent Examlnerfs Remuneration INote 6) £762 £726 £726 62 All of the above ojsts ware met out of unrestri¢XeA fuThJs. Ind•p•nd•nt Examlnefs R•muMrauon The independent examinefs Munwation ¢￿p￿Se$ an Ir¥JeFendent exomlnation fee of£762 12024. £726) FSxtsr•$, ffttlng$ & equlpment Total Cost AS at l Apni 2(r24 Additions £5.678 £0 £5,678 £0 As 8131 March 2025 £5,678 £5,678 D•pr•elatlon As at 1 Aprfl 2024 Charge forthe year £5.678 £0 £5,678 Éo As at 31 Marth 202S £3.878 £J.OT8 Net Book Valug 0131 March 2025 Net Book Value at 31 Marth 2024 £0 £0 £0 £0 All a88ets relats lo unr8slri¢Xed funds Analysls of Debtors At 31 Mareh 2025 At 31 Mar¢h 2024 Prepayments and accrugj income Other tjgbtors £20.661 £0 £17,705 £0 £17 705 All debtorn ￿late lo unrestricaed funds 171?age Chiltern Foodbank Accounts for year ended 31 March 2025 4 2025 Anatysis of Crèdltoys fvlling due ￿[n one year At 31 March 2025 At 31 March 2024 AccruaL8 £762 £726 £762 £726 l ¢r8dltors falling due within one year rdats to unreStr￿d fvnds 10 Analysls of Charitabtt Funds BalarKe al 1 Aprfl In(￿Ing Resource8 Trdnsfers Balan￿ at 31 2024 resources exFwded betsveen funds March 2025 Unr•strlctsd Funds DesIgnat￿ Fund8- Hardship O•sign#tèd Funds- Oilapldations Dèslgftated Fund¥- New Strategy Restricted Funds Fuelbank R•stricted Funds Flnanel•l Inclu•ion £183.319 £ 319,711 {£275.9581 1£2.C()01 £225.072 £3,269 £0 (£7401 £0 £2,529 £10.000 £0 (£01 £2,000 £12,000 £0 (£0) £0 £350.000 £0 £0 (£0) {£0) £0 £16 559 £ 563 147 £33 780 £17 221 £606 822 11 An•ly$l$ of NetA$￿ts 8•lwMn Funds Unr•$tri¢ted D•slgnat•d R•$trici¢d Funds Fund$ Funds Tot•1 Fund balan￿ 8t 31 March 2025 are ￿presented by. Tot81 A88et8 £225,834 £364.529 c￿dit&s due withln 1 year £762 £0 £17,221 £0 £607.$84 £762 £606 822 Fund ba18n￿ èt 31 Mar(* 2024 were Tepres•nted ty. Total Assets £184,045 Creditors due wSthln 1 year £726 £183 319 £363,269 £0 £363,269 £16,559 £0 £16559 £563,873 £726 £563 147 18 | age Chiltern Foodbank Accounts for year ended 31 March 202512025 INDEPENDEpif EXAMINER>S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF CHILTERN FOODBANK CIO I report lo the charity InJslee5 on my examination of the 8L￿jnts of thè tharity for the year endèd 31 March 2025 which a￿ set out on pages 11 to 18. RespO￿lbilIt*S and basis of report As the charitys trustees you are reSpWib￿ for prryaiauon oflhe ac££Junts in acu)rfJan* with the requirements of the Charibes Act 2011 Ilhe Ad). I report in respect of my examinaknn of the charivs ac>)yJnts (*rried out under section 145 of the Act and in canwng out my examination I have followÈd all thè applThble Diroction8 gwen by tho Charfty Commrssion under section 14515llbl of the Act Ind•pgndefftexaminefs swem Slneè th• charivs gross In￿M0 ￿e0•ded £260,00) yourexaminer must be a m•mterofa boJy listed in section 145 of thè 2011 Act. I ha￿ ¢ompleted my examination. I confim that no matertal matters have come to my attention in connectiDn wrth the e%amin81ion giving mg eause to bpli•ve that in any mater181 respect.. aLxounting records We￿ not kept in ￿¢*¢1 of the tharfty 8$ reqLUTed by 8ecUtsn 130 ofthe Art or the accounts do not accord wrth those records.. or the accounts do not eomply wrth the appl￿ble wuiremènts o)nc£ming the form and conl8nl of accounts Set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) R¥gulations 2008 other than any quiremenl th81 the accounts gNe a 1rue and fair view whth Is not a matter consKlered as part of an Independ8nt examln8ti0n. I have no Goncems and have wrn¥ #uoss no otherrnatters In connecuon wllh Ihe ex8minats.on lovthlch attenlon Should be drawn In thk8 reF4Xt in ord&rtr* w•ble a propw undorstsThllng ofthe 8cuunts to be r•ach8d. Chrfstoph•r Nl•bet FCA Azets Audrt Services Suites B&D Bumham Yard Beacon8fieki Buaks HP9 2JH 23 January 2026 191Page