## **PANTRY FOR BLACON CIO (Known as Blacon Beacon) Registered charity number 1183763** **Annual Report for the year ending 31[st] December 2021.** Pantry for Blacon is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, registration number 1183763 ## **Governance and management** There were 6 trustees of the charity in 2021: - Rev Christina Upton (Chair) - Ms Sheila Little - Mr Edwin Green - Mrs Jenine de Leie - Mr John Reid was appointed trustee and Treasurer in February 2021 - Ms Kerry Cook was appointed trustee in November 2021 Through 2021 we employed a Store Manager 16 hours per week, and for 6 months a Kickstart employee who worked as Store Assistant for 25 hours per week. Additionally, from February 2021 we employed an assistant to provide computer support to local residents for 12 hours per week, alongside the activities of the charity. This proved most valuable, helping people with such things as CV writing, driving theory test practice and basic computer skills. We managed to receive funding to recruit an Administrative Assistant for 16 hours per week, and she began with us in December 2021. Our work would not be possible without the great support of our volunteers, who are involved with many different roles, including maintaining stock in the store, serving members when they attend, packing fruit and veg into bags ready for collection, and preparing sandwiches and other food for families attending for holiday meals. ## **Objectives** The charity exists to relieve food poverty in Blacon, Chester, and also to promote health, through the provision of good quality food at an affordable price, and encouraging healthy diet through education on food preparation. ## **Activities** Through 2021 we continued to serve members with weekly bags of ambient and fresh food. In return, they make a weekly contribution towards the costs (£3 per individual and £5 per family). We began to give members a choice (within in different food categories) of what they could have, to cater for different tastes. We also continued to provide Foodbank parcels for those eligible, and some of those recipients we encouraged to become our members. We had to cap our membership at 50, due to lack of storage space, and so we began to build up a waiting list. 2021 began with Covid restrictions continuing, and so we continued delivering meals and activities to local families in the spring term. This grew as well to two meals and activities provided during the Easter holidays. At May half term we provided a recipe bag, will all the ingredients to make a nutritious meal for the family, alongside activity bags. We did the same at October Half Term. It was a delight in the summer holidays, to be able to cater for families on site, so they could also take part in activities being provided in Holy Trinity Hall, Church and grounds. At Christmas, we returned to delivering Christmas dinners with activities to families. We became involved with a couple of other projects through the year as well. The Slow Cooker project was delivered jointly with Cheshire Food Hub, providing residents with slow cookers, and then regularly giving them recipe bags to use in the slow cooker. The Steps Challenge was funded by Sports England to purchase pedometers which were given out to residents with the challenge of who could do the most steps in one day, with prizes for the winners. The Blacon Art Trail was a project in which 20 different groups or artists produced a painting which was displayed outdoors around the community. A map of these was produced (alongside details of local history places of interest) and the map was both printed and published on social media, so people of all ages could (and did) follow the trail around the community. This work was followed up with workshops in the lead-up to Christmas, to make Christmas decorations. Our expanding and continuing work meant that we quickly outgrew our original premises, so plans we made to expand the room. Thanks to a grant from National Lottery Community Fund, and support from Holy Trinity Church the work started early autumn 2021, and was completed before Christmas. The ongoing relationship with Holy Trinity Church, who own the hall where we operate from, was formalised with a Memorandum of Understanding signed by both parties in December 2021, and to be reviewed annually. ## GRANTS RECEIVED We are very grateful for grants received from the following generous funders in the year to December 2021: Cheshire West and Chester council Cheshire Community Foundation Westminster Foundation Avenue Services (Holiday Activity Fund) Edsential (Holiday Activity Fund) Welcome Network Anne Duchess of Westminster Fund Sport England Police and Crime Commissioner National Education Union West Cheshire Foodbank TNL Awards for All Marjorie Boddy Trust Michie Trust Spacehive Cheshire West Voluntary Action (Christmas hardship fund) Pantry for Blacon R.C. Accountants Report for year ended 31 st. December 2021. Charity Number.. 1183763 In accordance with instructions given to U5 we have prepared the accounts on the follo'wing pages from the accounting records of Pantry for Blacon R.C. and from information and explanations supplied. In our opinion, the financial statements give a true and fair view of the state of the affairs of the business a5 at the 31st. December 2021 and of it5 profits for the year thus ended and have been properly prepared in accordance wlth accounting practice. Taking into consideration the restritted grants recelved and the expenditure of those and of grants carried over from the previous year, at 31st December 2021 we had £34,318.37 restricted funds remaining and £22,028.14 of unre5trirted reseNes. This represents about 25% of our usual activity (since last year we had large expenditure on building works) and so is in line with Dur reserves policy which is to have 3 months worth of funds in unrestrltted rese es. Accounts prepared bv.. LL- John Reid. CHI SAL. Accounts Approved and Audited Harry Dobson CHI 6AN. Oate.. 1st. August 2022 Pantry for Blacon R.C. Trading & Proflt & Loss Account to: Charfty Numbèr.. 1183763 31st. December 2021 2021 INCOAIE.. Grants Restricted Unrestricted 73437.70 3021.50 76459.20 12274.83 10624.81 2305.30 0.00 0.00 0.00 975.65 102639.79 Donations Members Contributions Prior Year Adj. Holy Trinity Reimbursement HMRC Miscellaneous Income HTC Reimbursement Cost of Salè8'. Purchases Direct Wages 25622.21 27377.44 52999.65 GROSS PROFIT: Interest & Other Income 4.97 1899.. EXPENSES.. Building Refurbishment Educational Services Emergency Support Expensed Equipment Insurance Expense Office Expense Printing & Stationery Rent of Premises Building Repairs & Maintenance Special Events Training Miscellaneous Exp 18696.12 2782.84 1009.00 1177.91 260.40 149.17 191.48 504.75 126.91 3821.79 32.92 648.03 29,401.32 Excess of Income over Expenditure Signed.. Harry Dobson. Auditor. Dat0.. 1$1. Augusl 2022 Pantry for Blacon R.C. Chartty NUM￿￿. 1183763 Balance Sheet 31st. December 2021 Current Assets.. 2021 2020 Current Account Savings Account Cash Wages Control 6101.85 50504.97 11260.79 Total Current Assets £56,606.82 £11,260.79 Current Liabilities Accounts Payable Suspense PAYE & NI Pensions 260.31 Total Current Liabilities 260.31 Nett Current Assets £56,346.51 £11,260.79 Financed By.. Capial Account £56,346.51 £11,260.79 Signed.. Harry Dobson. Auditor. Date.. 1st. August 2022