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2024-08-31-accounts

Charity No: 1184896

Love Driffield

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Year ending 31 August 2024

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Love Driffield Charity No: 1184896

Contents to the Financial Statements For the year ending 31 August 2024

Page
Trustees Annual Report 3
Independent Examiners’ Report 10
Receipts and Payments Account 11
Statement of Assets and Liabilities 13
Notes to the Financial Statements 15

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Love Driffield Charity No: 1184896

Trustees Annual Report For the year ending 31 August 2024

The Trustees present their report with the independently examined financial statements of Love Driffield, a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO), for the year ending 31 August 2024.

Reference and Administrative Details of the Charity, its Trustees and Advisers

Name of charity: Love Driffield Charity Registration Number: 1184896 Charity’s Principal Address: Love Driffield Rear of 52/53 Market Place Driffield East Yorkshire YO25 6AW

Trustees:

Names of Trustees who served during the year and since the year end were as follows:-

Name: Dates of service if not for the full year: Mrs Vivien (Angela) Train Mr Gareth Wood-Townend Resigned 1 October 2023 Mrs Felicity Temple Mr John Sharp Mr Alexander Murray Mr Timothy Dewhirst Appointed 6 November 2023 Rev Richard Teal Appointed 6 November 2023 Cllr Michael Lee Appointed 6 November 2023 Mr David Tite Appointed 6 November 2023

Independent Examiner:

James Richardson FCCA Chartered Certified Accountant Jackson Robson Licence Chartered Accountants 33-35 Exchange Street Driffield East Yorkshire YO25 6LL

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Love Driffield Charity No: 1184896

Trustees Annual Report For the year ending 31 August 2024

Bankers:

Lloyds Bank 15 Market Place Driffield YO25 6AH

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Love Driffield Charity No: 1184896

Structure, Governance and Management

Governing Document:

Love Driffield is a registered Charitable Incorporated Organisation governed by its Constitution (foundation model). The organisation was registered with the Charity Commission on the 14[th] August 2019.

Recruitment and appointment of Trustees:

The trustees form the Executive Committee of the charity. The members of the Executive Committee are elected at the Annual General Meeting by the members of the Charity. All members are circulated with invitations to nominate trustees in advance of the AGM.

The Constitution of the Charity states that there must be at least four charity trustees, with no maximum limit of number of trustees.

As the CIO is governed by a Foundation model Constitution, the Trustees of the Charity are also the only members of the Charity.

Trustee Induction and Training:

All trustees are provided with the Charity Commissions ‘Roles and Responsibilities of Trustees’, the Constitution and the financial statements including the Annual Report. Any training required by the trustees may be requested at any point, where it is considered useful to their role as trustee.

Organisational Structure:

The board of Trustees manages the Charity, and aims to consider only strategic decisions at its meetings. Trustees are aware that any conflict of interest is declared and recorded. The board holds its meeting every three months, date decided at previous meeting.

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Love Driffield Charity No: 1184896

Trustees Annual Report For the year ending 31 August 2024

Risk Management:

The major risks, to which the charity is exposed, as identified by the Trustees, have been reviewed and systems have been established to mitigate those risks.

The main financial risk to the charity at present is the reduction in donations and lack of grant funding available to support the food bank during the Coronavirus pandemic.

All systems and procedures are reviewed regularly to ensure they meet charity law and our own organisations aims and objectives.

Objectives and Activities

The charity’s objects are:

“To relieve persons in the Driffield and surrounding areas of the East Riding of Yorkshire that are in financial hardship in such ways as the trustees from time-to-time think fit. In particular, but not exclusively by:

Main objectives for the following year:

In shaping our objectives for the following year and planning our activities, the Trustees have considered the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit and this is regularly revisited.

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Love Driffield Charity No: 1184896

Trustees Annual Report For the year ending 31 August 2024

Achievements and Performance

Love Driffield is in its fifth financial year after becoming a CIO on 14 August 2019. During the year, Love Driffield held the official opening of the Hub on 22 November 2022 and work has continued to develop the new food bank premise into a serviceable community hub. The Hub has continued to provide a space for the community to benefit from, incorporating a digital hub, a workspace for the department of education and an area the Cherry Tree Advice Centre to name a few.

With the cost-of-living crisis continuing to take hold during this year, the demand has remained high. 2,088 families have been supported by the food bank within the year, with 3,287 bags distributed and 94 families supported with living assistance items. The high demand at the foodbank and continual improvements to the new premise during the year have meant it has been another challenging year which has been made manageable with the support of a fantastic team of volunteers.

During the year, Love Driffield has continued to develop The Hub, leaving it unrecognisable to the building which the charity moved into 4 years ago. This has allowed the charity to continue to operate as a community hub, alongside the foodbank, building a community centre for our clients as well as the general public when accessing courses and support services from the building. The ongoing investment in the building has been to create a more accessible and friendly space for the users.

Love Driffield has operated a Warm Welcome Space project throughout the autumn and winter of the financial year. A mixture of clients and pensioners attended, enjoying craft sessions and various out-sourced workshops. The aim of these sessions has been to reduce social isolation for some vulnerable members of the community, as well as provide access to community resources and create a provision of activities and warm refreshments. Love Driffield hope to continue the warm space provision, and include a sewing class going forward.

Love Driffield held uniform exchange events during the summer holidays of 2023 & 2024. These events were to enable families to swap school uniform for a number of local schools to reduce the financial burden at the start of a new school year. These events were a huge success and approximately 150 families were actively taking part in these events each year.

During 2023/24, Love Driffield have applied for grants to supply small appliances, such as kettles, toasters and airfryers, to support families who have been displaced or for clients who are struggling to equip their kitchens. These items have been vital in supporting our clients, allowing them to cook healthy meals and utilise the contents of the foodbank bags provided.

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Throughout the year, Love Driffield has continued to work in partnership with The Beverley Cherry Tree Community Centre to provide advice to our clients. The Adviser, Jo Ramsey. This service has continued to be invaluable, saving clients the expense of traveling outside of Driffield for this type of financial support. We cannot put a price on the help they have given our clients.

Other projects untaken during the year which Love Driffield is proud to have completed included working with local schools on a project to encourage social responsibility and good nutrition with local school children, ‘Operation Christmas’ whereby Love Driffield directly provided over 200 children with toys at Christmas and attendance at Driffield Show to get Love Driffield visible and increase awareness of our mission and services.

Food Donations

During the year we received 19,093kg of food donations, valued at an estimated £33,414. As our accounts are prepared on the Receipts and Payments basis, gifts in kind are not included within the financial figures provided.

Plans for Future Years

Please see main objectives for the following year.

  1. Continue to support local families in need during the cost of living crisis which continues to show with the continuing trend of a growing client list. This will include the provision of food and ancillary supplies provided by the Foodbank as well as the provision of services and signposting to support and support and advise clients and their families to improve their financial outlook.

  2. Work alongside schools in an education project, with children & staff attending the foodbank when not open to clients, doing role play / making pretend client bags / discussions on nutrition.

  3. Continue to use the Hub to facilitate ‘Warm Spaces’. This is to provide a warm welcoming space for members of the public to improve social isolation and access to community resources and create a provision of activities and warm refreshments.

  4. Building relationships with agencies and other community groups, in order to identify needs in the local community which Love Driffield could contribute support to overcome.

Statement of disclosure of information to Independent Examiner

We, the Trustees of the charity who held office at the date of approval of these financial statements, each confirm so far as we are aware, that:

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We have taken all the steps that we ought to have taken as Trustees in order to make ourselves aware of any relevant information and to establish that the charity’s independent examiners are aware of that information.

Statement of Trustees responsibilities

The Trustees are responsible for preparing a Trustees’ Annual Report and Financial Statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards. Love Driffield has income below £250,000 and has therefore elected to prepare the financial statements on a Receipts and Payments basis in line with the Charities Act 2011.

The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

Trustee Declaration

The Trustees declare that they have approved the Trustees Annual Report.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s Trustees

Vivien (Angela) Train -Trustee

Date:

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Love Driffield Charity No: 1184896

Independent Examiner’s Report to the Members of Love Driffield.

I report on the accounts of Love Driffield for the year ending 31 August 2024, which are set out on pages 11 to 20.

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 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to:

Basis of independent examiner’s report

My examination was carried out in accordance with 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 the 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 material matters have come to my attention which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

I have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

James Richardson FCCA Chartered Certified Accountant Jackson Robson Licence Chartered Accountants 33-35 Exchange Street Driffield East Yorkshire YO25 6LL

Date: 11 June 2025

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Love Driffield

Charity No: 1184896

Receipts and Payments Account For the year ended 31 August 2024

Notes
RECEIPTS
Grants
1
Donations
2
Hall Hire
3
Other Income

PAYMENTS
Food and Supplies
Packaging
Travel
Rent
Repairs
Insurance
Heating
Office costs
Accountancy
Internet and Telephone
Small Equipment
Marketing
Consultancy
Building Fund Expenditure
Sundries
 2024
2024
2024
2023
2023
2023
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Funds
Funds
Funds
Funds
Funds
Funds
£
£
£
£
£
£
-
42,125
42,125
1,500
41,714
43,214
47,059
-
47,059
40,079
8,632
48,710
2,150
-
2,150
1,626
-
1,626
6,550
-
6,550
-
-
-
55,759
42,125
97,884
43,205
50,345
93,550
25,821
18,148
43,968
18,225
38,962
57,187
2,767
-
2,767
5,974
-
5,974
118
359
476
53
1,269
1,322
1,375
15,500
16,875
- 10,125
10,125
1,008
-
1,008
1,458
9,207
10,665
1,570
-
1,570
1,558
-
1,558
2,011
981
2,992
311
2,764
3,075
1,633
-
1,633
1,981
2,733
4,714
480
-
480
480
-
480
1,588
-
1,588
-
-
-
313
3,131
3,444
1,400
3,652
5,052
54
-
54
30
-
30
-
6,000
6,000
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
544
(254)
290
404
465
869
39,281
43,863
83,144
31,874
69,177
101,051

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Love Driffield

Charity No: 1184896

Receipts and Payments Account For the year ended 31 August 2024

Notes
Net Surplus/(Deficit)
for the year

Transfers between funds

Net Surplus/(Deficit)
for the year after
transfers

Cash and Bank Balances
brought forward
Cash and Bank Balances
carried forward
4		 2024
2024
2024
2023
2023
2023
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Funds
Funds
Funds
Funds
Funds
Funds
£
£
£
£
£
£
16,478
(1,738)
14,740
11,331
(18,831)
(7,500)
(1,307)
1,307
-
(2,906)
2,906
-
15,171
(431)
14,740
8,425
(15,925)
(7,500)
40,238
20,634
60,872
31,813
36,559
68,372
55,409
20,203
75,612
40,238
20,634
60,872

The notes on pages 15 to 20 form part of these financial statements

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Love Driffield Charity No: 1184896

Statement of Assets and Liabilities As at 31 August 2024

Notes
Monetary Assets
Current Account
Total Monetary Assets

Comprising:
Unrestricted Funds
Restricted Funds
4
Non-Monetary Assets and Liabilities
Fixed Assets for the Charity's use:
Small Equipment – Weighing Scales
Trollies
Cages
Hand Truck & Ramps
Misc items < £250
Bale arm trays
Picking & Folding Trolleys
Pallet Truck
Office Furniture & Equipment
Storage Boxes
Shelving units
Commercial Fridges, Dishwasher, sink & range
cooker
PA Equipment & Projectors
Acoustic Pod, booth sofa’s & tables
Kitchen Cupboards
Soft Play Equipment
Acoustic Screen
Shelving Bays
Printer
Scaffold Tower
Dishwasher
Coffee Machine
Laptop Stand
Ladder		 2024
Total
Funds
2023
Total
Funds
£
£
75,612
60,872
75,612
60,872
55,409
40,238
20,203
20,634
75,612
60,872
730
746
235
174
1,064
730
746
235
174
1,064
1,200
1,200
441
441
348
348
1,299
1,299
320
320
121
121
5,944
5,944
955
955
2,334
2,334
736
736
1,287
1,287
1,329
1,329
324
324
311
311
1,175
1,956
197
36
80
23,344
19,899

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Love Driffield Charity No: 1184896

Debtors
Creditors
Trade Creditors
Fuel Payments		 -
-
686
906
-
-
686
906

These financial statements have been approved by the committee on __ _(date) and signed on its behalf by:

______Angela Vivien Train, Trustee The notes on pages 15 to 20 form part of these financial statements.

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Love Driffield

Charity No: 1184896

Notes to the Financial Statements For the year ended 31 August 2024

Notes

1 Basis of Preparation

These accounts have been prepared on a receipts and payments (R&P) basis in line with charity commission guidance for a charity of this size.

The comparative year covers the period 1 September 2022 to 31 August 2023.

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2 Grants

East Riding of Yorkshire Council – Emergency
Supplies
East Riding of Yorkshire Council – DIFEY
Lottery Community Fund – Employment Grant
East Riding of Yorkshire Council - Lissett Wind
Farm
East Riding of Yorkshire Council – Emergency Food
East Riding of Yorkshire Council – Emergency
Assistance
East Riding of Yorkshire Council – Warm Spaces
Tesco – Soft Play Grant
COOP – Local Fund
East Riding of Yorkshire Council – Emergency
Assistance 2
Rausing Trust – Supplies and Office Costs
Hey Smile Foundation - Unrestricted
Openwork Foundation - Unrestricted		 2024
Unrestricted
Funds
2024
Restricted
Funds
2024
Total
Funds
2023
Unrestricted
Funds
2023
Restricted
Funds
2023
Total
Funds
£
£
£
£
£
£
-
13,585
13,585
-
-
-
-
4,374
4,374
-
-
-
-
10,000
10,000
-
-
-
-
10,000
10,000
-
-
-
-
4,166
4,166
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
10,000
10,000
-
-
-
-
3,745
3,745
-
-
-
-
2,500
2,500
-
-
-
-
4,739
4,739
-
-
-
-
10,000
10,000
-
-
-
-
10,730
10,730
-
-
-
1,000
-
1,000
-
-
-
500
-
500
-
42,125
42,125
1,500
41,714
43,214

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Love Driffield

Charity No: 1184896

Notes to the Financial Statements

For the year ended 31 August 2024

3 Donations

Donations 2024
Unrestricted
Funds
2024
Restricted
Funds
2024
Total
Funds
2023
Unrestricted
Funds
2023
Restricted
Funds
2023
Total
Funds
£
£
£
£
£
£
47,059
-
47,059
40,079
8,632
48,710
47,059
-
47,059
40,709
8,632
48,710

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Charity No: 1184896

4 Restricted Funds


Restricted Funds
Food and Essential Supplies:
Rausing Trust – Supplies and Office Costs
ERYC – Emergency Assistance
EYRC – Welcome Spaces
Development of new premises
EYRC - Lighting
ERVAS – Food Poverty Alliance
Aviva – Acoustic Pod
Aviva – Warm Spaces
Tesco – Soft Play
ERYC – Emergency Supplies
ERYC – Lissett Windfarm
ERYC – DIFEY
Lottery – Employment
ERYC – Emergency Food		 Balance as at
01/09/23
Incoming
Outgoing
Transfers
Balance as at
31/08/24
£
£
£
£
£
2,901
-
(2,981)
80
-
174
-
(304)
130
-
(128)
-
-
128
-
13,332
-
13,500
168
-
892
-
(1,175)
283
-
(96)
-
-
96
-
138
-
-
(138)
-
2,210
-
(2,616)
405
-
1,213
-
-
-
1,213
-
13,585
(13,738)
(153)
-
-
10,000
(1,064)
-
8,936
-
4,374
(6,544)
-
(2,170)
-
10,000
(1,941)
-
8,059
-
4,166
-
-
4,166
20,634
42,125
(43,863)
1,307
20,203

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Love Driffield

Charity No: 1184896

Notes to the Financial Statements For the year ended 31 August 2024

Notes

4 Restricted Funds (Continued)

A brief description of the restricted funds are shown below:

Development of new premises

Restricted donations have been received to support the Love Driffield Food Bank, to access new premises as the previous site will no longer be available to use. The donations are to contribute to rent/purchase and any maintenance work that is needed.

ERYC – Emergency Assistance

Restricted funding was received from East Riding of Yorkshire Council emergency food fund to provide food and ancillary items to individuals and families in need within Driffield and surrounding areas in the East Riding of Yorkshire.

EYRC – Lighting

Restricted funding was received from East Riding of Yorkshire Council to update the lighting, this funding will be spent in the following year.

Aviva – Acoustic Pod

A donation was received from Aviva for the purchase of an acoustic pod.

EYRC – Lissett Wind Farm

Restricted funding was received from East Riding of Yorkshire Council for the cost food supplies for distribution to foodbank clients.

EYRC – Emergency Supplies

Restricted funding was received from East Riding of Yorkshire Council for the cost food supplies for distribution to foodbank clients.

ERYC – Warm Spaces & Welcome Spaces

Restricted funding was received from East Riding of Yorkshire Council to provide a warm welcoming space for members of the public to improve social isolation and access to community resources and create a provision of activities and warm refreshments.

Aviva – Warm Spaces

Restricted funding was received from Aviva to provide a warm welcoming space for members of the public in the local area.

Tesco – Soft Play

Restricted funding was received from Tesco PLC from their local fund for the purchase of soft play equipment.

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ERVAS – Food Poverty Alliance

Restricted funding was received from ERVAS as part of the food poverty alliance to provide food to individuals and families in need within Driffield and surrounding areas in the East Riding of Yorkshire.

Rausing Trust – Supplies and Office Costs

Restricted funding was received from the Rausing Trust for the cost of food & stock supplies and office costs incurred for running the Foodbank.

EYRC – DIEFY

Restricted funding was received from East Riding of Yorkshire Council to cover the cost of Cherry Tree consultancy fees for delivering financial advice sessions for Love Driffield clients.

EYRC – Emergency Food

Restricted funding was received from East Riding of Yorkshire Council for the cost food supplies for distribution to foodbank clients.

Lottery – Employment

Restricted funding was received from the Lottery Community Fund to cover the employment costs for a person to be employed by Love Driffield to support with the management of the charity.

5 Taxation

Love Driffield is a registered charity. All the charities’ income is applied to its charitable objectives and the association is therefore exempt under current legislation from most forms of taxation.

The charity is not VAT registered and all expenditure includes irrecoverable VAT.

6 Payments to Trustees

No remuneration directly or indirectly out of the funds of the Charity was paid or payable for the year to any Trustee.

There was also no reimbursement of travel expenses paid or payable to Trustees in respect of the year.

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