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CTrarity Regi#rntionNumt¢r. 1185423 Junction 7 C.l.O. Forthe I" 2020 to 31° Marth 202I

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Junction 7 CIO Reference and Administrative Details CbirnaD Simon tkny Trnste Jane Day Gillimn Stebbings Shaun M¢kan 1185423 PrineipAI OtTre 7 Silverdale Pi Nvton Aycliffe, DL5 7DZ HarlM)ur View A¢¢ounting I 16 Pthk Plac¢. BN17 5DP

JunctRon 7 C.I.O. Trustees, Report Trustees Annual Report for the period 01 April 2020 to 31 Marcb 2021 The tr￿SteeS sulxnit their annual retmjrt and the financTal statrm¢nts for the yearended 31 March 2021. The TTU5tees have thpt¢d th¢ w0visio￿ of the Statement of Recoll￿¢￿d¢d Practice (SORP) ("A¢¢￿￿tillE R4￿ing by Charitiesry in Exe￿rIr£ the annual reFK)rt and financial statements of the charity. Name of Charity: JwKtion 7 Registered city numi%r. 1185423 ii¢gistered Addr￿. 7 Silverdak Pla¢¢. Newton Aycliffe DL5 7DZ Pri￿1[￿1 o￿tati1￿ Athjress: Th¢ ARK &9 Silvenlal¢ Newton Ay¢liff¢ DL5 7DZ The Charitygs Thistets: Tern ofoffite Simon Day Chir 20 Semernber 19- To Present Ms Jane Day llomorary Secr¢lry 20 Seber 19-To Presenl F41rs Gill Stebbin OS Decc•ber 19-To PTrs¢ot Sbauo Mdea •4 Ottober21- To Prueut Bankers: Brcknys B•ttk PIC 4949 Beverlge Wy* NewtOD Ayclifft Di5 4DT Baok

Structhrfy Governanee and Management The Charity's governlng d￿v￿alts 8T¢ a TrLLSt D￿laratIOn wjoptcd on 2(Xh SetAemixr 2019 There must ix a minimum of 3 tDJstees and a ￿￿XiMuM of 7. who are apwinted or re-apwbint¢d annually at the AGM held in Septemtr. Akmrt from ttuskffj ¢v¢ry must k 2tTninted for a t¢rni of 3 ycaTS by a resolution of ￿ trustees. In 5cl¢diDg individuals for opwirfttment as tTUSte¢s. the trustees must have Ttgard to the skill4 kwwl and experience for the eff¢rtive thinistration of the Charity. All tr￿￿te¢s mwt sAgn acoDfidentiality weemenL All 1nkn give their tim¢ aThJ skllls voluntyrily The ChaTity is sI4Wt￿l by supwxtm from marty walks of life who wovide dmt10￿ of f(rf assist with f(M)d collection& fironcia]ly aNI act as volunt¢¢rs. It w0￿S closely with range of agencies in N¢wton Ayclifft and the surrouThJing 8rrA8 and an eX￿nd￿ network of local front-line professionals t￿ludIng all the l(Kal School& D(thJrs' surgeries. Citiz￿$. Advice BuTeau& Social Services and lo￿1 Church￿ Distritrtrtion ￿treS are 0￿rated from 8-9 Silverdale Newton Aycliffe DL5 7DZ Pla￿. objectiv￿ and Activitses The preventim or relief of ￿)Vety in Newt() Aycliffe aryl surmutthng areas by Froviding itenL8 and s¢rvices to individuals in neryj ￿￿OrcharitieS or other oTganisatioL8 working to F￿Vent or relieve poverty Nothimg in this constitution shall an aFvlicatioo of the woperty of the CIO forthe rwM)ses which are not Ch￿ltabl¢ in accor￿ wtth section 7 of the Clwiti¢S 2nd Tntstee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and section 2 of the Charities Art INoJ1hern Irc1w￿ 2(#)8 Achievements and Perfonnanee . The year starting 01 ApTiI 2020 to 31 March 2021 our 2nd pcri(xl as a clwity OTKTatton. Emergency Focd Boxes were siwlied to the ffsidents of Newton Ay¢liffe and SWTounding areas. Junction 7 FoodFAnk is wthgoing a sI￿1fiL￿Dt level of growth since its inwion in Sernernb￿ 2019 and is theref￿e now in a Fwiod of developnKDL A funding ond communication5 team FLS set up to eTrsure effective c￿n￿UnIcatiOnS with both voluntecrs and the public and work thus far It￿1￿ an ￿tiVe Fxeiwk and ffgular, high- quality Newslett¢rs and lo￿1 Newsparxr adverts. Food don8tions have been given genuthLsly by the of Newtffl Aycliffe a￿1 surmurrfjing ar¢ as w¢ll Ls collethd surplus f(Kxl from vari(Mts SUtKrniatkets which cx¢eethd ov¢r 148 tons in the i(MJ from 01 A￿[ 2020 to 31 Ma￿h 21Y21. A of 2.868 Fople w¢re fed in thi5 Of Ilse 1.423 w￿e thlts ond 1.445 ¢hildTen. We have also seeD increwe of 25Y• iT￿rease towards the eDd of FAarch 31. 2021. to Covid 19. The 5UF¢rnwket surplus would hav¢ gone to L2ndfdl if ju￿tion 7 collecte Several fuTrJing • Suppli￿ fundiDg to ￿)Verthe In￿¢$C in deMw￿ of the F(￿ duc to Covid a￿1 w¢ also re￿iVed fimding for a refrigeratrd vehicle these are (ktsileAJ in our financial statements. Tr TTUSt¢es are gtat¢fid to all iNtividuals a￿{ organisations WI￿ have given financially. the 0￿rntion of the F￿XI￿Ank requires incom¢ to ￿ver ruDniDg CXpe￿ ftlr the ambient fi)od. Jun¢tion 7 supplied over 25￿* crisis fiKKI parcels ftThn ambient f(Kxl through this period

ensure that it is fijlly urfnpliaDt with the tern￿ of the (kTTal Data Prot￿￿10￿ RegulatioAs. W¢ also Polieies JunctiOD 7 b$ the ￿1￿leS ill plx (Safegwdxng) Health aThJ Saf¢ty: Statement of Policy ADti.DiscTimination Policy Dth l)rote￿ Poli Coth of CoThluct Fitthn¢ial Control Policy Confidentiality PoiKy Lone Working Poli CoJ)fiict of interest ￿1]rY Environm￿ Policy EbU￿lty and DEv￿51ty Poli¢y Ethical FuDdrntsing a￿1 pli¢y Har&wnent and Buitying Policy. heahb and safety Icr Policy Vlhisde Blowing Policy

Future Mr Simon Dayg Chairman This year marks th¢ 2nd year of 7. Overthis wi(ML we ￿ve seen a growth in Junction 7 with the swrt of Livtn HO￿81n8 one of our Lo￿] Authorities for th¢ wse of Two of their buildings th¢ (ARK Newton Aycliffe). All gro￿ work w&8 shut down due ￿ the pandemic and Junction 7 had to re¢rnit rn￿¢ volunteers to deliver aThJ Collert fryxl fri￿￿ vario￿$ outlets. provision of emergency f(KMJ suppli¢& E8￿ciallY with th¢ onset of Covid 19 from the 1° IAKkdown on March IP to March 2￿21 we have seen in(¥e￿o need forour Servi￿ with 25Y• m(Ke cli¢nts requesting emergency f(KxL The Tr￿Stee5 FAve agre￿ a Thre¢-Year Pian with th¢ following o14ecllv￿. l. To seek to am¢li(nte the imiwt of Pathic on our clicnts 3. To work with other8geNies to ensure families with chddren on free SCR￿1 mcals receive enough food dwing s¢lKx)l knlidays a￿1 develop a klMx)l Holiday Activity Programme. 4. To increasc the avaiiabiltty of diffemt lten￿ for exampk frdi f(xN£ fr07eD 5. To 11Kr￿e the nwnkr of Agencie5 to ￿l$t with ￿fe￿I$. 6. To seek to iLkntify within the ll¢￿ yw. the extent of umnet neeAJ in the outlying am of Newton Aycliff¢ and surrou* ar 7. To Volunteers are confident io their abittty to Slgiiixist clients 8￿rOpri￿1Y 8. To eL8ure Volunteers are c4Jnfident in <kaliDg with Safeg￿dID￿ a￿k￿d ¢li¢nts and IT i&8ues 9. To develop a B￿]n￿S Continuity Plan for Junctith 7 10. To etysute thatJundirn7 has Vdutrt¢¢rs ￿ aFvoryiak skill5 aThl krthvl¢dg¢ to ca out its core fU￿10Th$. I l. To investigate and intr<th Fundirg

Mindfill of the time comnthent of key membu5 of Jundion 7 we have TnY¢Sti8atoA the pxsibility of employing key staff. The TnLes have eonclth that forthe wesent we will not b¢ putsuing this Itne. We are exploring the options of using a management c(Hnwry to (kvelop our Anti Human Trdfficking and modern slavery accommodation dewttn¢nL Financialty, tlthnks in no small way to the genefftsity of our regular funder5 and donory we are currently S￿Vre. W¢ eontinue to mindfid of our vulnerabiltty in th¢s¢ times of increasing austerity and otherconflictiDg demat¥ts on the gellefftsity of th¢ public. We remain grateful to th¢ local ￿pIC and SUFYrmarkds who have Sur4￿ed FocAllxnk a￿5 coMm￿ity fridge wojects by dol￿ting ahnost 148 metric tons of fth)d in this p¢rio& In additi￿ we are grnteful to the inct￿1ng nwnbeT of local food supply b￿1￿C&￿ who are involved in the various pilot SCI￿e9 to S￿lY fresh prrrflu hot forml to our clieTts. My petsonal thats to 011 oftFtllL Finally. having ien with Jun¢tion 7 Sir￿ its inceOion and Cbairof TnJ5tees for this period. It has Ixen a pl￿￿re to Ix involved wtth JU￿10￿ 7 to help to suc£essfully d¢v¢lop what ￿71 be a thriving and s&lly. Charity. The s￿CeSS of Ik jU￿tIon 7 would simply ]M)t be p)ssible witlK)ut I tireless effort of my frllow Tntstes the ]Kge number of Volunteers that Tllake JwKtion 7 the su(ws it is. Thnk you all. Some of our fina￿1￿1 well.1￿ing has trKen r￿u[t of the geD¢nisity of a small tnllnlrr of donor5 but it is now cl¢ar that this will reduce in futu￿ We will IKcorne mor¢ d¢tndert on our reEu13r fUl￿1n8. and swnsoTship. Our new Barclays Bank cknity account ts wthing well. We ate tsking intt￿lIVeS to and improv¢ tk supix)rt given to l(Kal kKople in need and w¢ extrt to cover Ik L￿8 of these frcffi our The Tru5te¢s have continued wvth thcir ￿lIcY of wudffice f8irne55 in Ma￿1￿ the fiwKial affairs of ju¥￿tiOn 7 and intend to ContiTh￿ in that vein foTth¢ itthfinite futur¢. A professiond Inde[*n￿￿t Examination is now requir¢d our Accounts since the ofthe Clwity bas risen a￿￿)y¢ the threshold level [ffe5cnI￿ by The Chty COMM￿10￿. Reserves Policy The Trustees of Junction 7 s¢¢k to tnaintsin thquat¢ reserves to cnsure that all rtasonable day.t<thy nmning costs can be met as and when fall due. wising the iwic fM]ancial pri￿lpIe that the Board of TnL8tees is r¢sp)nsible for ensuring th8t solverKy is Maintsin￿ 'Adequate ￿serVeS. is deemed to ￿ sufficient fillMliDg for 3 M￿ttL8, of n(xmal expeTrlitur

Junction 7 C.I.O. Independent Examiner's Report to the trustees of Junction 7 c.I.o. I re[￿ to the tsIL4ees on tny exwDinthon of thc ¢ouDts of Ju￿tIon 7 C50 forthe year ettded 31° March 2021. ResrA)nsibilities and t&Si8 of rel￿ As the Cl￿7￿ tr￿￿teeS of Junction 7 CIO you are ￿stA￿￿7b1e for the pretAtation of the c4)wts in alxordw with tl Tequirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('thc Act,). I rerKJrt in ￿ of my examimtion of JwKtion 7 CIIYS xcounts ¢arrieAJ out uth se¢tiw 145 of the 2011 Act and tn ¢anyirs out my ¢xaminalioD I have followed all the a￿li(￿bI¢ Directi(Jns given by the Charity Commission 145(5Xb) of the AL Inde￿1 exami1￿$ statement I have complded my examination. I confim) that no m8tuial matters have come to my atietiti￿ in c(rfmrKtion with tk examination giving me ￿ to beJi¢ve that in any mat¢rial resrKct: ounting records were JNA in yes￿ of Jundiw 7 CIO as requird by se¢tton 130 of the A¢t: matt¢rs in c4)nnedion with the examination to wbich att¢ntion slx)uld drawn in this re[￿￿t in OTdeT to enable a prop¢r Unde[5ts￿￿8 of the to ￿ rehe SIGNED: DATE: 23.3.2023 William Hall LLB Harlmmr View Aowntmg Ltd 16 Purixck PlaL* Littlehampton West Sus BN17 5DP

(mAR￿y COMM155ION FThF ENGiANO AND WALES Recei ts and ents accounts CC16a 31J133)21 To Section A Receipts and payments Restrctg Endowment Total fvnds Lasty&aT A1 ErntM*CH I￿j F￿ 105 17 116 WA {￿ft1

A14 14 11.013 X61 CCXX R2xuxHtsISS) 10

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Detsi15