|**Trustees' Annual Report**|**Trustees' Annual Report**|**Trustees' Annual Report**|**Trustees' Annual Report**|**Trustees' Annual Report**|**for theperiod**|**for theperiod**|**for theperiod**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**From**|Period start date|||**To**|Period end date||| ||01|01|2023||31|12|2024| ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** Livingwaters Storehouse **Other names charity is known by** > **Registered charity number (if any)** 1190038 **Charity's principal address** |
1190038|| |---|---| |33-45 Bolton Street|| |Chorley|| ||| |**Postcode**|**PR7 3AB**| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Lynda Pim|Chairman||| ||Michelle Lacy|Trustee||| ||John Lacy|Trustee||| ||Alexander
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**Address**| |---|---|---| |||| |||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||| |||| ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Trust Deed 19[th] June 2020 Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Trust How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Appointment Trustee selection methods - (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: - policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; - the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; - relationship with any related parties; - trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** **TAR** 2 |**Summary of the objects of the**
**charity set out in its**
**governing document**
**Summary of the main**
**activities undertaken for the**
**public benefit in relation to**
**these objects (include within**
**this section the statutory**
**declaration that trustees have**
**had regard to the guidance**
**issued by the Charity**
**Commission on public**
**benefit)**|1.
The relief of financial hardship amongst people in Chorley,
Lancashire and the surrounding areas in particular, but not
exclusively by:
a) Providing emergency food, essential toiletries and household
items to individuals and families in need and/ or the distribution by
charities or other organisations working to prevent or relieve
poverty
b) Such other means, including (but not limited to) support with,
budgeting and signposting to relevant information and other
advisory services
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To advance the education of the public in Chorley Lancashire and
the surrounding area in the subjects of English, Maths, and
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Providing a referral-based foodbank for local clients
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Providing hot meals to all clients who access emergency food
referral.
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Providing education as set out above periodically.
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Providing access and signposting to other services that can assist
clients in moving forward| ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** **TAR** 3 You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. ## Section D Achievements and performance **TAR** 4 ## Section D Achievements and performance **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** 1. Successfully continued to provide emergency food hampers to a total of 2,211 in the year 2. Provided Key Skill English and Maths classes for free to clients – 24 exams have been passed in this period. 3. Started a CAP Life skills course that includes financial management – recruited and trained 30 volunteers to help facilitate the course. Current number of courses held in this period 3. 4. Retained and trained new volunteers to work in the charity, including recognising their service by providing volunteer celebration events. 5. Worked with many local organisations and charities to ensure a wide spectrum of cover and provision across the area. **TAR** 5 ## **Section E Financial review** **Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves** The charity aims to keep 2 months operating costs in reserve. The current reserves are £114,902 representing significantly more than the 2 months operating costs of circa £5000/ month. **Details of any funds materially in deficit** ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: - the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); - how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; - investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ## **Section F Other optional information** ## **Section G Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** ## **Signature(s)** **Full name(s)** L Pim **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chair **etc)** **TAR** 6 Date 2110312025 TAR CHARITY (OMMISSION It4f•iANO ￿40 w￿(5 I￿Vir Recel tsand ents accounts .J/x.- CC16a Fgr th• p•nod T• Section A Receipts and payments Unf•stnct*d R•stnct•d Iwd• End¢)￿1 Totsi iyn4s La51 y•41 A1 Gprt A•• tabl• AJP• m•ntA 94 XTJg• 2•J4 JJ 1.142 Sub ft)tsi Sub ￿¢11 101.su •5,•17 Il•1 olrnC*ptW&•￿1￿•lrtl) . AS Tran•1￿ b•iw•n fur*d• A6 Cmjh luod• 1•4f >wr •nd C•Jh fvndj thls y••r •nd 13. IDS.S 191.554 120.0 Section 8 Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrostr'.citd lund• fsjndb 81 C•8h luTh*• Ix*,o Tor•i ¢•sh lund¥ 106,$ 120.0 lun# lundi rtJilr* B4 A•srf• r•tsln•d ftK th• haf*ty'• o¥ffi u•• 88 U•blllll LIVINGWATERS STOREHOUSE CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the tru5teesl members of LIVINGWATERS STOREHOUSE On accounts for tho year ended 31ST DECEMBER 2024 Charity no lrfany} 119308 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the atM)ve charity (￿he Trusf} for the year ended Responsibilities and As the tharTty trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the ac£ounts in accordan￿ with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (Ihe Acr). I report in resp8c* of my examination of the Trust's &counts canied out under sedion 145 of the 2011 Ad and in carying out my examination. I have foll¢)wed the applicable Direc*ions given by the Charity Commission under section 145151(b) of the Ad. I have (￿Mpleted my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention (¢Xher than that disd0￿ belLhY ') in connection with the examlnats"c￿ whith gives me cause to belie%e that in, any material resFeCt.' aC￿UntIng records were not kept in a￿ordan￿ with section 130 of the Act or the a