## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 17/07/20 Period start date To Period end date** ## **31/05/21** ## **Charity name: Lancing and Sompting Churches Food Bank** ## **Charity registration number: 1190449** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**The relief of poverty through the**
**provision of a Food bank**| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identifiedinthe accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**Soliciting donations of food and money**
**to buy food from the local community.**
**This is distributed to those in need in**
**Lancing and Sompting.**
**We also provide vouchers from the**
**National Fuel Bankto those in fuel need. **| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees have had regard to the**
**guidance issued by the Charity**
**Commission on public benefit.**| Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**We do not make grants. We do provide**
**food and where necessary e.g. large**
**families, additional needs etc we provide**
**vouchers which can be redeemed at local**
**shops. **| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**The Food Bank is completely reliant on**
**the support of around 20 volunteers who**
**give freely of their time to ensure that**
**food is gathered, checked and**
**distributed.**| |Other||**We support a project in the school**
**holidays to ensure that families in receipt**
**of free school meals have access to 2**
**cooked meals a week free of charge. **| ## Achievements and Performance ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**The Food Bank has risen to the challenge**
**of the current pandemic situation.**
**Demand for our service has doubled in**
**the last 10 months.**
**We have opened a second distribution**
**centre in Sompting. This provides an**
**easily accessible distribution point on the**
**edge of our community.**
**We have become part of the national Fuel**
**Bank helping people heat their homes**
**and cook food.**
**We have supported a local slow cooker**
**initiative distributing 30 slow cookers and**
**recipe books free of charge to enable**
**people to provide healthy cheap cooked**
**meals.**
**We have actively engaged with other**
**local charities and co-ordinated our work**
**with other food banks and the local**
**council**.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**We are in a strong position. We have**
**benefitted from a lot of generous giving.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
statingwhy they areheld|Para 1.22|| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**Zero**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**It is the judgement of the trustees that we**
**do not need to hold reserves and we use**
**the monies that we have to ensure that**
**we can continue to provide a balance of**
**food. **| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**Public donations.**
**Donations from grant awarding**
**organisations e.g. Lancing Lions,**
**Lancing Parish Council, Adur District**
**Council.**| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**There is uncertainty about the local**
**authority’s willingness to maintain our**
**principle operating base.**
**Options are currently being explored.**
**There may be some costs associated**
**with moving should that prove**
**necessary.**| |Other||**The Food Bank receives significant non-**
**monetary resources in the form of regular**
**supplies of donated food from members**
**of the public & local organisations. The**
**donated food is distributed directly to**
**those in need as per the objects of the**
**charity. In addition, the functioning of the**
**Food Bank relies largely on volunteers**
**donating theirtime. **| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed,royalcharter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Elected by members**| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**Networking is largely through the**
**AWFood Partnership.**| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charityname|**Lancing and Sompting Churches Food Bank**| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|**1190449**| |Charity’s principal address|**Lancing Tabernacle Church**
**105 North Road**
**Lancing**
**BN15 9BB**| ||| **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Mark Deacon|Co-ordinator||Members| ||Peter Johnston|||| ||JudyBowers|||| ||Nicholas Munday|||| ||Thomas Fink-
Jensen|||| ||Jonathan Gyll|||| ||Laura Upward|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**| |---|---|---| |**adviser **||| **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** Declarations Signod on behalf of the cha . Signature(s) Full name(s) Poslllon (eg Secretary. Chair. otc) Dato 9&-0?.21 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES & SomFthry Clwrthej Food B•n* 1190449 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a from To 17K*7fa020 31m12021 Section A Receipts and payments Unr•strlcted fund• RoStrKted funds Endowment fvnd• Tolal lunds Last y•aw ¥ th• n•w••t £ th>th• nw••te ty th•n••rwtE k4th• r*v••t£ X4th• n•w••t£ Al R•e•lpts G•Mral dOnats￿ fvr hardBh Oon•tsons kn PaKI 13,12• 1112• 1A70 R•fvnd•dfrorn 8ATT Sub totsl(GroJ8 incom& for AR) 1412• mon Iw labl•l. A3Pa •nt• hafd5FAp P•h1 Jypptyi ICT Rvourc Inwr•D¢• SATT m•*l%prr*l IXl•i (thank you gtht*l 4,020 102 102 Sub A4 A￿et and Inve¥knenl table Sk•r ul Sub t￿ 1S.192 Il¢1 of rnceiptrfp•1711￿tsJ A5 Trnnsfers between fund$ Afj Cajh funds last y*av end 4JS ,907 21171 CCXX R1 ISSI C6111rJJ21 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrtstr6cted fuwKIs End<>wment funds funds to nE•re¥t£ B1 Cash IV11 7MO 1V11 fund5 funds funds to n•artst£ Details NOI4E Curr•ntv•lu• Oetails 83 Invè1tm•nt •ss•ts Doiails NONE CuFf•M v•Iu• B4 Assots r•lairnd forthe charty'• own uso Detai15 NONE Fund knwnt+*J• VI?￿ du• 86 Llabililies Z•F44 by LTh tr￿9* on f of all trn*e ShJn￿jre Print Nam& Date of rov8[ PGB JL*Y 2.11.2021 CCXX R2 xwJrd• ISSI Lancing and Sompting Churches Food Bank CC Number.. #1190449 Accounts for the period 17th July 2020 to 31st May 2021 Independent Examiner's Report Edward Richard Gill FCCA. Fellow member of the Chartered Assooation of Certified Accountants who holds a current Practising Certificate. I am atting In a completely independent capacity. I confirm that I have read and understood the Charity. Commissioners, directions and guidance with regard to Independent examlnations. I have accepted an invitation to art as independent examlner. Period 17th July 2020 to 31st May 2021. Accountlng basls: Recelpts and payments. Gross Income.. £24,099. Guidance: In accordance wlth the Charlty Commisslon's Guldance document: 'Independent examination of chartty accounts.. Guldance for Trustees,, last updated 14/07/2021. IA fin Proper accountlng records have been kept. The accounts for the perlod accord with the accountlng records. There are no matters arising of materlal slgnificance. The accounts, in Charlty Commlsslon prescrlbed format, have been checked and found to be in a state ready to be submitted to the Charity Commission wlth the TAR. The persons, appolnted by the Trustees to maintaln the books and records, are aware that three categories of submlssion, as listed below, must be made within io months of the year-end. Ir Annual accounts in prescribed form CC16a (XLS) Trustees, Annual Return (PDF) Independent Examiner's report (PDF) Signed: Edward Richard Gill FCCA Dated: 15/08/2021 Lancing and Sompting Churches Food Bank CC Number: #1190449