Bare NecessitAes Toiletry Bank Trustees. Annual Report for Bare Necessities Todety Bank (reg no 1193427) incipal Ad(tress - Unit 3aWatsoDS Mews. 3 Hawthorn 12ne. Wjlmslow SK9 January 1st 2024_ 31st December 2024 Ourvision - Alleviation of hygene povety so that no-one has to choose between eating and keeping clean. ol Mission - To provide hygiene essentials and toiletries to other charities and organisations in the North-west which support people in need. Ow Values - Our work is infornied by our belief in and commitment to. fairne5S, tolerance. integrity and probity. inclusivity and diversity, equality, respect and transparency These activities have been conducted by the trustees with due regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit and infonned by our belief in. and commitment to fairness and equality. Our Objectives To continue to provide monthly support 32 charitieslorganisatsons in five sectors. women, foodbanks, mother & baby. youth & schools and homeless To provide these with regular donations of either donated hYene products andlor purchased items by us To fund special projects such as Give a Smile and SUDS Give a Wash Day from time to ttme to address a particular need To maintain our volunteer pool at a level sufficient to enable collectton and collattng donations and making deliveries To raise funds from a combination of donations. grants and fund raising To continue to communicate about our charity's purpose and who we help through our website, use of social media and PR To keep under review the processes and reporting structure to describe and record our activity and monitor our financial perforniance and ensure compliance
To maintain and or increase the number of donation boxes within the community Activities Delivered through; Supported 39 charities. (364 regular deliveries to 32 with one off deliveries to 7) in five sectors. women, foodbanks. mother & baby. youth & schools and homeless Delivered 2105 of our tote bags each specifically tailored to the charity's clients. needs Delivered 5513 small packs including 719 five days of dignity bags for street homeless, 912 women's well-being packs. 337 Mother's Day and 181 Father's Day for children to give their parents (dj'stiibuted through youth charities). In addition. 3207 dental hygiene packs through our'Give a Smile, campaign, and over 25M Xmas gift packs via a cross section of all the charitses we help Delivered 14 full pallets of toiletries to foodbanks including to some two Crewe and Oldham based charities increasing our reach Ran two phases of SUDS Give a Wash Day (17 deliveries -almost 100,000 laundry detergent pods giving over half a million days of clean clothes to poorer households) Our network of trustees and volunteers collate. pack and distribute the Tote bagslsmall packs Grew our Sewing Bees group to19 regular volunteers making hand sewn bags of all sizes increasing our volunteer network. community engagement and in line with our eco aspirations Donated products are sorted by type and records kept of deliveries made to the charitieslorganisations we support and we maintain regular contact with them to ascertain their needs Donations are made through our donation boxes which are located throughoutthe community. These are collected by our volunteers and delivered to our otEce. In addition. we purchase products using funds obtned through grantsldonations and fundraising Attending local events and maintaining close relationships with other local charities, organisations, businesses and educational organisations to Staying connected within our community Key Achievements and Performance Increasing the products, we distributed with an estimated retail value of almost £IOOk in 2024 providing sustained support to the organisations and charities
We bought 6.261 bottles olshatnpoo. 6,726 bottles of shower gel, 12,992 tubes of toothpaste. 11.964 toothbrushes. 7.122 deodorants, 131.652 laundry detergent pods Developing our regular volunteer group. (Team Tuesday) who support us in our activities Conducting regular tralning for our volunteers and facilitating 360 feedback and continual iTnprovements Funth'ng two phases of SUDS Give a Wash Day our second special initiative Expanding our award-winning'Give a Smile, dental hygiene initiats've which ran on three occasions distributsng 3,245 dental packs to local families and individuals in need through the charities and organisations we support and benefitting 7.997 people: (1661 individuals and 6.336 families of four We have 25 drop off points for don2tions We held three fundraising events, a coffee morning, a running festival, a golf day and a lunch which raised substantial funds and allowed us to increase our profile Developing relationships which connect the community including with other charities, the Freemasons, the High Sherrif, the Wilmslow BID and Wilmslow's Way Better team and local businesses Continued our board development reviewing the operation of the trustee board, developing trustee skills. continuing to review our policies and procedures and creating our strategy Receiving recognition of our work by being invited to a Garden Paty at Buckingham Palace Launching our new brand identity provided pro bone for us Financial Opened the year with £32.023 in the bank and ended with £32,464 BN ended the year in 2 robust financial position with income exceethng forecast We raised £90,832, national lottery award (£20.000) and donations, (£29,139) and the balance from fundraising events netting £41,231 and interest £463 The single highest yUe donation received from an individual was £3024 Our income was skewed - partly due to two of the fundraising events which both fall within Q3 & 4 and the timing of donations £79,515 was spent on purchasing products to supplement donated items £4,811 was spent on operating costs No investtnents are held beyond placing some of 0 income into a deposit account with our bank Reserves Policy
Our Reserves policy is to maintain sufficient funds to cover one year's rent, insurance and IT costs and is set at £5.000 Structure. Governance and Management Goveming document- Thjst Deed dated 26 January 2021 Constttution - unincorporated Trust No employees are employed by the charity We have a pool of 35 volunteers who have been actively working for the charity duringthis financial period Trustees are recruited with consideration to relevant sla'lls and experience We have in place policies which are shared by the trustees and with the volunteers as appropriate Trustees are in place until they retire and the Chair and Secretary are re- elerted each year, the trustees meet every three months None of the trustees have been paid during the financial period of this return, excluding out of pocket expenses Trustees Wendy Hobson - Chair Abigail Louise Gill - Secretary Michael Richard Calderbank Beverly Carol Heagerty Diane Susan Smith Benjamin Lambert Louise Russell - appointed 1110112024 Fiona Claire Miller- retired 3111012024 There are no corporate trustees. The charity does not own any property. The trust does not hold anv funds as custodian trustees on behalf of others. Declarations The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees, report above. Signed on behalf of the ChlS trustees Wendy Hobson - Chair Slgnattwe . M-rQ>- Date - }4" o+. zd2 Abigail Gill - Secretary Signature . Date -
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Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Bare Necessities Toiletry Bank Registration number 1193427 Responsibilities and basis of report As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 20111 'the Art'l. I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 14515llbl of the Act. Independent examiner'5 Statement I have completed my examination. I can confirm that no material matter5 have come to my attention in connection with the examination 8iving me cause to believe that in any material respect.. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act- or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Robert 5taniland Chartered Accountant IICASI 51 Brinkburn road Hazel Grove Stockport SK7 4NR 20, February 2025