## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 01/01/2023 To 31/12/2023** ## **Charity name: Leominster Food Bank** ## **Charity registration number: 1194140** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|For the public benefit of residents of
Leominster and the surrounding area, the
prevention and relief of poverty by the
provision of food, funds, goods or services| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|A twice weekly Food Bank session to supply food
to clients in poverty and to signpost people to
further support and provide referrals and
financial help with gas and electricity.
A twice weekly Food Share session, distributing
food waste from local shops and supermarkets.
A Money Advice service for clients in financial
difficulties.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees confirm that they have complied
with their duty to have due regard to the
guidance issued by the Charity Commission on
public benefit in exercising their duties and
powers.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other ## **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|During January to December 2023 we
distributed 1,820 adult food parcels and
1295 child food parcels totalling 3115 food
parcels distributed over the year. This was
340 more than in the previous year.
Those people referred for a Food Bank
voucher were given access to a wide range
of food, toiletries and cleaning products and
were given a mix of tinned and fresh food in
their food parcel.
Our referrals came from partner agencies
such as Turning Point, Housing
associations, mental health services and
schools. The job centre stopped offering
referrals in February 2023 which meant we
trained a dedicated group of volunteers to
offer ‘triage’ on arrival to the food bank. They
check people’s eligibility for a referral based
on income and personal circumstances
where they have no other referral agency
and issue food bank vouchers where
appropriate, as well as offering appointments
for our Money Advice Centre.
During Jan – Dec 2023 we saved over
22,100 kg surplus food from landfill (based
on an average food crate holding 5kg food).
This includes 13,104 kg from local
supermarkets and 9,360 kg from Fareshare.
At our twice weekly Food Share sessions we
served an average of 97 people each week.
We were able to offer food bags in the
February, Easter and Summer school
holidays as part of our strategy for
preventing food poverty. The aim of the
holiday bags was to support families not
eligible for free school meals as well as
offering further support for those families
impacted by the two child benefits cap or
otherwise struggling. We distributed 721
holidayfood bags during2023. In the latter| part of the year we found volunteer capacity issues combined with rising numbers of people attending the food bank meant that we decided to concentrate on core work and we did not offer holiday food bags. For Christmas 2023 our Food Bank clients were offered extra meat and vegetables for Christmas in addition to their usual food parcel. We gave out 258 Christmas meat & veg parcels. Our CMA Connect Centre money advice volunteers continued to work face to face with clients with money issues. A large part of this work was helping clients apply for grants to help with fuel costs, school uniform and other essentials from Tenbury Nils, The Fuel Bank, Herefordshire Community Foundation, Mothers Union and other local organisations. We offered referrals for fuel top ups to Fuel Bank. Fuel top ups ranged in value from £10-£50. We referred households to Herefordshire Community Foundation for fuel support grants ranging from £200-£500. As well as our on-site services, we continued to attend the Barons Cross support surgery with a food share once a month. This gives increased access to our services to those living away from town on the Barons Cross housing estate. We also delivered food donated by the Co-op every night of the week to those people in need of more regular support. We had 60 volunteers, between them giving over 130 hours a week in volunteer time. Founding member of Leominster Food Bank Wendy Pridie stood down from being a trustee and volunteer at the end of 2023 having been a volunteer and member of the management committee for over 11 years. We gained two new trustees in the autumn of 2023. We continued to campaign for the end of food and fuel poverty by speaking to radio, television and newspapers and being part of IFAN, the independent food aid network. We publicised the services we offer in the Herefordshire ‘Worrying about money’ leaflet in partnership with IFAN and other local organisations. This leaflet was distributed round the county by Herefordshire Council. We also produced our own leaflets and used Facebook and our website to increase awareness as well as featuring on the Herefordshire Talk Community Directory. Ownership of our premises was moved from Hereford Community Foundation to Leominster Town Council by Community Asset Transfer. This has given us more security as Herefordshire Council had intended to sell the building at auction. **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|| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Our policy is to ensure an ability to provide
ongoing support during a period involving
a drop in donations, a sudden increase in
expenditure, or an event not covered by
insurance.
We spent £66,000 on food and other
essentials during the year, and costs are
increasing, so we need to hold £100,000 in
reserves.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£100,000**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |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|| |---|---|---| |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|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|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|Appointed by other trustees| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and Para 1.51 training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Leominster Food Bank| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1194140| |Charity’s principal address|The Old Priory Rooms
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**any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Katherine Bland|Chair||| ||Margaret Wilkerson|Treasurer||| ||Wendy Pridie||01/01/2023 - 20/12/2023|| ||Anne Clark|||| ||Caroline Arthur|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |20||||| ## – 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**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**| |---|---|---|---| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||**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** t)g¢laratlon5 Tho trwl¢w d•El*r• that they hvwè apprnyed thp tr￿￿•¥. r•pprt 8bov•. S1¥r￿ on bwh#lf ol the char&y's tfft￿tee$ Slgnattsr•(BTr Ful ftth•l* Kathar￿ &and Mar￿￿et Ydlkerson P08i16on10g Sacrelaryi Chair, etcl Cth*r "Treasur **Charity Name No (if any) Leominster Food Bank 1194140 Receipts and payments accounts For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 1/1/2023 12/31/2023 ## **CC16a** |**Section A Receipts and payments**||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**
Regular MonthlyDonations
**22,433**
One-Off Donations of £100 or more
**14,332**
One-Off Donations of less than £100
**4,912**
Church Donations
**723**
Grants
**59,097**
MoneyAdvice Grants
Interest
**1,590**
**-**
**103,086**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 103,086**
**A3 Payments**
Food
**43,461**
UtilityVouchers,Top-Ups,etc
**1,202**
Other Essentials
**3,023**
Equipment/Uniform
**1,133**
Rent
**11,129**
Mileage Repayments
**2,094**
Utilities,Insurance,etc
**3,993**
MoneyAdvice Costs
**-**
**_Sub total_ 66,035**
Food Bank Equipment
**2,276**
MoneyAdvice Equipment
**-**
**_Sub total_ 2,276**
**_Total payments_ 68,311**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ 34,775**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**69,659**
**_Cash funds this year end_ 104,434**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**10,090**
**-**
**-**
**10,090**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**10,090**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,689**
**-**
**2,689**
**-**
**106**
**106**
**2,795**
**7,295**
**-**
**4,866**
**12,161**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**22,433**
**14,332**
**4,912**
**723**
**59,097**
**10,090**
**1,590**
**-**
**113,176**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**113,176**
**43,461**
**1,202**
**3,023**
**1,133**
**11,129**
**2,094**
**3,993**
**2,689**
**-**
**68,724**
**2,276**
**106**
**2,382**
**71,106**
**42,070**
**-**
**74,525**
**116,595**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |||**-**|**22,433**|**17,322**| |||**-**|**14,332**|**10,965**| |||**-**|**4,912**|**3,993**| |||**-**|**723**|**1,118**| |||**-**|**59,097**|**34,553**| |||**-**|**10,090**|**-**| |||**-**|**1,590**|**213**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**113,176**|**68,164**| |||||| |||**-**|**-**|| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||||| |||**-**|**113,176**|**68,164**| |||||| |||**-**|**43,461**|**29,258**| |||**-**|**1,202**|**2,542**| |||**-**|**3,023**|**17,026**| |||**-**|**1,133**|**-**| |||**-**|**11,129**|**3,457**| |||**-**|**2,094**|**1,725**| |||**-**|**3,993**|**1,442**| |||**-**|**2,689**|**4,240**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**68,724**|**59,690**| |||||| |||**-**|**2,276**|**1,969**| |||**-**|**106**|**409**| |||**-**|**2,382**|**2,378**| |||||| |||**-**|**71,106**|**62,068**| |||||| ||**7,295**|**-**|**42,070**|**6,096**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**4,866**|**-**|**74,525**|**68,429**| ||**12,161**|**-**|**116,595**|**74,525**| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**|**Details**
Lloyds Bank Current Account
Unity Bank Current Account
Unity Bank Savings Account
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Food Bank - Shelving
Food Bank - Crates
Food Bank - Tables
Food Bank - Other Items Purchased
Food Bank - Donated Office Equipment
Money Advice Equipment
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**10,068**
**9,685**
**84,681**
**104,434**
OK
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Unrestricted
Unrestricted
Unrestricted
Unrestricted
Unrestricted
Restricted
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**|**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**12,161**
**12,161**
OK
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||OK| |||||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||||**1,021**| |||||**560**| |||||**1,823**| |||||**4,846**| |||||**500**| |||||**2,135**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees |Signature|Print Name
Margaret Wilkerson|Date of
approval| |---|---|---| ||Margaret Wilkerson|3/14/2024| |||| ## ## ## ## ## ##