Dine With Us – Charity Number 1194247 Trustee Selection Every trustee must be appointed for a 4-year term by resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the charity trustees. The names of the Trustees who manage the charity for this financial year are: Rebecca Dawson Mark Ursell Ann-Marie Blaney The objects of Dine with Us are bridging the gap between food waste and food poverty locally. We take good quality surplus food from across the food industry and distribute it to local schools, charities, care homes, ambulance, police and individuals who are in need by reason of ill health, disability, hardship or social circumstances. We work with front line teams, taking pressure off them, by providing good and nutritious meals and supporting vulnerable people. We currently support 31 schools, charities, care homes and provide meals for around 1,000 families a week. We also provide an outreach foodbank service for those in need providing a hot meal, pudding, hot /cold drinks to consume immediately as well as care packages including sandwiches, cakes, tins, fruit and veg, toiletries and other miscellaneous items such as flowers. The trustees are fully aware of the guidance on public benefit. Our activities support all members of the local community in general. ## Contribution made by volunteers Our charity relies on the dedication of volunteers to help collect, inspect for quality and expiry dates, sort and distribute food to service users. Our volunteers also deliver care packages and car loads of food to other organisations. Our volunteers are the life blood of our charity and without their 7 days a week support, we would not be able to provide our services. ## Achievement and performance We have once again met the ever-increasing needs of our community, recruited more volunteers, are supporting more organisations, made more collections and distributed more food. We have increased our storage, freezers and chillers giving us the ability to reach further into the community and we have met the ever-increasing challenges of food poverty now due to the cost of living crisis, especially following on from the pandemic. We received a Community Appreciation Award from one of the care homes we donate to. Tight Control of our operating costs, together with an increase in fundraising and donations due to our work in this difficult period, has resulted in a significant increase in our financial reserves. ## Financial review The financial position of the year end was £152,602. The trustees are satisfied with the state of the charity’s affairs. The policy for holding reserves is to meet current going concern obligations and to have the ability to expand operations to meet the needs of the community. We are looking to improve our frozen storage facilities and move into larger premises to continue expansion. The Trustees declare that they have approved the trustees report as above. CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND ANO WAIES y l%'amE Dine Wrth U5 11Q4247 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period from 01104r2022 31103r2023 Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted funds Restri￿ed fvnds Endowment fvnd$ Totsl fvnds Last year toth• ￿1•$1£ to ne8re#£ totho nthr*st£ to thè nearest £ A1 R•ceipts Donations Gr8ni$ Fu￿j Taising 8A10 BN10 1D,OOD 80.328 7,901 1,000 10.000 eo,328 Balance of thne wih us on the stree*s B9,039 Sub total(Gross income for AR) 131.Q89 A2 Asset and InNTstment sales. {see table}. Sub total Total receipts 10.000 131.089 A3Pa •nts Rent P￿MiSe costs El$¢iri¢ity Insurance Wages Motor expenses Fund raisirKJ ¢DsIs Bank charges Sundry eipenses volunlqerexpenses 5.755 3,281 3,820 6.374 19.818 6274 19.818 4,1B3 1345 4,587 310 35 105 4,136 7,195 7.195 251 251 Sub total 51,310 A4 Asset and Investment purchases, See table Sub total 51J40 25.885 Net of r￿eIPtslpaYMents} AS Transf•rs betwten funds A6 Cash funds last ￿#r end Cash funds this year end 37 10. 47,39 105,2 104.204 141. 1.000 11 105.204 151602 105.20 CCXX R1 accounts ISSI 17107r2024 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestrlcted ftjnds fo rwre5t£ Restri￿ed fvnds Endowment funds Categories Dtiails lo nearest£ to ngarest£ 81 Cash funds 8aDk 141,602 11,0(K7 Tolal cash funds 141.602 11.lJOO s}) Unrestricted funds to npare5t£ Restri￿ed funds to neare5t£ Endowment funds to nearest£ Details Fund to whlch Currentval Ilonal Details C￿1 lopknall Fund towhi asset belon Details Cost lopllonall Current v¥lv• onal B4 Assets retained for the charlty's own us• Fund to whith ourtd du• tlonal Details B5 Llabllitios SkJned by one or tru51885 on behalf of all the trustees Date of roval SvJnature Print Nama Ann- Mar* Blan 16107r2024 CCXX R2 a¢xx￿nts ISSI 1710712024 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examinerfs Report Report to the trusteesl members of Dine With Us On accounts for the year ended 31 sl March 2023 Charity no {if any) 1194247 Set out on pages 1 and2 I report lo the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity I'the Trust I for the year ended 3110312022. Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 1"theAcl"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 the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145{51{b} of the Act I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention (other than that disclosed below l in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect.. accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records Independent examiner's statement Signed- Date: 1610712024 Name: Andrew Russell Relevant professional qualificationlsl or body lif any): FCCA Address: GARNER ASSOCIATES LLP 138 BROMHAM ROAD, BEDFORD MK40 2QW IER October 2018 Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts.. direclions and guidance for examiners). Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. The Charity has operated a social superrnarket during the financial period. Substantially the majority of its funds have corne from this enterprise The Income from the social supermarket is reflected in the Receipts and Payments Accounts as fund raising. On incorporation the social supermarket was considered by the Charity Commission not to be wholly for charitable purposes as no restriction was put on the users on a need's basis. The Trustees believe that the project has produced benefits for the local community and meets the Charities aims. The charity has been in contact with the HM revenue and Customs regarding the social supermarket enterprise, as to whether it needs lo be reclassified as a trade and account for any taxation which may be due. After taking legal advice the Trustees are in the process of separating out the social superrnarkel from the charity and it will be ils own entity going forward. This process is still ongoing. IER October 2018