|**Youmay choose to include**<br>**additional information, where**<br>**relevant, about:**<br>**• policies and procedures**<br>**adopted for the induction and**<br>**training of trustees;**<br>**• the charity’s organisational**<br>**structure and any wider**<br>**network with which the charity**<br>**works;**<br>**• relationship with any related**<br>**parties;**<br>**• trustees’ consideration of**<br>**major risks and the system**<br>**and procedures to manage**<br>**them.**|**The charity continues its work smoothly and**<br>**efficiently, with trustees and volunteers maintaining a**<br>**collective culture of shared purpose. Quarterly trustee**<br>**meeting deal with the overall challenges facing a**<br>**small organisation; and weekly gatherings of**<br>**volunteers and trustees discuss day-to-day issues.**<br>**The charity is small and heavily reliant on our**<br>**committed and energetic volunteers, who have not**<br>**missed a single week, packing and delivering, since**<br>**our inception.**<br>**Trustees are inducted through the volunteer process,**<br>**so that we all have a clear understanding of our**<br>**methods and share the values of the collective.**<br>**We aim for best practice through self-scrutiny, with**<br>**on-going risk assessments of every step of our**<br>**procedures.**<br>**Every effort is made to create partnerships with other**<br>**independent community organisations, preferably on**<br>**one-to-one rather than group forums.**|
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|**Summary of the objects of the**<br>**charity set out in its governing**<br>**document**|**Relief of poverty specifically but not limited to.**<br>**- the encouragement of food cooperatives**<br>**- Linking communities through shared values**<br>**- Promoting and developing local community’s ability**<br>**to be self sufficient.**|
|**Summary of the main activities**<br>**undertaken for the public**<br>**beneft in relation to these**|**Collection of high quality food waste from several**<br>**organisations including Felix Project, Fareshare and**<br>**Neighbourly; as well as our community allotment,**<br>**local businesses and individual donors.**|





|**objects (include within this**<br>**section the statutory**<br>**declaration that trustees have**<br>**had regard to the guidance**<br>**issued by the Charity**<br>**Commission on public beneft)**|**Redistribution to local families via a team of**<br>**volunteers using their own vehicles, once a week.**<br>**Links with a community allotment and a community**<br>**cooking project.**<br>**We have developed ever closer links with some local**<br>**schools and churches, sharing resources for mutual**<br>**benefit.**|
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|**Youmay choose to include**<br>**further statements, where**<br>**relevant, about:**<br>**• policy on grantmaking;**<br>**• policy programme related**<br>**investment;**<br>**• contribution made by**<br>**volunteers.**|**Volunteers are the powerhouse of our organisations,**<br>**giving freely of their time and energy.  Several of our**<br>**marginalised and isolated recipients have, over time,**<br>**gone on to take a central role in our packing and**<br>**distribution.**<br>**We advocate for shared, collective activities and aim**<br>**to break down barriers between volunteers and**<br>**recipients, so that everyone is a beneficiary, and**<br>**everyone a collective member.**|
|**Summary of the main**<br>**achievements of the charity**<br>**during the year**|**We have nurtured a successful partnerships with St**<br>**Mary’s Church, our hosts in East Barnet, who allow us**<br>**to use their premises free of charge for the packing of**<br>**the crates.**<br>**We have also established close working relationships**<br>**with other organisations and schools in our**<br>**catchment.**<br>**Our allotment is now in it's fifth year, in regular use,**<br>**with produce being shared, and fruit used for jam**<br>**making sessions, then distributed to households.**<br>**Weekly gatherings are held with our volunteers to**<br>**address any issues, plan for the future, and generally**<br>**socialise.**<br>**We continue offering sessions in food hygiene and**<br>**other training. Several members hold Food Hygiene**|





||**and First Aid certificates, Level 2 & Level 3**<br>**Weekly walking sessions and outings are taking place.**|
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|**Brief statement of the charity’s**<br>**policy on reserves**|**The charity does not have any significant overheads,**<br>**and generally have been self-funding in our early**<br>**years.**<br>**A National Lottery grant of £ 5000 in 2024 has been**<br>**used for maintaining our allotment, arranging**<br>**storage, improving the workspace, and paying for our**<br>**utility and insurance costs.**|
|**Details of any funds materially**<br>**in defcit**|**No funds materially in deficit**|
|**Further fnancial review details**<br>**(Optional information)**<br>**Youmay choose to include**<br>**additional information, where**<br>**relevant about:**<br>**• the charity’s principal**<br>**sources of funds (including**<br>**any fundraising);**<br>**• how expenditure has**<br>**supported the key objectives**<br>**of the charity;**<br>**• investment policy and**<br>**objectives including any**<br>**ethical investment policy**<br>**adopted.**|**See above re National Lottery**<br>**The charity is small with no overheads and therefore**<br>**the financial risk is very low. Barnet Collective is**<br>**solvent and intends to continue as a going concern**<br>**for the foreseeable future.**|






|**Barnet Collective**|||**1194664**||
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|**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||**CC16a**|
|**For the period**<br>**from**|01/11/2024|**To**|31/10/2025||



## **Section A Receipts and payments** 

|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest**<br>**£**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest**<br>**£**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**600**<br>**89**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**689**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**689**<br>**667**<br>**196**<br>**734**<br>**57**<br>**651**<br>**352**<br>**258**<br>**263**<br>**1 079**<br>**4 257**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**4 257**<br>**-                3 568**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**600**<br>**89**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**689**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**689**<br>**667**<br>**196**<br>**734**<br>**57**<br>**651**<br>**352**<br>**258**<br>**263**<br>**1 079**<br>**4 257**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**4 257**<br>**-                3 568**|**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
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|Asda Southgate donation|**600**||**-**||**-**||**600**||**5 300**|
|Other donations|**89**||**-**||**-**||**89**||**161**|
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|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|**689**||**-**||**-**||**689**||**5 461**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**||||||||||
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|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**||||||||||
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|Utilitybills|667||||||||**300**|
|Insurance|196||||||||**-**|
|CommunityAllotment Expenses|**734**||||||||**-**|
|CookingProject Expenses|**57**||||||||**-**|
|IT Equipment|**651**||||||||**-**|
|Health and SafetyExpenses|**352**||||||||**-**|
|TrainingExpenses|**258**||||||||**-**|
|Travel Expenses|**263**||||||||**-**|
|Other Expenses|**1 079**||||||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**4 257**||||||||**300**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||
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|**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||||||
||||||||||**300**|
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||**6 339**||||||**6 339**||**1 178**|
||**2 771**||||||**2 771**||**6 339**|



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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|**Categories**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>Bank Account<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>Signature|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**2 771**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**2 771**<br>**-**<br>OK<br>OK<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
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