
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From 1.4.2022                  Period start date   To Period end date** 

## **31.3.2023** 

**Charity name:Ivybridge Food bank** 

## **Charity registration number:1195218** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|**To relieve poverty in our area in particu-**<br>**lar, but not exclusively, by providing**<br>**food parcels. To help relieve financial**<br>**hardship by signposting to in house ad-**<br>**visor.**|
|Summary of the main activi-<br>ties in relation to those pur-<br>poses for the public benefit,<br>in particular, the activities,<br>projects or services identi-<br>fied in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|**1. To provide food parcel to those re-**<br>**ferred to us**<br>**2. to signpost to other specialist organi-**<br>**sations i.e. debt relief charities**<br>**3. receive donations of food and manage**<br>**storage and distribution**<br>**4. work with funded CAB worker to en-**<br>**able clients to be self sufficient and**<br>**independent of food bank.**|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity Com-<br>mission on public benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees have had regard to the CC**<br>**guidance on public benefit**|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

SORP reference **N/A** Para 1.38 Policy on grant making N/A Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment 



|Contribution made by volun-<br>teers|Para 1.38|**Our organisation is totally dependent on**<br>**volunteers and we are supported by 30**<br>**committed people in this area. The vol-**<br>**unteers come from all walks of life and**<br>**work in teams on a rota basis.**|
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|Other||N?A|



## **Achievements and Performance** 

||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|**IFB has supplied  964 food parcels dur-**<br>**ing this period to families and single**<br>**people. That is approximately 2900 peo-**<br>**ple and the number of children in-**<br>**creased from last year.**<br>**We were able to signpost some clients**<br>**to CAB for debt and housing needs with**<br>**positive results.**<br>**We worked with CAB and the local**<br>**housing people in enabling some clients**<br>**to become independent of the food**<br>**bank.**<br>**We were invited to several organisations**<br>**to share the work of the Trussell Trust**<br>**and IFB in particular there by raising the**<br>**awareness of the local population**|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

N/A Achievements against obPara 1.41 jectives set N/A Performance of fundraising activities against objectives Para 1.41 set 



||Investment performance<br>against objectives<br>Para 1.41<br>N/A<br>Other|
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## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s fi-<br>nancial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|**We are maintaining our financial stabili-**<br>**ty but aware that we may have to**<br>**change some services should the costs**<br>**go up**|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**We hold a reserve which would cover**<br>**initial costs if we were to lose use of the**<br>**building or lose food supplies.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£4000**|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24||
|Explanation of any uncer-<br>tainties about the charity<br>continuing as a going con-<br>cern|Para 1.23||



## **Additional information (optional)** 

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|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**Donations from individuals, other chari-**<br>**ties i.e. Rotary and local companies, fi-**<br>**nancial contribution from supermarket**<br>**and occasional grants from the Trussell**<br>**Trust. We also have food donations from**<br>**a supermarket and Plan B**|
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|Investment policy and objec-<br>tives including any social<br>investment policy adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**Loss of premises, loss of personnel, fi-**<br>**nancial crisis.**|
|Other|||





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:||Constitution|
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|<br>Para 1.25||
|How is the charity constitut-<br>ed?<br>(e.g unincorporated associa-<br>tion, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any con-<br>stitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|**This has been done by word of mouth**<br>**recommendation and personal interest.**<br>**We are currently looking for a specific**<br>**trustee to be a volunteer co-ordinator**<br>**and will use the Trussell Trust network**<br>**initially.**|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

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|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|Para 1.51|**Initial visit then filling in of required**<br>**forms. Visit where policies are given**<br>**out, H&S video watched and introduced**<br>**to the team they will be working with.**<br>**Monitoring carried out on weekly basis**<br>**by individual conversation until well set-**<br>**tled.**|
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|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the char-<br>ity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any relat-<br>ed parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Ivybridge Food Bank|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1195218|





||Charity’s principal address<br>The Methodist Church<br>Fore Street<br>IVYBRIDGE<br>PL21 9AB|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

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||Val Marriott|Chair|||
||Karen<br>FitzGerald|Admin Manager|||
||Jutta Berger|Treasurer|||
||John Scaffert|IT Manager|||
||Frank Holoran|Grants/<br>community<br>contact.|||
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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<br>held in this capacity|n/a|
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|Name and objects of the<br>charity on whose behalf the<br>assets are held and how this<br>falls within the custodian<br>charity’s objects|n/a|
|Details of arrangements for<br>safe custody and segrega-<br>tion of such assets from the<br>charity’s own assets|n/a|



## **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** 


**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 


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||**Ivybridge and District Foodbank**|**Ivybridge and District Foodbank**|**Ivybridge and District Foodbank**|**Ivybridge and District Foodbank**|**Ivybridge and District Foodbank**|**1195218**|**1195218**||
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||**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||||||
||**For the period**<br>**from**||**4/1/22**||**To**||**3/31/24**||
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||||
||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**||**Restricted funds**||**Endowment**<br>**funds**||**Total funds**||
||**to the nearest      £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||
|**A1 Receipts**|||||||||
|Donations|**56,534**||**-**||**-**||**56,534**||
|The Trussell Trust-HeatingGrant|**2,000**||**-**||**-**||**2,000**||
|Sparkwell Parish Grant|**1,000**||**-**||**-**||**1,000**||
|Newham Solar Fund|**500**||**-**||**-**||**500**||
|Devon CountyCouncil-Parking|**460**||**-**||**-**||**460**||
||**- 0**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
||**- 0**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
||**- 0**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR) _|<br>**60,494**||**-**||**-**||**60,494**||
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**|||||||||
||**- 0**||**- 0**||**- 0**||**-**||
||**- 0**||**- 0**||**- 0**||**-**||
|**_Sub total _**|<br>**- 0**||**- 0**||**- 0**||**-**||
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|**_Total receipts_ **|<br>**60,494**||**- 0**||**- 0**||**60,494**||
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|**A3 Payments**|||||||||
|Food Purchases|**23,331**||**-**||**-**||**23,331**||
|Grant for Energy Costs|**2,000**||**-**||**-**||**2,000**||
|Repairs|**142**||**-**||**-**||**142**||
|Rent|**1,560**||**-**||**-**||**1,560**||
|Sundries|**325**||**-**||**-**||**325**||
|Phone|**510**||**-**||**-**||**510**||
|Insurance|**393**||**-**||**-**||**393**||
|Advertising|**396**||**-**||**-**||**396**||
|Parking|**339**||||||**339**||
|V Marriott|**106**||||||**106**||
|The Trussell Trust-Subscription|**360**||||||**360**||
|ICO Fees|**35**||||||**35**||
|Accountancy|**336**||**-**||**-**||**336**||
|**_Sub total_ **|<br>**29,833**||**-**||**-**||**29,833**||
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|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**|||||||||
||**- 0**||**- 0**||**- 0**||**-**||
||**- 0**||**- 0**||**- 0**||**-**||
|**_Sub total_ **|<br>**- 0**||**- 0**||**- 0**||**-**||
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|**_Totalpayments_ **|<br>**29,833**||**- 0**||**- 0**||**29,833**||
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|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ **|<br>**30,661**||**-**||**-**||**30,661**||
|**A5 Transfers between funds**|**- 0**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
|**A6 Cash funds last year end**|**- 0**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
|**_Cash funds thisyear end_ **|<br>**30,661**||**-**||**-**||**30,661**||
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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|||||||||
|**Categories**|**Details**||||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**||**Restricted funds**||
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|**B1 Cash funds**|**Bank Account**|**Bank Account**|**Bank Account**||**48,535**||**-**||
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||**_Total cash funds_**||||**48,535**||**-**||
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||**Details**||||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**||
|**B2 Other monetary assets**|||||**-**||**-**||
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|**B3 Investment assets**|||||||**-**||
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|**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**|||||||**-**||
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|**B5 Liabilities**|**Accountancy Fees**||||**336**||**-**||
||**Accumulated Funds**||||**48199**||**-**||
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|Signed by one or two trustees on behalf<br>of all the trustees|Signature||||Print Name||||
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