Report and Accounts for the year ended June 30 2023
ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE
Norreys Church Norreys Avenue Wokingham RG40 1UU
GOVERNING DOCUMENT
Constitution Registered charity: 1195620
TRUSTEES
Claire Revie - Chair of Trustees Susan Walsh – Secretary Gerald De La Pascua Janet Elwood Kathryn Bourgyne Shantie Toolsie Carolyn Wildman
BANKERS Starling Bank
INDEX Page 2 Legal & Administrative Details
Pages 3-4 Charity Objectives, Trustees' Report, Financial Review
Page 5 Balance Sheet
Page 6 Income & Expenditure Account
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SHARE Wokingham REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 June 2022
The Trustees have pleasure in submitting the Report and Accounts for the year.
Objects of the Charity
THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS: THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST PEOPLE IN THE NORREYS WARD (WOKINGHAM) AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME-TO-TIME THINK FIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: A) PROVIDING EMERGENCY FOOD, ESSENTIAL TOILETRIES, AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN NEED AND/OR FOR DISTRIBUTION BY OTHER CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY. B) SUCH OTHER MEANS, INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT OR SIGNPOSTING TO RELEVANT INFORMATION AND OTHER ADVISORY SERVICES.
Government
The policy and operating decisions of the charity rest with the Trustees who meet regularly to monito the activities of the CIO. New Trustees are appointed by the Trustees.
Review of Activities
SHARE supports the local community with fresh fruit, vegetables and other items which would otherwise be wasted. These items are collected from local supermarkets and other suppliers and distributed across several sites within the borough for no charge. This allows households most in need to access items which would otherwise be too costly for them to purchase and also reduce the vast amount of food waste created in this country.
We work closely with the council community engagement team and other local charities to offer support and advice to those that come along to the SHARE project. Alongside partnerships with First Days Childrens Charity and the Wokingham Foodbank we have also support local families with Christmas gifts and food.
We regularly support holiday hunger programs with food donations and other practical support. This year we have also started to support the community in areas other than food as we have been able to offer household items which have been donated by members of the community to those most in need, these items have included white goods which have been fully PAT tested, beds and other items of furniture. In the early part of 2023 we took on the old library building in Wokingham and have been able to use this site as storage for the household items. We have supported over 100 households with items from the SHARE homewares project.
This year we have expanded to support people in need in South Ascot and Sunningdale and now have 15 sites operating under the SHARE umbrella whilst maintaining support for other independent food support groups in Reading and other areas of Berkshire and Hampshire.
Financial Review
During the year the donations we received have increased steadily, these have come through private and corporate sources. As the demand for SHARE has increased we
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will need to look for longer term sources of funding to ensure the sustainability of the project.
Governance
Responsibility for setting policy and for determining the parameters within which the charity should operate rest with the trustees who meet regularly to monitor the activities of the charity. New trustees are recruited an appointed by the existing trustees by a majority vote.
The charity is exposed to various risks - be they operational, financial or reputational. The trustees review the charity's activities regularly to identify significant risks and, where possible, they take appropriate measures to mitigate those risks.
Responsbilities of Trustees
Charity law required us as Trustees to prepare financial statements for each accounting year which record the receipts and payments of the charity for the year. We are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enabls us to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011. We also have a responsibility to safeguard the assets of the charity and to take reasonable steps to prevent fraud or any other irregularities.
Approval
This report was approved by the trustees and signed on their behalf by:
Claire Revie Chair of Trustees
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Income& Ex enditureAccount Year endedJune30 2023 2023 2022 Gifts & Donationsrecavg Adrni55ion Charges Sundry Receipt5 60192 7920 2408 70520 18064 18064 Gifts & Donation made 3796 2727 Rent & Rate5 8323 Cost of Foodstuffs 4273 2492 Vehicle & Travd Expenses 5742 1888 Insurance 1062 69 Displays 1698 1631 Repairs & Renewals 6707 Heat & Llght asgstance 892 55 Stationery& PkaBing 6083 1255 Bank Charge5 72 12 General Expen5e5 6604 1940 Depreciation 500 45752 799 12868 Surplusforyear 24768 5196 Surplusblf 5196 Surplusclf 29964 5196