Report and Accounts for the year ended June 30 2024
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 Shantie Toolsie Carolyn Wildman
BANKERS Starling Bank Lloyds 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 2024
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 and other local charities & groups to offer support and advice to those that come along to the SHARE project. This year we now include support from the Community Wellness Team for health checks, Wokingham Recovery College, council tax debt advice and housing needs.
Alongside partnerships with First Days Childrens Charity and the Wokingham Foodbank we have also supported local families with Christmas gifts and food. We regularly support holiday hunger programs with food donations and other practical support. Last year we 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. Since the start of the furniture project we have supported over 300 households.
In January this year we started a project called the JAM Club – this is targeted to support local schools who have children coming to school hungry but no access to free school meals. We deliver a healthy food box each week to the schools and they use the food delivered to support the children most in need.
In February through the support of a grant from Wokingham Borough Council we were able to open Roots Community Store pantry at Norreys Church. This is a referral project offering a move on from the emergency support of the foodbank. This project is jointly run by Wokingham Foodbank and First Days Childrens Charity.
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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 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 April 2025
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