2023-04-30-accounts

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND ANO WALES Trustees, Annual Report for the period From 05111121 Period start date To 30104r23 Perlod end dato Charlty name: BIG COMMUNITY TAl￿wAy Charlty registration number. 1196442 Objectlvgs and Acllvltles SORP Sumrnary of the purpose5 of the charity as set out in its governing doaThnL Pln 1.17 Supporting dtsadvantaged pecyle In the allevialion of food poverty. Summary of thè main actvil]es In relation lo th058 pUr￿K}se5 fcy the wtlic bgnefft. in p¥ti￿lar. the acamties, projects services identified accounts. Statement conffftnir#J vthether the tnjstees have had regard to Ihe guidance issued by the Charity ComnNssk)n on publlc benefiL Pln 1.17•*J The tharity wovld8s a Iwrprx)urse hol m8al On￿ a week dglivered to Ihe beneficiarles at h(￿8 adctress in Chesham. hJ)Hsham and 9Jrrr￿din9 villw. 1.18 The Trustees confim tt￿Y have given regard to the guidan￿ on publK I)e￿t. Addltlonal Inf¢xmatlon (optlona You ma chc#)se lo include further statements ￿t￿re relevant atrf)uL' Pn 1.31 Pdicy on grant makJThJ Pw• 1.38 Policy on inveslm8nt including pr(¥Jram related Investment Pw8 1.38 Contrlbuuon made by volunteers Othor

Achlevernents and Perfomian¢e The Big Ccrfnmunlty Takeaway became a formal charity in November 2021 and now prowdes a twtrcourse hot meal once a week. SIr￿e January 2021 to the end of 2023. we have W0v￿￿ed 12,804 meals lo Summary of the maln achievements ofthe charity. J8ntifying tho difference the charity's work has made to the druJmslances of Its beneficiaries and any wider benefits lo scdety as a whde. P¥• 1.2D During 2023. we provided food to our clients for 44 weeks oul of $2. dglNering 3.686 meals to 201 recipients ￿ 81 households. In tr￿e I￿￿Ids, 38 are familles and 27 ar9 adutts liwng on their own. Broken down geOgraph￿allY. 61.73% 1501 of households were frDm Chesham. 33.33% (27 households) are in Amersham postcodes, which also indud8s a sigryficant number of dients in Litk Chalftjnt. The re￿￿4￿Ing 4.94% of our dients arg kn Gr8al MIss8Th and Seer Green. Our targeted atvoach mearts that ate helpiThJ the rffjst vulnerable al a time of sis. ￿ying our part to reduce the knequalilies that the pcwest people in the county experience. The rlse In fLK)d Inflation has been severe ow the last year and has consistenty wn ahead Ihe base rate of knflath)n. as shown by the stallstlcs from The FocJ Foundalx)n. This mgans that the FX)Wt have even less spare money to spend cfft fLKJ. has its81f risgn in cosL The provisic￿ of a hot meal once a week Iwales just this stress but also reduces the ￿ed to use fuel to cook on one evening a week. Feedback from dlents shows that thls really does help.. ost of the time rf Is the only hot meal I g8t. For the ￿$t of the week. I live on toast or If dients aFPToach us direcuy. then we aws refer them to BuckirvJhamshire Council's Helping Hands service where they can acc8SS SUPPOrt thal broader than just fcrfyj. We want to ensure that our solution ig part of thg vtholg when it comes lo reduclng ingqualty.

AddltloThal Irrformatlon (optlonal) You m8 choose to Include further Stat￿nts ther8 rele￿1 about. Athieverrnts agalnst L*jgdivgs set Pw• 1.41 Perfomiance offUndrai￿n9 aetmties against objectives PMa1A1 Investment perfonnw against cljiedives • 1.41 Other

Financial Review Revigw of the charity's financial pos5tion at the eThJ of the eri¢)d Stalefflent explaining the x)Ilcy for holding reseryes stalin ar8 held Amounl of reseNes held Reasons for hoklng zero roserves Detsils of fvnd matorially In deficit Explanat￿ of any Uncert￿ntieS the charity continuing as a gThng concem Parn 1.21 Parn 1.22 Charity airr6 to W belw99n & and mLNrths' operating costs In unrestrlcted reseNes. 'thls is rev￿ed ulad See attached accounts. r￿a Parn 1.22 PWA 1.22 124 nla Pwa 1.rj Addltlonal Informallon (opllonal) Youm hLK)S¢ to in¢lLMJe further 5tsternents where rdevant about: The tharity's prinLypal sources of funds (indudThJ any fundrai￿ng) 1.47 Invgstment PJKY and objectives induding any sooal invgstmgnt FK4icy adopted a 1.46 A descrIptI￿ of the prI￿pa risks faang the charity Pva 1.46 Other

Structure. Governance and Management Des(¥1p￿on of charity's trusts- Type of goveming dC￿rn￿t 'trusi deed, ro How is the charity constituted? le.g unincorporated d5su¢ialion, CIO Trustee seleclion mglhjds indudlng d&talls of any constitut￿nal prowsions e.g. election lo post or name of any person or b)ty entitled to apF(¥nt one or ny)re trustees P¥8 115 ai chary.er Pw• 115 cio P8125 A% a small thaiity there are no specified selection ffthcJs. LKrt conslderation Is gNen to a balan(¥d trustee board and to sP￿1￿C skill r&Juir8ments when replaung or adding Addlllonal Informatlon (optlonal) Y￿m3 Choo￿ to Indude fiwth8r Stst￿nts kn relevant about: Polides and prc¢edures 8th)pted for th& induclwM IraSnSng of trustees P•¥ 1.51 The 0[g￿lSalK¥￿1 struciurg and any V*ryder ne￿Ork which the charlty works Paa 1.51 Retatknshlp wlth any related partles Pwa 1.51 Other Reference and Administrative details Charf Other name the cha islerwj cha number Charlty's prlncipal address Commu Takeavrd 8CTA 1196442

Names of the charlty Irustqes who managg thg dwlty Trust•• Olfke <K•nyl Nam• of pev80n lor body) •nllll¢d Int trustee Sfan Lisa Walker Hannah Marsh David Ellis 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Co orate trustees- names of Ihe directors at the date the r Dhctor was Name cl trustees hdLlng lit18 to Kryerty bdorying to the charity

Funds held as cust¢)dian trustees on behalf of others Des(xiplion of the assets held in this capaclty Name and objects ofthe tharity on wh)se behalfthe assets are held and hcw thi5 falls within the ￿st(￿jian charity's obpcts Detsils of ￿ngeMentS for safe custody aTrJ segregatlon of ￿jeh a&*ets from the charity's own ass&ts Addltlonal Inf¢)nnatk•n lopllona Names and addross08 of ad¥is•rs (OptlonJl InfonTwdon) Type of Nam? advlser Name of chlef exKullve or names of s•nlor staff memkn (op￿1 Infomiatlon) Exemptions from disclosure Reason kn n￿41s￿OSUre of ke nel details other o ional Infomiation

Declarations Thg trustoos declare Ihat Ihy havg approved the trustees. report abovo. Slgn•d on bohalf of arlty's Slgn•iur•ls) Full namels) Posltlon {•g S•croW. Chalr. etcl Davvj Ellis Treasurer Dal• 26" A￿uSt 2024

BCTA ANNUAL ACCOUNTS

REPORTING YEAR START DATE	05/11/21
REPORTING YEAR END DATE	30/04/23
INCOME & ENDOWMENTS
Donation & Legacies	47,439.90
Charitable Activities	15,253.99
Other TradingActivities
TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES	62,693.89
EXPENDITURE ON:
Meals	28,369.58
Consumables	4,626.57
Other meal costs	13,355.93
VAT	961.87
Rent	8,825.00
Total Charitable Activities	56,138.94
Hosting/Phone	622.51
Insurance	1,169.59
Advertising	2,833.53
Total running costs	4,625.63
TOTAL EXPENDITURE	60,764.57
Running Costs / Total Expenditure	7.61%
NET INCOME /(EXPENDITURE)	1,929.32
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Total Funds brought forward	10,377.39
Total Funds carried forward	12,306.71

BCTA ANNUAL ACCOUNTS

REPORTING YEAR START DATE REPORTING YEAR END DATE Current Assets Debtors Cash & Cash Equivalents TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS Liabilties Creditors falling due within one year NET CURRENT ASSETS / (LIABILITIES) TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES Creditors falling due after more than one year TOTAL NET ASSETS OR LIABILITIES The funds of the charity: Endowment funds Restricted income funds Unrestricted income funds TOTAL CHARITY FUNDS	5/11/21 30/4/23 - 12,306.71
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Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Charity Name BIG COMMUNITY TAKEAWAY

Report to the trustees Charity Name BIG COMMUNITY TAKEAWAY 30 APRIL 2023 Charity no 1196442 On accounts for the year (if any) ended Set out on pages One and Two of the enclosed documents (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 30 / 04 / 2023 . Responsibilities and As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the basis of report accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).

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 all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner's statement I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below *) which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

• the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or

• the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or

• the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

• Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.

Signed: Date: 12.07.24 Name: Mr Kamal Patel Relevant professional Chartered Management Accountant, qualification(s) or body ACGMA, ACMA (if any):

Address: 8 Burgess Close

Oct 2018

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Cheshunt

Hertfordshire, EN7 6WP

Section B Disclosure

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).

Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .

Oct 2018

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