CHEF – The Community Health Education Food Project
A CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION
CHARITY REGISTRATION NO. 1196599 ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS January 2025
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(HARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND ANO WALES THIS CERTIFIES THAT CHEF-THE COMMUNITY HEALTH EDUCATION FOOD PROJECT REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER 1196599 HAS BEEN REGISTERED BY THE Charlty Commlsslon for England and Wales ON THE DATE OF 16 November 2021 CERTIFIED BY lan Karet Chair Dr Helen Stephenson CBE Chief Execukn"ve Officer 21Page
A CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION
(CHARITY NO. 1196599 )
ANNUAL REPORT January 2025
CONTENTS
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| Trustees’ report | 4 |
| Charity Accounts | 10 |
| Notes to the Accounts | 13 |
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TRUSTEES’ REPORT
22[nd] February 2024
Status
CHEF has charitable status and is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (“CIO”).
Charity registration number 1196599 Trustees The trustees are;
Sarah Gardner (Chair & treasurer) Naomi Youngs David Youngs Patron The charity currently does not currently have a patron. Governing document As a Charitable Incorporated Organisation whose only voting members are its charity trustees CHEF has adopted the “Foundation” model constitution when entered on the Register of Charities on 16[th] November 2021.
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TRUSTEES’ REPORT 23rd February 2024
Objects: TO IMPROVE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC BY PROVIDING HEALTHY EATING AND BUDGETING ADVICE.
EDUCATIONAL COOKING WORKSHOPS ON COOKING SKILLS, FOOD PREPARATION AND HEALTHY EATING.
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“I was inspired to set up the charity CHEF, whilst volunteering as a Community Champion for Hillingdon for All. I learnt through H4ALL that West London has a health problem with diabetes and obesity (caused by bad eating habits). There is also a cost-of-living crisis, with many people struggling to afford food. I remembered when travelling with my uncle in the Australian outback, we made the food last with basis cookery skills (after the meat had spoilt, we made curries with a few vegetables and lots of spices). By teaching people how to cook, they can make their food go further and they will be healthier. Whilst carrying out charity work with the London Community Kitchen. I witnessed the amazing things that they achieved and was impressed with their ‘Plant to Plate philosophy’. Volunteering with both the Rotary club, supporting local foodbanks and as a Trustee of Hounslow Community Food Box I saw the need for Food banks had increased substantially since 2020. From my time as a school governor, I also knew that cooker skills were no longer standard on the school curriculum. I felt that we needed something like this in Hillingdon, and subsequently CHEF was born.
I would like to thank Hillingdon for All, in particular Naomi, Bell Farm Christian Centre our cookery teacher Purnima and her cookery assistant Poonam (both H4ALL community Champions), Jacqui for her expertise and Jennipher for her microwave recipes, and everyone else who has made the concept of CHEF become a reality”
– Sarah Gardner Chair and Founder of CHEF, Well-being for All and Serving Our Superheroes.
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TRUSTEES’ REPORT
22[nd] February 2024
MAIN ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT
To improve and protect the health of the public by providing education on cookery skills and healthy eating, whilst focusing on cooking on a budget, to help end food poverty.
Activities and achievements to date
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Partnering with Bell Farm Christian Centre, in West Drayton and Hillingdon for All, we ran free cookery classes for Afghan refugees. Many of them didn't know about the vegetable we have in the UK and how to cook them, so it helped them to learn to cook on a budget and brought the community together. The food was cooked in bulk during the sessions and the refugees were given microwave containers filled with food to take away with them, as well as recipe sheets. Bell Farm Christian Centre are in the heart of the community and near the refugee hostels (they are also a multi faith centre with good links to the community). Hillingdon for All sponsored the project and provided ingredients for the cookery classes.
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CHEF worked on a child obesity reduction programme with the NHS and have put together healthy recipes on a budget and budgeting advice, for an after-school cookery sessions with children and parents, which was run by the NHS as part of a pilot programme to reduce child obesity in the borough.
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On a regular basis CHEF posts recipes, healthy eating tips and money saving tips on our Facebook page. We worked with food banks to see what ingredients are in a typical food parcel and based many recipes around these. We also regularly post on Facebook about local food banks and places offering free food & top money saving tips for cooking on a budget. As well as sharing recipes and hints and tips throughout the year, we run campaigns at Christmas around how to cook healthy meals on a budget and particularly in school holidays, highlighting where children can eat for free.
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To combat the cost-of-living crisis we teamed up with Jennipher Marshall-Jenkinson, Chair of the UK’s Microwave Technologies Association (MTA). And ran a campaign around using the microwave cooking to save energy. We shared tips on microwave cooking many healthy microwave recipes.
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We have also been working with other charities include food rescue charities to redistribute free food.
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- We have also worked with food banks to provide recipes, to be distributed with Food parcels and to be put on their website.
In 2023 CHEF received highly commended in the West London Chamber of Commerce Business Awards, CHEF was also shortlisted for the West London Business Award in 2024.
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In 2024 we updated our charity governing documents to update our purpose so that we could serve a wider customer base and help more people in need.
We also continued to publish recipes and tips on our Facebook page.
CHEF published a healthy budgeting cookbook to help people during the cost-ofliving crisis. Alongside with the cookbook, we donated packs of spices (so that people can make better meals with their food banks parcels). Many recipes in the book are based on the content of the food parcels.
On 1[st] October 2024 we officially launched the CHEF cookbook at the offices of Emlea Support Services, Hillingdon House.
Young care leavers who are part of the Staying Close project that Emlea Support Service is providing in partnership with the London Borough of Hillingdon - providing support and preparation for independence for Care experienced young people will be the first to get these cookbooks donated to them.
They received a cookbook which has tips on budgeting, healthy eating and cooking tips as well as easy quick recipes along with the books received packs with various spices & herbs, to help them cook.
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CHEF was featured in the Lets Talk Business Magazine:
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CHEF ACCOUNTS CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES CHEF. Th• Communlty H8ath Edu¢aJon Food Prol8d 11065 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a Ftsr th8 pèrfod from To 31st Mah 2024 Section A Receipts and payments Unr&stricted fund5 Restrictod nds Endo%ymeni funds Total funds Lastyear thvnv4r¢?t£ tothe M•rgste M•rMte A1 Rocei om Sttb totallGioss in¢ome forARI A2 Assgt and invgstsngni 5ah5. OD Sub tot31 Toi* receipts 0.00 Sttb total A4 Assèt Ètbd urchases, see tablo OD Sub lotal roiglpaymwlts D.00 0.00 lleto1receipt1payments) A5 Transfers botrlten funds A6 Cash fund5 Ip51y¥ar Cash fun¢ts Ihis yearend 0.00 D.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 IIIPage
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NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
January 2025
- a) Taxation
CHEF exempt from the payment of any taxes to the extent it is a registered charity and therefore is not liable for Income Tax or Corporation Tax on income derived from charitable activities. CHEF does not have an obligation to register for VAT.
- b) Gift aid
CHEF is not registered for gift aid.
- C) Currently CHEF has no money in or out.
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Report prepared by Sarah Gardner (Chair & Founder).
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