**CHARITY COMMISSION** FOR ENGLAND AND WALES 

## Trustee’s Annual report for the period 


Period start date 01/08/2022 

Period end date 31/07/2023 

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Charity name- Brixham Food Bank 

Charity No (if any)- 1197271 

## Objectives and Activities 

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|Summary of the purposes of the<br>charity as set out in its governing<br>document.|Para 1.17|The prevention or relief of poverty for the public<br>benefit in Brixham and the surrounding areas<br>through the operation of a foodbank offering food<br>and essential toiletries and household items to<br>individuals in financial need.|
|Summary of the main activities in<br>relation to those purposes for the<br>public benefit, in particular the<br>activities, projects or services<br>identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|Brixham Foodbank continues to work with Torbay<br>Food Alliance and referral partners for the provision<br>of food parcels to those eligible. The premises 14<br>Brewery Lane open three afternoons a week to<br>supply the needed goods.|
|Statement confirming whether the<br>trustees have had regard to the<br>guidance issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public benefit.|Para 1.18|All trustees complied with their duty to have regard<br>to commission’s public benefit guide.|



## Additional information (optional) 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

||**SORP**<br>**reference**||
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38||
|Policy on social investment including<br>program related investment|Para 1.38||
|Contribution made by volunteers|Para 1.38|Brixham Foodbank is managed and operated solely<br>by volunteers without whom nothing would have<br>been achieved.|
|Other|||





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## Achievements and Performance 

||**SORP**<br>**reference**||
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|Summary of the main achievements<br>of the charity, identifying the<br>difference the charity’s work has<br>made to the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider benefits<br>to society as a whole.|Para 1.20|Currently operated three afternoons a week,<br>between 1.30pm to 4.30pm.<br>Membership of Torbay Food Alliance<br>Raised additional funding through individual and<br>corporate donations and grants.<br>Collect end of day and public donations through a<br>number of supermarkets and food outlets.<br>There are no paid staff.|



## Additional information (optional) 

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||**SORP**<br>**reference**||
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|Achievements against objectives set|Para 1.41||
|Performance of fundraising activities<br>against objectives set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance against<br>objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||





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## Financial Review 

||**SORP**<br>**reference**||
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|Review of the charity’s financial<br>position at the end of the period|Para 1.21|The financial position at the end of the period was<br>strong with £ 69,551 held in the bank and cash.<br>There was no guaranteed income stream ongoing,<br>and this balance allowed some breathing space in<br>order to meet fixed costs relatingto thepremises.|
|Statement explaining the policy for<br>holding reserves stating why they are<br>held|Para 1.22|The charity should hold in reserve sufficient funds<br>to support its commitments (rent, utilities, etc.) this<br>being approximately £ 15,000 annually.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£ 69,551|
|Reasons for holding zero reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in deficit|Para 1.24||
|Explanation of any uncertainties<br>about the charity continuing as a<br>going concern|Para 1.23||



## Additional information (optional) 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|<br>|**SORP**<br>**reference**||
|---|---|---|
|The charity’s principal sources of<br>funds (including any fundraising)<br>|Para 1.47||
|Investment policy and objectives<br>including any social investment policy<br>adopted<br>|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal risks<br>facing the charity<br>|Para 1.46||
|Other|||





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## Structure, Governance and Management 

|**Description of charity’s**<br>**trusts:**|**SORP**<br>**reference**||
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|Type of governing document(trust<br>deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution|
|How is the charity constituted?<br>(e.g. unincorporated association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO|
|Trustee selection methods including<br>details of any constitutional provisions<br>e.g. election to post or name of any<br>person or body entitled to appoint one<br>or more trustees|<br> <br>Para 1.25|Election|



## Additional information (optional) 

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||**SORP**<br>**reference**||
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|Policies and procedures adopted for<br>the induction and training of trustees|Para 1.51||
|The charity’s organisational structure<br>and any wider network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||





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## Reference and Administrative details 

|Charity name|Brixham Foodbank|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1197271|
|Charity’s principal address|14 Brewery Lane<br>Brixham<br>TQ5 8DT|



## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

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||Elizabeth Lakey|Chair|||
||Matthew Blake|Secretary|||
||Ian Webb|Treasurer|||
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Reference and Administrative details (cont) 

– 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** 



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## Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others 

Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 

## Additional information (optional) 

## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

## **Type of adviser Name Address** 

## **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 



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## Declarations 

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

||_Elizabeth Lakey_|_Ian Webb_|
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||ELIZABETH LAKEY|IAN WEBB|
||CHAIR|TREASURER|
||31/05/2024||






**Brixham Food Bank 1197271 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** 01/08/2022 31/07/2023 **To from** 

|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||
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|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest      £**<br>**34,548**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**1,490**<br>**-**<br>**36,037**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**36,037**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**5,000**<br>**3,000**<br>**222**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**8,222**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**8,222**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**34,548**<br>**5,000**<br>**3,000**<br>**222**<br>**1,490**<br>**-**<br>**44,259**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**44,259**|**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|Donations|**34,548**||||**-**|
|Exeter Diocese|**-**||||**-**|
|Torbay Food Alliance|**-**||||**-**|
|Torbay Lottery|**-**||||**-**|
|HMRC Charities- Gift Aid|**1,490**||||**-**|
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|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|**36,037**||||**-**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**||||||
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|**_Sub total_**|**-**||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**||||||
||**36,037**|**8,222**|**-**|**44,259**|**-**|



**A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).** _**Sub total Total receipts**_ **A3 Payments** 

|Food & Other Consumables|**3,271**||**11,978**||**-**|||**15,249**||**-**||
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|Client Top Ups & Other Non Food|**40**||**2,000**||**-**|||**2,040**||**-**||
|Telephone|**60**||**-**||**-**|||**60**||**-**||
|Rates & Utilities|**665**||**-**||**-**|||**665**||**-**||
|Service Charges|**1,151**||**-**||**-**|||**1,151**||**-**||
|Insurance|**291**||**-**||**-**|||**291**||**-**||
|Printing, Postage and Stationery|**93**|||||||**93**||||
|Repairs & Housekeeping|**151**|||||||**151**||||
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|**_Sub total_ **|**5,722**||**13,978**||**-**|||**19,700**||**-**||
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|**_Sub total_ **|**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**|||**-**|
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|**_Total payments_**|**5,722**||**13,978**|||**-**||**19,700**|||**-**|
|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**|**30,315**||**-                  5,757**|||**-**||**24,559**|||**-**|
|**A5 Transfers between funds**|||||**-**|||**-**|||**-**|
|**A6 Cash funds last year end**|**15,837**||**29,155**||**-**|||**44,992**|||**-**|
|**_Cash funds this year end_**|**46,152**||**23,398**|||**-**||**69,551**|||**-**|





## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|**Categories**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>**B1 Cash funds**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B5 Liabilities**|(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>**Details**<br>Bank<br>Cash in hand<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>Signature<br>_Ian Arthur Webb_|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**45,860**<br>**23,398**<br>**292**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**46,152**<br>**23,398**<br>OK<br>OK<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name<br>IAN ARTHUR WEBB|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
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||||Date of<br>approval|
||_Ian Arthur Webb_|IAN ARTHUR WEBB|31/05/2024|
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## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** 

**Section A                        Independent Examiner’s Report** 

**Report to the trustees** Charity Name Brixham Food Bank **On accounts for the year** 31/07/2023 **Charity no** 1197271 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** (remember  to include the page numbers of additional sheets) 

**Report to the trustees** 

**Set out on pages** (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 **31 / 07 / 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** I have completed my examination.  I confirm that no material matters have **examiner's statement** come to my attention in connection with the 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. 

**Signed:** Rachel Thomas **Date:** 31/05/2024 **Name:** Rachel Thomas **Relevant professional** AAT **qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** 35 Hill Park Road, Brixham TQ5 9ET 

## **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). 

**Oct 2018** 

1 

**IER** 



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

**Oct 2018** 

2 

**IER** 

