**CHARITY COMMISSION** FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
## Trustee’s Annual report for the period
Period start date 01/08/2024
Period end date 31/07/2025
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Charity name- Brixham Food Bank
Charity No (if any)- 1197271
## Objectives and Activities
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**reference**||
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|purposes of the
ut in its governing|Para 1.17|The preventon or relief of poverty for the public
beneft in Brixham and the surrounding areas
through the operaton of a foodbank ofering food
and essental toiletries and household items to
individuals in fnancial need.|
|main activities in
purposes for the
n particular the
ts or services
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|Brixham Foodbank contnues to work with Torbay
Food Alliance and referral partners for the provision
of food parcels to those eligible. The premises 14
Brewery Lane open three afernoons a week to
supply the needed goods.|
|rming whether the
ad regard to the
d by the Charity
public benefit.|Para 1.18|All trustees complied with their duty to have regard
to commission’s public beneft guide.|
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|making|Para 1.38||
|investment including
investment|Para 1.38||
|de by volunteers|Para 1.38|Brixham Foodbank is managed and operated solely
by volunteers without whom nothing would have
been achieved.|
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Achievements and Performance3 of 8
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|main achievements
entifying the
harity’s work has
umstances of its
d any wider benefits
whole.|Para 1.20|Currently operated three afernoons a week,
between 2.00pm to 4.00pm.
Membership of Torbay Food Alliance
Raised additonal funding through individual and
corporate donatons and grants.
Collect end of day and public donatons through a
number of supermarkets and food outlets.
There are no paid staf.|
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|gainst objectives set|Para 1.41||
|fundraising activities
es set|Para 1.41||
|ormance against|Para 1.41||
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Financial Review4 of 8
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|harity’s financial
nd of the period|Para 1.21|The fnancial positon at the end of the period was
strong with £ 69354 held in the bank and cash.
There was no guaranteed income stream ongoing,
and this balance allowed some breathing space in
order to meet fxed costs relatng to the premises.|
|aining the policy for
s stating why they are|Para 1.22|The charity should hold in reserve sufcient funds
to support its commitments (rent, utlites, etc.) this
being approximately £ 15,000 annually.|
|rves held|Para 1.22|£ 69354|
|lding zero reserves|Para 1.22||
|materially in deficit|Para 1.24||
|any uncertainties
y continuing as a|Para 1.23||
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|ncipal sources of
any fundraising)
|Para 1.47||
|y and objectives
cial investment policy
|Para 1.46||
|the principal risks
y
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Structure, Governance and 5 of 8 Management
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rter)|Para 1.25|Consttuton|
|ity constituted?
ated association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO|
|n methods including
nstitutional provisions
post or name of any
entitled to appoint one
s|Para 1.25|Electon|
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|cedures adopted for
d training of trustees|Para 1.51||
|ganisational structure
etwork with which the|Para 1.51||
|h any related parties|Para 1.51||
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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
Brixham
TQ5 8DT|
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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**Trustee name**|
**Office (if any)**|
**Dates acted if not for**
**whole year**|
**Name of person (or body)**
**entitled to appoint trustee**
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||Elizabeth Lakey|Chair|||
||Ali Culley|Trustee|||
||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.**
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Elizabeth Lakey Ian Webb
ELIZABETH LAKEY IAN WEBB
CHAIR TREASURER
27/05/2026
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||**Brixham Food Ban**|**k**|**k**|**1197271**||**CC16a**|
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|||**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||||
||**For the period**
**from**|01/08/2024|**To**|3|1/07/2025||
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Endowment funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
|Donations|**21,420**||**-**||**21,420**|**-**|
|Torbay Food Alliance||**3,852**|**-**||**3,852**|**-**|
|Torbay Lottery||**48**|**-**||**48**|**-**|
|HMRC Charities- Gift Aid|**3,926**||**-**||**3,926**|**-**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|
**25,346**|**3,900**|**-**||**29,246**|**-**|
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||**-**
**-**||||
||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||
||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||
||**25,346**|**3,900**|**-**||**29,246**|**-**|
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**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||||
|Food & Other Consumables||**26,623**|**-**||**26,623**|**-**|
|Client Top Ups & Other Non Food|**105**||**-**||**105**|**-**|
|Telephone|||**-**||**-**|**-**|
|Rates & Utilities|**602**||**-**||**602**|**-**|
|Rent|**10,200**||||**10,200**||
|Service Charges|||**-**||**-**|**-**|
|Insurance|**130**||**-**||**130**|**-**|
|Printing, Postage and Stationery|**9**||||**9**||
|Repairs & Housekeeping|||||**-**||
|||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**11,047**|**26,623**|**-**||**37,669**|**-**|
||||**-**
**-**||||
|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases,(see table)**|||||||
||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||
||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|
|**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||
||**11,047**|**26,623**|**-**||**37,669**|**-**|
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||**14,299**|**- 22,723**|**-**||**- 8,423**|**-**|
||**- 58,000**|**58,000**|**-**||**-**|**-**|
||**58,777**|**19,000**|**-**||**77,777**|**-**|
||**15,076**|**54,277**|**-**||**69,354**|**-**|
## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**|**Unrestricted funds**
**to nearest £**|**Unrestricted funds**
**to nearest £**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
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||Bank|**65,711**||**3,398**|**-**|
||Cash in hand|**245**|||**-**|
|||**-**||**-**|**-**|
||**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**65,956**||**3,398**|**-**|
|||Agreement Error
**Unrestricted funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which asset belongs**
**Fund to which asset belongs**||Agreement Error|OK|
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**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
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||**Details**|||**Cost (optional)**|**Current value**
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||**Details**|||**Cost (optional)**|**Current value**
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Fund to which liability relates Amount due When due
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B5 Liabilities -
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Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees Signature Print Name aDate of pproval
Ian Arthur Webb IAN ARTHUR WEBB 22/04/2025
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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** 31/07/2025 **Charity no** 1197271 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)
**Report to the trustees**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended **31 / 07 / 2024.**
**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:** Laraine Williams **Date:** 27/05/2026 **Name:** Laraine Williams **Relevant professional** QBE **qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** 7 Great Rea Road Brixham TQ5 9SW
## **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).
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**Oct 2018**
**IER**
**Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** .
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**Oct 2018**
**IER**