2023-03-31-accounts - Letchworth Foodbank

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Objectiv	es and	Activiti	es
			SORP reference
Summary	ofthe purposes of		Para 1.17	Tofeed and support individuals and
the charity as set out		in its		families who are in need in Letchworth,
governing	document			Hitchin and Baldock and neighbouring
				villages. The Letchworth Foodbank is
				supported 100%by volunteers. There
				were no salaried staff employed during
				the 12months covered b this re rt.
Summary activities	ofthe main in relation to those		Para 1.17and 1.19	As a Foodbank we provide non- perishable food. We can also support
purposes	for the public			homeless people and individuals with
benefit, in particular,		the		special dietary requirements such as,
activities,	projects or			vegan, vegetarian and gluten free food.
services identified in		the
accounts.
Statement	confirming		Para 1.18	The trustees ofthe Letchworth
whether the trustees		have		Foodbank are all physically involved
had regard to the guidance				with volunteering in the day to day
issued by	the Charity			running ofthe organisation. This
Commission on public				includes working in the warehouse and
benefit				delivering food to our distribution
				centres and warehouse.

Achieve	men	ts	and Per	formance
				SORP reference
					The Letchworth Foodbank has met all
					its targets and ambitions set atthe start
					of2022.The Foodbank provides food on
Summary ofthe main achievements ofthe charity,				Para 120	a bi-weekly basis. In addition to this we proved school holiday parcels for
identif'ying	the	difference the			children. The parcels were prepared for
charity's	work	has made to			those young people who normally
the circumstances			ofits		receive free school meals during term
beneficiaries and			any wider		time.
benefits to society as a					We engaged with other charities and
whole.					agencies in our geographical area. This
					initiative allows us to reach more people
					in need, who would normally struggle to
					feed themselves ortheir family.

Achievements against	Para 1.41
objectives set
Performance offundraising activities against objectives	Para 1.41
set
Investment performance	Para 1.41
against objectives
Other

Review	ofthe charity's		Para 1.21	Please refer to our	Please refer to our	Please refer to our	year end accounts
financial	position at the end
ofthe	eriod
Statement explaining the			Para 1.22	Afinancial	reserve		is held in the event
policy for holding reserves				ofan unexpected		demand for our
stating	why they are held			services.	The need		for this was
				highlighted	during		the Covid pandemic
				crisis.
Amount	ofreserves held		Para 1.22	R50,000
Reasons for holding zero			Para 122
reserves
Details	offund materially	in	Para 1.24
deficit
Explanation ofany concern			Para 1.23	The Letchworth Foodbank has avery
uncertainties about the				high profile in the		community. We are
charity	continuing as a going			very well supported			by financial
				donations	from individuals, corporate
				business,	and grant aid. The Foodbank
				istherefore financially secure for the
				foreseeable future.

The charity's principal sources offunds (including	Para 1.47
any fundraising)
Investment policy and objectives including any	Para 1.46
social investment policy
adopted
A description ofthe principal	Para 1.46
risks facing the charity
Other

Description ofcharity's
trusts:
Type of governing document	Para 1.25	The Letchworth Foodbank works under the uidance ofthe Trussell Trust
How is the charity	Para 1.25	Letchworth Foodbank became a CIO in
constituted?		January 2022
Trustee selection methods	Para 1.25	The Letchworth Foodbank has currently
including details ofany		3trustees. We have adopted aformal
constitutional provisions e.g.		policy fortrustee selection, thereby
election to post or name of		sourcing the right people with the
any person or body entitled		skillsets we require.
to appoint one or more
trustees

Policies and procedures adopted for the induction	Policies and procedures adopted for the induction	Para 1.51
and training oftrustees
The charity's structure and	organisational any wider	Para 1.51
network with	which the
charity works
Relationship	with any related	Para 1.51
parties
Other

mes	ofthe charity trus	ofthe charity trus	tees who manage th	e charity
	Trustee name		Office (ifany)	Dates acted ear	ifnot for whole	Name toa	ofperson (orbody) entitled int trustee ifan
	Patrick Thomas		Chair oftrustees
	Byme
2	Elizabeth	Bunker	Trustee
3	Ciaran McGill		Trustee	Appointed	October 2023
4	Peter McMeekin		Trustee	Resigned	March 2024
5	Roger Thomson		Trustee	Resigned	June 2023
6	Enda Byrne		Trustee	Resigned	January 2023
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