## **Annual Report 2024 - 2025** ## **Introduction** Big Breakfast Plus serves freshly cooked breakfasts for those in need in a warm and welcoming environment. We are a volunteer led charity working with those who are homeless and those at risk of homelessness. Many of our guests are alone, or in temporary accommodation without cooking facilities and struggling to pay for wholesome food. Not only do we serve freshly cooked breakfasts for those in need in our community café, but we also encourage our guests to meet, socialise and make friendships while enjoying a choice of breakfast. We continue facilitate an introduction to several support services including housing, welfare, health, advice, and addiction services. Many of our guests, after finding their feet, go on to become volunteers with Big Breakfast Plus. We deliver our breakfast service at the Pilgrim Centre, Regents Circus, Swindon SN1 1PX seven mornings a week including bank holidays between 7.30am and 9am. ## **Our Charitable Objects** The relief of persons in Swindon and the surrounding area who are in conditions of need, hardship, and distress and of any persons who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless, but not exclusively, by the provision of food and clothing. ## **Our Approach** To serve freshly cooked breakfasts, to those in need in Swindon in a warm and welcoming environment. To identify and access funding opportunities to enable us provide food for up to 100 people each day. ## **Our Values that drive us:** Non-Judgemental - Respect for Human Dignity - Acceptance - Hospitality ## **Our Service** During the year 24-25 we served 26,099 breakfasts and supplied a further 6746 takeaways delivered through 10,220 volunteer hours ## **The year’s highlights** November 2024 on the King’s birthday we learned our volunteers were recognised with the Kings Award for Voluntary Service The highest Award for voluntary Service. 2 February Third Anniversary Volunteer party at Christchurch Old Town 7 March 2025 The Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire Dame Sarah Troughton awarded the Kings Award for Voluntary Service trophy and certificate at a ceremony and celebration in Central Church above the Pilgrim Centre. 7 March 2025 Two of our longest serving volunteers Angela and Jim received recognition as Hidden Heroes awarded by Room4Reward. 5 June Thank you Volunteer Garden party at Wanborough during Volunteer Week Prepared by trustees Sarah Smith and Charlotte Mannion December 2025 **Annual Report 2024 - 2025** ## **Funding** Fund raising continues to be our number one priority in order to ensure we can feed the hungry in Swindon. We are delighted to be a charity partner of Zurich Community Trust. As well as a four-year funding plan we have benefited from advice, guidance, training opportunities and support around sustainability. ## **Grants** SBC Household Support Fund x 3 – used for fresh fruit initiative plus food Zurich Community Trust ZCT Sustainability Grant John Lewis Partnership Action Funder Ltd National Benevolent Charity Wiltshire Community Foundation Unite BMW Comic Relief Asda Foundation St James Place (SJP) Charitable Office ## **Donors** As a part of our community, we were thankful for a number of generous sponsors including: The Rotary Club of Swindon Old Town Pearce Funeral Services Donations in memory of Wendy Ponting a sadly missed guest Asda Foundation and Asda Haydon Swindon for food donations Wanborough Farmers Market - collection Baxter Storey Bellinger Donnay Charitable Trust The FD Centre Elevana Ltd Rob & Jo Selbourne Mrs C Walker Highworth Evening WI Action Funder (Sovereign Winter Wishes) Limited Prepared by trustees Sarah Smith and Charlotte Mannion December 2025 **Annual Report 2024 - 2025** Emmanuel URC, Haydon Wick Immanuel United Reform Church Thames Water Collections Team Go South Coast The Old Boilers, Wanborough Highworth Evening WI Old Town Belles WI Aldbourne Ladies WI Route 8 Barbers Sheryll Fox Artist Bishopstone Christmas Craft fayre P & D Board Dry Liners ## **Fundraising activities on our behalf** Our grateful appreciation to: Steve Brown’s hosted Coffee Morning and further donations Sophie Bastin Running a marathon Rebecca Banwell Moore Climbing Three Peaks Wayner Twitchell 40th Birthday fundraiser ## **Other Fundraising Events** Wanborough Quiz Nights 15.04.24 and 10/1/25 Rotary Club Duck Race 21st May 24 Old Town Festival 1st June 24 Goddard Park Festival in the Parks 8th June 24 Swindon Pride 10th August 24 Wanborough Show 17th August 24 ## **Public collections** Myra’s Story, Wyvern Theatre 4th February 25 Tesco bag pack – food donations 16th March 25 Prepared by trustees Sarah Smith and Charlotte Mannion December 2025 **Annual Report 2024 - 2025** ## **And thank you to the following people for their support in the last year:** Our landlords, the Trustees, Minister and staff for Central Church, Swindon 10 Green Bottles (Berkley Farm) for supplying at cost price and delivering 50 litres of organic milk every week. Helen Browning Organic for regular donations of organic Speedy Sausages Janice Bardwell of Bassett Simply Safety, for advice on processes and for delivering training in Food Safety Level Two for our volunteers. Out of the Box Catering for supporting our Volunteer Week Garden party. ## **Expertise Support** Steve Grimmett Photography Services and mentor Melodie Beevers – treasurer Sheila Bryant – Allford Bryant – independent examination of accounts ## **Personnel** Wayne Twitchell – Service Co Ordinator March 2023 - Becky Middleton – part time cook 4 mornings October 2023 - Clair Collier – part time cook 3 mornings from February 2024 - Sophie Boyce – part time administrator (6 hours per week) February 2024 Yvonne – part time fundraiser Sept 24 - February 25 ## **Trustees** Charlotte Mannion – Chair of trustees August 2021 - 2025 Nicky Walsh – Vice Chair – November 2021 Sarah Smith – December 2019 Clegg Bamber – August 2021 James Puttick - August 2022 Frankie Walklate – October 2023 Lisa Woodruff – November 2023 Carla Mandis - March 2025 Louise Colsell – March 2025 31st March 25 Charlotte Mannion stepped down from the role of Chair of Trustees after over three years in post. She remains as a trustee. Prepared by trustees Sarah Smith and Charlotte Mannion December 2025 ## **Big Breakfast Plus Registered Charity Number 1197825 Income and Expenditure Twelve months to 31st March 2025** ## **INCOME** ## **BANK ACCOUNTS** |Fund Raising
Donations
Gift Aided Donations
Tax recovered
Individual donations
Grants
Bank Interest
Other Income
**TOTAL INCOME**
**EXPENDITURE**
Salaries
Expenses
Training
Governance/Admin/office
HR Support
Insurance
Premises
IT
Advertising / Marketing
Finance & Bank Charges
Provision of Meals
Kitchen Equipment
Office Equipment
Trustee expenses
Fund Raising Expenses
Volunteer Expenses
Depreciation
Sundry
**TOTAL EXPENDITURE**
**Excess of income over**
**expenditure**|5,856.08
**Bank Balances at 31st March 2024**
57,042.21
1,697.00
Lloyds Bank
0.00
Co-op Bank
2,632.09
Charity Bank
78,689.00
Cash in Hand
169.86
0.00
Balance at 31st March 2023
**146,086.24**
Lloyds Bank
Co-op Bank
Charity Bank
44,321.89
Cash in Hand
3,509.17
0.00
633.74
Balance at 31st March 2024
425.00
354.89
**Cash Movement in year**
3,962.32
156.26
**Fixed Assets**
2,411.55
IT, Equipment, etc
10.50
28,043.40
0.00
**Current Assets**
0.00
Bank and cash
188.17
Short term loan
1921.02
2042.44
1293.27
85.63
**Current Liabilities**
Creditors & Accruals
**89,359.25**
PAYE & Pensions payable
**56,726.99**
**Net Current Assets**
Unrestricted Funds 31-3-2025
**67,520.21**
Designated Funds
**56,726.99**
Restricted Grants (Trust donation)
0.00
**124,247.20**
**TOTAL RESERVES**|62,000.75
0.00
5,458.43
159.77
**67,618.95**
115,105.32
119.50
5,628.29
0.00
**120,853.11**
**53,234.16**
3,689.77
120,853.11
0.00
120,853.11
127.44
168.24
295.68
**124,247.20**
101,507.56
2,739.64
20,000.00
**124,247.20**| |---|---|---| |**RESERVES SUMMARY**
Reserves 1/4/2024
Movement in Year
Increase in designated funds
Total Reserves 31/3/2024|**67,520.21**
**56,726.99**
0.00|| ||**124,247.20**|| **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** ## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** **Report to the trustees/** Big Breakfast Plus **members of On accounts for the year** 31/03/2025 **Charity no** 1197825 **ended (if any)** I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/03/2023. **Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the **basis of report** accounts in accordance with 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 which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: - the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the 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. |**Signed:**
**Name:**
**Relevant professional**
**qualification(s) or body**
**(if any):**
**Address:**||25/11/2025| |---|---|---| |||| ||Sheila Bryant|| |||| ||ACMA|| ||Allford Bryant Business Advisors Ltd, 2 Coped Hall Business Park, Royal|| ||Wootton Bassett, Swindon, SN4 8DP|| 1