CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND ANO WALES Family Food Action 1198241 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a Forthe p•rfod from To Section A Receipts and payments Unrn•td¢t•d funds trfet•d funds Endowm•nl fund• Total fund• La•ty•ar tothD tothj nMrwl£ t+thi n•nr•ii £ A1 R•¢d ts & lurth8b .131 8.291 58,136 ftAd 8.291 2.8OB 373 fuTrJB from b8lue I Sub tot•l{Gm8$ incom8 fi)rAR) 71.7 112• 74 71.5 A2 Ass•t and Inv•slm•nt sal•s.1800 SI total 71,768 3.129 74107 71,SSb A3Pa •nts BU PllUce ants Fwdr•lslng ¢O¥ts Volunteer s rt ¢(t$ 257 271 677 493 432 (Xhw ex Sub total 7462fj A4 A•••t •nd In¥e•tm•nt purcha, labl•l Sub total 69.968 4,8$Q 74121 40,868 Netof rn¢elptsqpayments) A5 Trnnsfer¥ between fund A6 Cash fund5 last yearend Ca8h funds y•arend 1,802 1.531 271 30.886 30.886 31.158 31.158 30.886 XX A1 artounts ISSI 0910712024
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unr•8trtct•d R•strfct•d fund8 funds Endowm•nf funds Categorfes Detalls B1 Ca•h fund¥ bank SaV1r bank C01t 27.710 Total ¢a$h funds 31.158 Unrnstrfct•d fund• R•otrtctl fund¥ Endowm•nt funds t•Y•rfj £ Details 82 Other monotary assets d to wNth •M•t Qxrort Detalls 83 knv•stment ass•ts DÈtails Colt B4 Assets retrlnod for th• charlty's own UBe FwbltowNch Il•WIIty rnlats• Details B5 UabHttI•¥ Sh3n8d by one orkn> trustO0$ on boha of al the tsu8t8es S•3naturè Print Nwrtfj Datè approVal kl Tr4JQL , [61zt CCXX FQ ao)Junt8 ISSI 0910712024
Trustees. Annual Report for the period Peiiod start dale Period end date From 01 03 2023 02 2024 Section A Reference and administration details Charity name Family Food Action Other names charity is known by Registered charity number lif any) 1198241 Charitys principal address 10 Bythesea Avenue Bristol Postcode BS7 OFN Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity Trustee name OFFice Irf any) Dates acted rf not for whole year Name ofperson lor efititled to appoint trustea Irf an Kate Beckett Jerzy Wieczorek Anne Reese Chair Treasurer Chair Until 15108123 Unb'l 10101124 Richard Stanley Michael Farmer Emily Ryan Mary Regan Jacqueline Haskins Secretary Treasurer From 131CE12023 From 131(/2023 Section B Structure, governance and management Description of the charity's trusts CIO Model Conststution Type of governing document How the charity is constituted Charitable Incorporated Organisation Trustee selection methods Section C Ob'ectives and activities The objetts of the charity are- Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document The relief of need amongfomilie5 in Bristol who GTre sociolly or economically disadvantoged in such woys 05 the trustee5 moy in their absolute discretion thinkfit but porticulurly through.. FFA TAR June 2024
a) the collection ond distributAon offood and toiletries vio community portners olready working withfamilies ond children in need, bJpromotingundpre5erving goodnutritn through ¢7n emphasis on theprovisiun offr&h produce, CJ roising oworene55 offood povety andpromoting public 5UPPOrtfor the chority's ortivities. Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objecls (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit) d) encouroging ond enobling members of the public to undertoke voluntory work. Family Food Action provide5 weekly donations of f resh produce and toiletries to 5 community organisations in North Bristol lour partner51, for distribution to families in economic and social need via.. food clubs, where families pay a small membership fee and in return re1ve weekly produce at a substantial discount. a local Primary School. and twoadventure playgrounds that provide f ree meals to children after school. Unlike Food Banks, families do not require a 3 party referral to join these food centre5. All our partners are embedded in their local community with strong relationships wrth local children and families. Food is neveroffered in isolation and 15 just one part of wider family support that each partner offers. The 5 community organisations are.. May Park Primary School Felix Road Adventure Playground The Vench Adventure Playground & Community Centre, St Paul's Children's Centre, and Southmead Children'5 Centre The charity's donations are sourced via weekly street collections and by purchases of fresh produce made by the charity on behalf of our partners and financed via donations and fundraisingactivitie5. The weekly street collections are informed by specific requests for various food types from each community partner, as are the purchases made by the charity on behalf of eath partner. This differentiates FFAf rom otherpfoviders in that we are enabling our partners to exercise some control over what they receive, instead of relying on whatever surplus produce is available in any given week from, for example. local supermarket5. FFA has paid due regard to the Charity Commission guidance on public benefit. Bristol has the highest level of food poverty in the Southwe5twith 113 of Bristol children living in poverty and within North Bristol, FFA'S community partners are located in areas of greatest need as illustrated in the following graphic. In the graphic overleaf.. A = Southmead,. B= St Pauls,. C= May Park,. D- The Vench,. E= Felix Rd. Red labels indicate >5(K) children eligible for FSM- Orarsge indicate >l(M) and <=5C(J,. Green indicate <- IIM). FFA TAR June 2024
ih¥ Public benefit is further enhanced by the charivs focus on providing fresh fruit and ve& eggs, dairy and meat, given that such fresh produce is often less available to families livin in deprived areos relative, sa . to fast food outlets. Addttlonal detalls of objectlvos and actfvltles (Optlonal Infomiatlon) You may choose to include further statements, where relevant. about: policy on grantrnaking: policy programme r8latsd inveslment,. contribution made by volunteers. FFA does not employ any staff or contractors, bein8 run entirely by volunteers. These volunteers: Lead and organised all asperts of the organisatlon, Including finance. Liaised with each community Partner on a re8ular basi5 to understand their developing needs Organlsed weekly street by street collections of produce and tolletrfes Transported street collections to a central location for sorting Sorted the street collections into loads for each community partner and transported these loads to each community partner Placed weekly order5 With local suppliers of fruit and ve& dairy produce. eggs and halal meat, for delivery to community partners. Ran an annual Open Day to promote the work of the charlty. Supported the charltvs various fvndralsing activrties. Our regular suppliers. with whom we placed weekly orders on behalf of our community partners were: Dole PLC {fomierly Total Produce) forfresh fruit and veg PAK Butchers. o halal meat supplier. for fresh chicken portions Good Egg Company at Paxcroft Fami, for e88S Tesco at Golden Hill for other dairy produce. We also received donated produce from several other local businesses.. 10 fresh loaves a week from Hobbs House 8akery on Gloucester Rd. ICQ pies roughly every mnth from Pieminister. which we distributed to our partners at The Vench ond Southmead. Pieminister also supported our Open Day by provtding employees to help with the stewarding arrangements Other local business partners with vthorn we have relatlon5hlps are: Salnsburfs Clffton t)ovm Is a collection partner and we received food donations from their customer5 once a fortnight. We also or8anised a collection at Sainsburfs aifton Down 3 times during the ear. FFA TAR Jung 2024
Sainsbury'5 at the TrianEle have contacted us, wishing to be come a partner. All the paperwork is in place and we will start receiving food donations f rom their customers in March 2024. Bristol Brunel Lions donated food to us roughly every 2 months. Bishop5ton and Ashley Down Labour Party organise a street collection on Gloucester Rd once a month and donated to us what they received. The Red Monkey Pub in Chandos Rd organises a fortnightly quiz and the proceeds were donated to Ll5. Several gardening and allotment groups donated produce to us regularly, including the Golden Hill allotment group. Tyntesf ield National Trust and the Avon Gleaning Network donated pumpkins in October which we redistributed to our partners. Ignite donated their surplus warm homes kits, which we redistributed to our partners and to St Nicolas Churth in Easton, to whom we have donated in the past. A packagin8 firm donated over ICK) boxe5 of 10 Ikg boxes of rolled oats which we distributed to our partners. We have cemented our relationship with the Ardagh Community Trust and are gratef ul to them for giving us rentf ree premises to use on a Tuesday morning for our sorters, and for putting a new roof on the site. We have also been delighted to receThie the produce f rom their gardens to distribute to our partners. Section D Achievements and performance Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year The charity's activities have made a rea5 contribution towards our community partners, efforts to alleviate food poverty within their localities.. Each week our donations support approximately 150 familiesthroijgh food clubs per week across all 5 community partners. In addition, in term time, each weokwe contribute towards 40to 150 chlldren e8ting 8fter school at Vench activity sessions, and 530-560 Ghiidren eating after school at Felix Road adventure playground whilst in school holidays, each week approximalely 50 ¢hiidren eat lunch and 40 childran have an afternoon snack at the Vench, and between 560 and 1500 children eat lunch or supper at Fellx Road. In addition to the regular weekly distributions to our 5 community partners. the charity also made a number of 5rnall one-off grant awards during the year, ranging from £ to £3,675, to primary schools and children's centres operating in similar localities in North Bristol. These one-off grants were aimed at supporting new inf(iatives to improve hildren's nutrition le.g. breakfast clubs, healthy snacks1 and build ski115 le.g. tee nage cooking classes). To meet our objertive of raising awarenes5 of food poverty, we publicise and keep in touch with our supporters via Month newsletters, and maintain an informatwe website. We have a regular column in the monthly Bishopston Matters publication. In September 2023 we organised our Second Open Day. The aim of which was to Showcase our and our partner5, work and increase awareness within the local c¢immunity of the work that FFA does and the impact we Were having. Despite bad weather, we were successful in attrètting many I{al people to the day, we recruited some new volunteers and raised over £3,)0 to support our ongoing work. We have given talks to other local organisations. to explain the work of the charity, which resulted in additional donation5. We were also featured in a BBC 2 Gardener5' World programme focu5sing on the redistribution of surplus allotment produce to communities in need in Bristol. FFA TAR June 2024
Section E Financial review Brief statement of the charity's pollcy on reserves The charity reviewed its reseThe5 policy and the trustees agreed to designate a contingency reserve of £15,LXX), principally against the risk of the charity havinE to ase its activities. This amount is broadty suff icient to ensure that the charity can continue to support its 5 partners for a period of 3 months, giving the partners some time to Source alternative providers. Details of any funds materially in deficit Not applicable Further financial review details {Optional Infomiation) You may choose to Total income was £74.897 compared to £71,555 in the prior year. include additsonal infomiation, where relevant about.. the charity's principal sources af funds (including any furKlraisingl', how expenditure has supported the key obieclives of the charity, investment Folicy arKI objectives incILing any ethic investment policy adopted. The chartty's principal Sour of funding remains regular weekly and monthly donation5 from individuals, local businesse5, trusts and other organisations, as well as one-off and irregular donations. These donations range in size from £3 per week, to a single one-off donatKin of £3,129. Most such donations are made via bank standing orders. but in addition, we receive both regularand one-off donations via ourJust8iving pages. Regular and one-off donations from all sources amounted to £58,853 and we were able to claim an additional £8,291 in gift aid. In addition to these donations, we raised over £7,414 via specific fundraising events, eitherorganised by the charity, or by otherswho wished to 5Lipport the charity's artivity. We estimate that we receNed around £20,C(Klworth of produce and toiletries via our weekly street collections over the course of the year. During the year, we spent£61.473 on weeklydeliveries of f resh produce for our partners Ifruit and veg, eggs, other dairy produce and halal meatl. In addition, we distributed £10,365 via 5 one-off grants to North Bristol organisations aligned with the chartty'5 aims, to enable these organisations to set up new ventures aimed at alleviating food poverty in their locality. Expenditure on overheads and administration was minimal. Cash reserves at the end of the'financial year were £31.158 compared to £30,886 at the end of the prioryear. All restricted fund5 carried forward were spent during the year, so after the designated reserve of £15,OIX) and amounts owed to suppliers, free reserves stood at £12,141. In view of this f inancial position. the charity is di5CUSSlnE Wlth its partners, limited increases in the value of fresh produce that it procures on their behalf, forthe coming year. FFA TAR June 2024
Section F Declaration Tho trustees dedare that they have approved the Irustees, report above. Signed on behalf of the charlly's trustees Signature{s) Full name(s) ILI R7A kÉrs Position Date 11(fve tsz4 11 U£4 FFA TAR June 2024
Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Family Food Action I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Family Food Action (Registered Charity 1198421, the Charity ) for the year ended 28 February 2024. Responsibilities and basls of report As the charity trustees of the Charity you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Art 2011 ('the Act,). I report in respert of my examination of the Charity's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have ft)Ilowed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Art. Independent examlnerfs statement I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: accounting records were not kept in respect of the Charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records. 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: Ken Griffin Address: 12 Downs Cote Park, Bristol BS9 3JT Date: 4 July 2024