CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND ANO WALES
Family Food Action
1198241
Receipts and payments accounts
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from
To
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrn•td¢t•d
funds
trfet•d funds
Endowm•nl
fund•
Total fund•
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.131
8.291
58,136
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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
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257
271
677
493
432
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Sub total
7462fj
A4 A•••t •nd In¥e•tm•nt purcha￿,
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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
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0910712024

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
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funds
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27.710
Total ¢a$h funds
31.158
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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..
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a) the collection ond distributAon offood and toiletries vio community portners olready
working withfamilies ond children in need,
bJpromotingundpre5erving goodnutrit￿n 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 re￿1ve
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).
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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.
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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.
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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
incIL￿ing 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.
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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
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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