## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **Period end date** ## **Charity name: Barton Area Food Bank** ## **Charity registration number: 1198384** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The purpose of the charity is the relief of
poverty or financial hardship in Barton-upon-
Humber and the surrounding areas by
providing to individuals in need (and their
dependants):
(A)food, essential toiletries and household
items that they could not otherwise afford; and
(B)such other means, including (but not limited
to) the provision of support, advice or
signposting to relevant information and other
advisory services.| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|The primary beneficiaries of the Food Bank are
those who are struggling to provide food and
other household essentials for themselves and
their families and they are referred to the
service by a variety of professionals such as
social workers, health professionals, schools,
churches and others.
Food and other household essentials are
distributed twice weekly at the Salvation Army
Church by volunteers and there is also a facility
for food to be obtained in emergency at a
different time. Residents in local villages are
encouraged to come in and take food back
with them for those in need locally.
Food and supplies are donated by the local
population in a variety of ways: for example
permanent bins are sited in shops, churches
and other venues and volunteers stand in the
supermarket twice a year collecting over a
three day period. Shops also donate surplus
fresh food and this is collected by volunteers
and taken to the distribution centre.| |||In order to provide an adequate and
appropriate supply of food to the service users,
it is often necessary to buy particular items to
top up the food donations. Gifts of money from
local people are welcomed and increasingly
used to do this.
Donations are gratefully received from local
businesses and organisations both in Barton
and in the surrounding villages. These include
the churches, other charities such as the Rotary
Club and the Lions, schools, the local Parish
Councils and several more.
The activities of the Food Bank benefit service
users in particular but there are also benefits
to the wider public which are less easy to
quantify.
Having a Food Bank in the town highlights that
there are families struggling locally and those
who wish to donate money or food to help
those in need can do so knowing that their
donations will be welcomed and used locally,
safely and efficiently.
Volunteering brings its own more personal
benefits to the individual and to the team.| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The Trustees have had regard to the guidance
on public benefit issued by the Charity
Commission including the position taken in the
case of poverty charities.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|All aspects of the Food Bank’s work are
undertaken by volunteers and no staff,
committee members nor trustees are paid.
Without this level of commitment the Food
Bank would not be able to function .
The number of volunteers enrolled with the
Food Bank at any time is around 40 but there is
a wide range of engagement. Some takepart in| in-store collections for three hours twice a year while many undertake sessions in distribution or the store for around 12 hours a month and those managing the service up to 5- 10 hours a week. The volunteers take part in activities such as collecting food regularly from donation points round the town including in the evenings when surplus food is available; volunteers help with regular shopping and ferrying this to the store or to the distribution sessions; some work sorting stores and packing the bags for the clients; some work in the distribution sessions and some behind the scenes ordering, collating, liaising and many other jobs needed even for a small concern. Some work can be strenuous physically while other aspects require skills appropriate to meeting and helping people who are struggling with difficulties. They are trained to be friendly and non-judgemental, making sure that a visit to the Food Bank is a pleasant experience and not the demeaning event which some new clients dread. Other ## **Achievements and Performance** SORP reference |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|The Food Bank in Barton upon Humber was set
up in 2012 and since that date has grown into a
well- recognised service in town and the
surrounding villages. The number of clients
coming to the service has increased
significantly as has the amount of money and
supplies donated by the public.
The charity has been able to service the
increasing demands made on it by promoting
the service to potential donors while at the
same time maintaining confidentiality as to the
clients.
Over the years work has been done to ensure
that members of referring agencies are aware
of the food bank and how to access it so that a
greater number of needy clients are identified
and referred.
This has often required persistence and
determination particularly at a time when staff
in the Food Bank’s partner agencies change
frequently as do their management and
communication systems.
The benefit to clients who receive food for
their families is self-evident and the benefit to
the wider society is discussed in the above
section.| |---|---|---| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|Numerical objectives around the uptake of the
service are not formally set as parameters are
difficult to find.
The number of food parcels delivered has
increased over the years as the service has
become recognised. The numbers peaked
In the period 1.11.22 to 31.10.23, when a total
of 2160 visits were made to the food bank
representing some 3099 adults and 2267
children.
In the period 1.11.23 to 31.10.24 2,111 visits
were made representing 2739 adults and 2092
children.
(Note that some clients make several visits
during a year)
Since the cost of living has risen over the past
few years, there has been a significant increase
in the number of families and single people
attending the distribution sessions which
would suggest that the Food Bank is being
responsive to the increased need.
The trustees and the committee are aware that
it is important that needy people are
welcomed to the Food Bank and are not
discouraged by a wide range of extrinsic or
intrinsic factors. This is a continual concern and
one which also affects existing service users,
our generous donors and the reputation of the
Food Bank in the town.
Ongoing discussion is taking place in the
committee and at volunteers’ meetings to
explore ways in which both staff and clients are
treated sensitivelyand made to feel welcome.| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|Last year the decision was made to build a new
store as the old shipping container was too
small both to store provisions and for staff to
work in safely.
A building fund was established in order to
provide a larger facility for the storage and
processing of donated food and other supplies.
It was important that this fund was separate
and did not take money from the regular funds
donated for food and other household
supplies. It was decided to approach local
businesses and grant-making bodies to raise
the funds required and these were approached
directly by letter.
The appeal was successful and the sectional
building was constructed at the back of the
Salvation Army Church where distribution
sessions are held, on land leased to the Food
Bank by North Lincolnshire Council.
The project suffered several delays mainly with
planningand other issues beyond our control| |||and the new store came into use soon after
Easter 2024. This gives approximately four
times the room for storing food with fridge and
freezers on site rather than the spread of
storage facilities around the town. Volunteers
can now work safely in an airy environment.
Thanks to the generosity of local businesses
and the local authority the amount specifically
raised covered theproject costs.| |---|---|---| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**|||| |---|---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The Food Bank holds a healthy balance in its
bank account at the end of the accounting
period. Cash in the bank account at October 31st
2024 is £29,185. This includes £5,208 in
restricted funds for the new storage building
under construction.|| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The trustees are satisfied that sufficient reserves
are held to carry out the objectives for at least
the next twelve months.
There is also money identified within the
building fund which is designated “restricted
funds” in the accounts. This is shown to be
£5,208 in the accounts.
Some funds have been transferred to a newly
opened deposit account in order to earn some
interest.
It is anticipated that the number of clients
attending the Food Bank will be maintained and
may increase in the near future.
It has been noticeable that donations both of
food and supplies have decreased as donors
have felt under financial pressure themselves.
The cost of the food required to top up
donations is increasing which when added to an
increase in the Food Bank’s overheads following
the building of the new store means that the
service has become much more expensive.
Happily donations of money have increased over
theyear.|| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|Unrestricted cash in bank account October 31st
2024 is £23,977. Restricted funds cash is £5,208|| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22||| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24||| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|The charity is confident that it will remain a
going concern while expecting its service to be
used more and to become more expensive.|| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Donations to the Food Bank are almost entirely
from local people or businesses whether by
regular or occasional donations with the
occasional grant from the Local Authority.
Registration for gift aid has helped to boost
funds significantly| |---|---|---| |||| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|The principal risk would be that donations from
all sources fall at a time when the service is
becoming more expensive to run. At present
there is no concern that this will happen and
reserves are good but it requires close
monitoring and appropriate actions to be
taken.| |Other||The Food Bank provides a distribution service
for another local charity giving money to needy
clients specifically to pay for gas and electricity.
This fund is held by the Chairperson and
records kept separately. When a balance of
such funds is held it is included in Restricted
Funds. There were no such balances at
31.10.2024 as theyhad all been disbursed.| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|
Para 1.25|Constitution| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Trustees are appointed or reappointed at the
AGM by the members. One trustee will retire
at each AGM after 1.11.23 and may apply for
reappointment for a limited number of times.
The trustees may appoint a new trustee
between AGMs and this trustee will also retire
at the next AGM and maybe re-elected| |
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|.
The trustees may appoint a new trustee
between AGMs and this trustee will also retire
at the next AGM and maybe re-elected| |---|---|---| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements||where relevant about:| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|The current trustees were appointed when the
new constitution was confirmed and all had
been long-serving officers on the Food Bank
committee. They therefore knew the charity
and its functioning well. They were introduced
to the roles and responsibilities of being a
trustee mainly through reading and discussion
of the broad literature published by the Charity
Commission.
A formal policy to include all these things will
be drawn up before a new trustee is
appointed.| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|Prior to becoming a Trust, the Food Bank was
run by a committee and this has continued
with the four trustees being part of that
committee and taking formal responsibility for
governance and other appropriate aspects.
Since the current trustees are officers of the
committee, they are involved very much with
the day-to-day running of the service and with
the volunteers| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|When the Food Bank was formed there was
interest from the local churches and this
relationship has continued. Representatives
from the churches have been on the
committee and the Food Bank has been
involved with “Churches together” initiatives
such as the Homeless project.
The Salvation Army has been particularly
supportive of the Food Bank more recently,
giving it a base to store and distribute food.
Officers have also been available to offer
practical support to clients whose needs fall
outside the Food Bank’s remit.| |||| |
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|.
The trustees may appoint a new trustee
between AGMs and this trustee will also retire
at the next AGM and maybe re-elected| |---|---|---| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements||where relevant about:| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|The current trustees were appointed when the
new constitution was confirmed and all had
been long-serving officers on the Food Bank
committee. They therefore knew the charity
and its functioning well. They were introduced
to the roles and responsibilities of being a
trustee mainly through reading and discussion
of the broad literature published by the Charity
Commission.
A formal policy to include all these things will
be drawn up before a new trustee is
appointed.| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|Prior to becoming a Trust, the Food Bank was
run by a committee and this has continued
with the four trustees being part of that
committee and taking formal responsibility for
governance and other appropriate aspects.
Since the current trustees are officers of the
committee, they are involved very much with
the day-to-day running of the service and with
the volunteers| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|When the Food Bank was formed there was
interest from the local churches and this
relationship has continued. Representatives
from the churches have been on the
committee and the Food Bank has been
involved with “Churches together” initiatives
such as the Homeless project.
The Salvation Army has been particularly
supportive of the Food Bank more recently,
giving it a base to store and distribute food.
Officers have also been available to offer
practical support to clients whose needs fall
outside the Food Bank’s remit.| |||| Other ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Barton Area Food Bank| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1198384| |Charity’s principal address|c/o Salvation Army Church
114 Tofts Road
Barton upon Humber
North Lincolnshire
DN18 5ET| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Margaret Sidell|Chairperson||| ||Penelope Phillips|Store Manager||| ||Janet Pemberton|Secretary||| ||Susan Wind|Treasurer|1.11.23 – 23.11.23|| |||||Trustees during the year and
members at the Annual
General Meeting| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – 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** ## **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**|**Name**|**Address**| |---|---|---| |**adviser**||| **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** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Full name(s)** Janet Mary Pemberton **Position (eg Secretary,** Secretary **Chair, etc) Date** 8th April 2025 |**Barton Area Food Bank**|**Barton Area Food Bank**||**1198384**||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||||**CC16a**| |**For the period**
**from**|01.11.2023
Period start date|**To**|31.10.2024
Period end date||| ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**20,047**
**-**
**250**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**20,297**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**20,297**
**14,770**
**271**
**-**
**300**
**-**
**699**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**16,040**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**16,040**
**4,257**
**232**
**19,488**
**23,977**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**7,540**
**-**
**2,573**
**4,142**
**73**
**-**
**14,328**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**14,328**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**38,281**
**-**
**38,281**
**38,281**
**- 23,953**
**- 232**
**29,393**
**5,208**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**20,047**
**-**
**7,540**
**250**
**2,573**
**4,142**
**73**
**-**
**34,625**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**34,625**
**14,770**
**271**
**-**
**300**
**-**
**699**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**16,040**
**38,281**
**-**
**38,281**
**54,321**
**- 19,696**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**20,047**
**-**
**7,540**
**250**
**2,573**
**4,142**
**73**
**-**
**34,625**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**34,625**
**14,770**
**271**
**-**
**300**
**-**
**699**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**16,040**
**38,281**
**-**
**38,281**
**54,321**
**- 19,696**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Donations|**20,047**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**20,047**||**17,467**| |Gas/electricitydistribution|**-**|||**-**||**1,575**| |Fundingfor new store||||**7,540**||**33,323**| |Chair's Welfare Fund|**250**|||**250**||**100**| |HMRC VAT refund|**-**|||**2,573**||**-**| |HMRC Gift Aid|**-**|||**4,142**||**-**| |Interest received|**-**|||**73**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**20,297**|||**34,625**||**52,465**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||| ||**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**||| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||| ||||**-**|**34,625**||**52,465**| |||||||| |Warehouse supplies|**14,770**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**14,770**||**12,737**| |Cashgrants - welfare|**271**|||**271**||**170**| |Gas/electricitydistribution|**-**|||**-**||**1,575**| |Christmas food and vouchers|**300**|||**300**||**2,447**| |Contribution to business rates|**-**|||**-**||**47**| |Trustees' insurance|**699**|||**699**||**299**| |Mobilephone topup|**-**|||**-**||**10**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**16,040**|||**16,040**||**17,285**| |||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||| |**Materials for new store**|**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**|**38,281**||**5,196**| ||**-**|||**-**||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||**38,281**||**5,196**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||| ||||**-**|**54,321**||**22,481**| |||||||| ||**4,257**|**- 23,953**|**-**|**- 19,696**||**29,984**| ||**232**|**- 232**|**-**
**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**19,488**|**29,393**||**48,881**||**18,897**| ||**23,977**|**5,208**|**-**|**29,185**||**48,881**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 08/04/2025 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
**Details**
**Details**
Warehouse - at cost
Cash
Lloyds Bank Current account
Lloyds Bank Deposit account
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Gift Aid - year ended 31.10.2024
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**82**
**-**
**14,030**
**-**
**9,865**
**5,208**
**23,977**
**5,208**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**3,282**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
Restricted
**43,477**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Janet M Pemberton|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| ||||8.4.2025| ||||| ||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 08/04/2025 2 igel Coyle & Co Of￿￿ F12 Enlerpri5p Conlte Beck VN>w Road Beveiley HU17 WT T 01482 689t) Ifi E nvJplrtni¢JtslrAplp l Jk Dear sirlmad8m Independent examiner's reportto thetrustees of Barton Area Food Bank I report to the trustee5 on my examination of the accounts of the Barton ATea Food Bank for thè year ended 31 October 2024. Responsibillties and basls of report As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Aet 20111'the Act'l. I report in respect ol my examination of the Trust's accounts carriecj out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charlty Cornmission under section 14515llbl of the Act. Independent examiner's 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: 1. accounting recoid5 were not kept Sn respect of the Trust 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 whieh attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding ol the accounts to be reached. Nigel Coyle FCA Office F12, Beverley Enterprise Centre, Beck View Road, Beverley, HU17 OIT 12 March 2025 ICAEW CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS