# **Charity name: Market Drayton Foodbank Charity registration number: 1198835** ## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period 1st October 2024 to 30[th] September 2025** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP
reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The prevention or relief of poverty in Market
Drayton, Shropshire and the surrounding area
(or such wider area as may seem appropriate
from time to time when working with partner
agencies and networks)| |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 provision of financial support, items and
services to individuals in need/crisis and/or
charities, or other organisations working to
understand, prevent or relieve poverty and in
particular by providing emergency food
supplies, signposting to other agencies and
any other means deemed appropriate by the
trustees.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The Trustees of Market Drayton Foodbank
have given due regard to the Charity
Commission’s guidance on public benefit.| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:||| ||SORP
reference|| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|Market Drayton Foodbank has 1 full time and
1 part-time paid posts: the Foodbank Manager
and Assistant Manager. A team of around 35
volunteers perform various roles including the
collection of surplus food from supermarkets,
the processing and weighing of donated foods,
stores and stock management, sign-posting
services, maintaining web and social media
and client hospitality during their visits to the
food bank.| ## **Achievements and Performance** **----- Start of picture text -----**
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|**Achievements and Performance**|**Achievements and Performance**|**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 duration of the following data is from 1
October 2024 until the year end of September
2025.
Market Drayton Foodbank has provided…

547 food parcels have been distributed
feeding 764 adults and 532 children, a total
of 1296 people.

21,454 kg of food was donated from local
people, supermarkets, businesses, both
small and corporate, churches, local
organisations and groups.

Child holiday meals are also provided to
feed school children during the school
holidays when they haven’t access to their
usual free school meals or the HAF
(Holiday Activity & Food) service.

Around 100 Christmas food vouchers and
hampers were provided to families and
individuals

Our food bank has also given top ups to
pre-payment electric and gas cards/meters
through a small fund it holds and
partnerships with Fuel Bank, Marches
Energy Agency (MEA) and other local
funds such as the Warmer Homes Grant
Fund and Charis Winter Support fund
(funded by Trussell) have helped clients
through the energy crisis. We signpost
clients to council services/funds such as
Welfare Support and local organisations

Signposting services were offered to all
new clients during that period of time, a
total of 280 instances have been recorded
such as giving out information leaflets,
organising on site appointment with
agencies on site and on-line support.

A Partnership with Citizens Advice
Shropshire that started in April 2023
continues. Unique Individuals Accessing
the Service – 94, Individuals with Financial
Gains – 19, Confirmed Financial Gains -
£24,418.00.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|Market Drayton Foodbank started a money
advice project in partnership with Citizens
Advice Shropshire on 1 April 2023. A
Generalist Advisor was cited in the food bank
centre for face-to-face support with income
maximisation advice and a referrals process
into the central CA team for specialist advice
such as debt. Other referrals were made to
external agencies. This was funded through a
grant (for Financial Inclusion services)
awarded from Trussell giving 3 years of
funding with a potential 4thyear if all the
allocated funding is not used.| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|N/A| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|N/A| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|Maintained its financial stability with a
significant increase in the amount of donations
due to one unique large donation.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The Trustees have agreed that reserves
equivalent to 12 months’ running costs will be
held.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£182,329.00| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|Not applicable| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|Not applicable| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|No uncertainties| ## **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|Market Drayton Foodbank’s principal source of
funding is from regular individual donors.
Occasional additional fundraising events are
held by Foodbank supporters and other local
organisations.
From time to time grants are available from
Trussell for specific projects.| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives includingany|Para 1.46|N/A| |social investment policy
adopted||| |---|---|---| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|The principal risks to the charity would be a
decrease in the number of individual donors,
or the risk that donors do not increase their
giving periodically in line with inflation. This
risk will be mitigated through appropriate
communication with donors.| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Market Drayton Foodbank CIO is governed by
a constitution approved by the Charities
Commission.| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|When it was founded, Market Drayton
Foodbank was initially part of St Mary’s
Drayton-in-Hales (Church of England) Charity
(No 1144116). On the 5thMay 2022 the
Foodbank became its own Charitable
Incorporated Organisation (No 1198835).| |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|There must be at least three charity trustees.
Trustees are appointed for a three-year term
(renewable). In selecting individuals for
appointment as charity trustees, the charity
trustees must have regard to the skills,
knowledge and experience needed for the
effective administration of the CIO. Although
there are no persons or organisations named
in the Foodbank’s constitution as being
entitled to appoint trustees, it is the desire of
the Market Drayton Foodbank Charity to
continue its close association with the
churches of Market Drayton, who played a
major part in establishing the Foodbank in
2012. At least one Charity Trustee should be
drawn from these churches. This is outlined in
the Foodbank’s trustee recruitment policy.| **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|As well as criteria provided in their
Constitution, Market Drayton Foodbank also
have a trustee recruitment policy describing
the appointment and induction process.| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|Market Drayton Foodbank is part of the
Trussell network of more than 1,300 food
banks through a franchise agreement.It
supports a nationwide network of over 400
food banks to provide emergency food and
support to people in crisis right now, whilst
campaigning for the changes needed to create| **----- Start of picture text -----**
a future without the need for food banks. Our
food bank is supported by a Trussell Area
Manager. The Foodbank Manager reports to
the Board of Trustees. The Assistant
Foodbank Manager reports to the Foodbank
Manager.
Market Drayton Foodbank is also a member of
the Shropshire Food Poverty Alliance The
Relationship with any Para 1.51 Shropshire Food Poverty Alliance is a coalition
related parties formed by a diverse group of organisations (of
which we are one), united by a single goal: to
eradicate food poverty within Shropshire and
are all committed to making a substantial
difference in the lives of those facing food
insecurity.
Currently, the coordination of the alliance is
led by Citizens Advice Shropshire,
underpinned by the strategic guidance of a
steering group that includes major
stakeholders such as us, other food banks,
Shropshire Council, the NHS, Age UK and the
Marches Energy Agency.
Other
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## **Reference and Administrative details** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Charity name Market Drayton Foodbank
Other name the charity uses
Registered charity number 1198835
Charity’s principal address Parish Rooms
Church Street
Market Drayton
Shropshire
TF9 1AF
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Name of person (or body)
Dates acted if not for whole
Trustee name Office (if any) entitled to appoint
year
trustee (if any)
1 Catherine McBride Chair
2 Vince Craig
3 Sally Gallivan Secretary
4 Roy Aldcroft Until 24 September 2025
Michael Hammond-
5
Sharlot
6
7
8
9
10
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved: None **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity: None **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A 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**||| |**Accountant**|Stubbs Parkin
South|28 Cheshire Street. Market Drayton TF9 1PF| |**Treasurer**|Gail Ackerley|20 Forest Road, Market Drayton TF9 3HX| |||| |||| ## **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)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**|| |---|---| ||David Strudley| ||
Chair (registered 6 October 2025)| ||15/05/2026| ||15/05/2026| CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Indeiiendent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examinerfs Report Report to the trusteesl members of Market Draykn) Fo()abank On accounts for the year ended 2025 Charity no (rf any) 11988&5 Set out on pages 1*1 I report to the trustees ￿ my examination of the ￿)Unts ofthe above chartty Cthe Tmsf) for the year endgj Responsibilities and As the tharity trustees of the Trust. yw are responsible for the preparation basis of ￿port of the a￿)Unts in accordan￿ the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 rthe Acn I report in respect of my e￿￿mInatIon of the Trusys a¢counts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Ad and in L2rrying out my examination, I have followed the appll"¢*le DIr￿110nS given by the Ch￿lty Commission under section 145(5}(b) of the Act I have 0JM￿ted my examinati￿. I ¢c￿fin￿ that no material matters have come to my attention (olher than that disdosed below") in connection with the examinalion vthith gives me cause to believe Ihat in. any materTral Independent examinerfs statement accounting records were not kept tn accordan￿ section 130 of the Act or the aojyjnts do rK)t accord Yrti Ihe accounting records I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to vthith attention shtsjld be drawn in order to enable a proper undefstanding of the accounts to be readied. . Please delete the wO￿ts in the brackets rfthey do notapply. Signed: Name: Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any)- KrtlLS fr-kkv Address: LRJJiq Lc ￿)qLA￿￿3s AfiOfvJ IER October 2018 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND ANO WALES Receipts and payments accounts CC16a Forthe per(¢d Section A Receipts and payments EndoTAmerrt Total funds Last y￿r Al Recei Regulardonations One off donations 14317 GIA26 18,317 61A26 11982 12,982 21,103 733 Grants Jusi GIV￿￿j Bank lrterest 21.103 Sub total(Gross income for AR) 21.103 115￿7T Isee tsblel. Sub total 95.474 21,103 116A77 A3 Payments Salaries 4T24 1.323 5.724 1,323 744 647 Pen$￿Ths Rent General RJnnifvJ CL*s C￿zÈnS Adv[￿ B S Storage Fuel Top Up Ewipment 11717 11717 1120 1120 318 318 I,W3 32 471 Trydvel 471 Sub total l&OtT p¥Jrchases. ($99 tsblel Sub total 49.054 11017 Plet of receipW(paymentsJ A5 Transfers betwèBn fund 127.824 181 127,824 CCXX Rl a7wts ISSI 2110712026 Section B Ststement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestricted Restricted funds Endowment funds ategories to nparest£ B1 Cash funds 11927 181.316 Total eash funds 174A43 *¥xNW¥)) fun Detsils F¥nrtfo*l)Kh CurrpFrtvalue Dètails Currootvalue nal Details B4 Assets retsin¢d for th• charity's own use riT When du nal Details B5 Liabilitios Z3•• Swjneil by one ortwo trustees ¢x behalfof ￿1 the truslees Date of val h g-,Qub & CCXX R2 ￿Unts {SSI 21107r2026