Trustees’ Annual Report for the period From 01.09.22 Period start date To 31.08.23 Period end date Charity name: BUILDING BRIDGES FOOD HUB Charity registration number: 1199710 Objectives and Activities ||SORP
reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The preventon or relief of poverty or
fnancial hardship, partcularly but not
exclusively in Calderdale, by providing
subsidised food and other essental items
to individuals in need.| |Summary of the main
actvites in relaton to those
purposes for the public
beneft, in partcular, the
actvites, projects or
services identfed in the
accounts.|Para 1.17
and 1.19|Building Bridges Food Hub is a registered
charity which aims to provide support to
local residents who have fallen on hard
tmes so that they may receive subsidised
shopping, providing them with dignity and
choice. The clients make a small but
notable contributon to the shopping and
the remainder is paid for by the charity.
Clients who are eligible to join pay a
membership fee. They can then choose up
to 20 items from a weekly updated list
online and can choose to pay online or
with cash. Families can order up to two
baskets weekly. Clients then book a
collecton slot and pick up their shopping
each Saturday.| |Statement confrming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
beneft|Para 1.18|Each year our trustees review our
objectves and actvites to ensure they
contnue to refect our aims. In carrying
out this review the trustees have
considered the Charity Commission’s
general guidance on public beneft and
believe we are compliant with both the| benefit aspect and that it is provided to those in need without discrimination in two local postcodes. 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|| |Contributon made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|| |Other||| Achievements and Performance ||SORP
reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identfying the diference
the charity’s work has made
to the circumstances of its
benefciaries and any wider
benefts to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|We contnue to enrol new members as
well as looking afer existng members - we
now have more than 175 members
registered to use our online social
supermarket. In August 2022 we averaged
10 baskets of shopping distributed to local
benefciaries a week. In August 2023 this
had more than doubled to 23 baskets of
shopping per week! In the last year we
have improved our social media presence
now on Facebook and Instagram.
We have been successful in bidding for 2
grants in the last year and this has secured
the charity fnancially for the last 12
months, so any donatons from individuals
have been accumulatng. We contnue to
receive gif aid which is used for any admin
costs. The physical work is done on an
entrely volunteer basis and we have no
employees.
We aim to apply for a natonal lotery
administered grant to improve our digital
and physical infrastructure in the
forthcoming year.| ## Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Achievements against objectives set Para 1.41 Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set Para 1.41 Investment performance against objectives Para 1.41 Other Financial Review |Review of the charity’s
fnancial positon at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|Within the last year income for Building
Bridges Food Hub exceeds costs ,
predominantly because of grants received
in the year. On startng the food hub in
Sept 2022 we supported 10 families per
week, by Aug 2023 we supported 22
families per week on average. An average
basket of shopping costs £18-£25 per week
and members pay £3 towards this so it
costs the charity £15-£22 per basket. There
are minimal overheads as you have the
premises rent free , no staf costs etc .| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
statng why they are held|Para 1.22|The reserves policy is £2,000 as the annual
running costs are only insurance and
equipment . If our income from
donatons / grants / gif aid were to fall we
would reduce our actvity so we would not
operate at a defcit| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£2,000| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
defcit|Para 1.24|No funds held in defcit| |Explanaton of any
uncertaintes about the
charity contnuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|We have regular donors and grants
income. If either of these were to
decrease we would decrease our actvity
accordingly, but we have no concerns
currently about operatng as a going
concern| 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 |||| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectves including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A descripton of the
principal risks facing the
charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| Structure, Governance and Management |Descripton of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Consttuton adopted 27.05.2022| |How is the charity
consttuted?
(e.g unincorporated
associaton, CIO)|Para 1.25|Charitable Incorporated Organisaton| |Trustee selecton methods
including details of any
consttutonal provisions e.g.
electon to post or name of
any person or body enttled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|The charity trustees are responsible for the
general control and management of the
charity.. The trustees give their tme freely
and receive no remuneraton or other
fnancial benefts.
We currently have 6 charity trustees, but
the consttuton declares a minimum of 3
and maximum of 12. The frst charity
trustees are appointed for life or untl
retrement. Apart from the frst charity
trustees every trustee must be appointed
for a term of 3 years by a resoluton passed
at a properly convened meetng of the
charity trustees. In selectng individuals for
appointment as charity trustees the charity
trustees must have regard to the skills,
knowledge and experience needed for the
efectve administraton of the CIO.| 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 charity’s organisatonal
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |---|---|---| |Relatonship with any
related partes|Para 1.51|| |Other||| Reference and Administrative details |Charity name|BUILDING BRIDGES FOOD HUB| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1199710| |Charity’s principal address|Ofce 2, 16 Market Street
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HUSSAIN|CHAIRPERSON||| ||TEHMINA
PAREKH|SECRETARY||| ||SARIA TAHIR|TREASURER||| ||SAMIR KHAN|||| ||MOHAMMAD
TAHIR|||| ||SAJJAD
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year|| |---|---|---| |N/A||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others Description of the assets NOT APPLICABLE 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 adviser
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Address| |---|---|---|---| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||Name of chief executve or names of senior staf members (Optonal informaton)||| ||||| ## 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 **----- Start of picture text -----**
Signature(s)
Full name(s) DR TEHMINA PAREKH [SARIA TAHIR]
Position (eg SECRETARY TREASURER
Secretary, Chair, etc)
Date 28/5/2024 28/5/2024
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**BUILDING BRIDGES FOOD HUB 1199710 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** 9/1/2022 8/31/2023 **To from** ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**A1 Receipts**
**-**
Donations
**18,122**
Grants(unrestricted)
**11,000**
Gift Aid
**3,195**
Interest
**9**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**32,326**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 32,326**
**A3 Payments**
Foodpurchases
**11,130**
Subscriptions
**78**
Insurance
**136**
Equipment and sundries
**1,601**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ 12,945**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total payments_ 12,945**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ 19,381**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**-**
**_Cash funds this year end_ 19,381**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**18,122**
**11,000**
**3,195**
**9**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**32,326**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**32,326**
**11,130**
**78**
**136**
**1,601**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**12,945**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**12,945**
**19,381**
**-**
**-**
**19,381**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**18,122**|**-**| |||**-**|**11,000**|**-**| |||**-**|**3,195**|**-**| |||**-**|**9**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**32,326**|**-**| |||||| |||**-**|**-**|| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||||| |||**-**|**32,326**|**-**| |||||| |||**-**|**11,130**|**-**| |||**-**|**78**|**-**| |||**-**|**136**|**-**| |||**-**|**1,601**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**12,945**|**-**| |||||| |||**-**|**-**|| |||**-**|**-**|| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||||| |||**-**|**12,945**|**-**| |||||| ||**-**|**-**|**19,381**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**19,381**|**-**| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|**Details**
Current Account Metro Bank
Halifax Food Bank
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**16,399**
**-**
**2,982**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**19,381**
**-**
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OK
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**to nearest £**
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**-**
**-**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
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**funds**
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**funds**
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**funds**
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**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
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approval| ||||| ||||| CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALIS Independent examln8rf0 report on the accounts Scclioii Indopondenl R•port to the trugt•O81 members of On •ccounts for th• yoar •nded 31 2023 Charlty no (If any) 11 qSliO S•t out on pages I report to the trustees on my examlnation of the accounts of the 8tx)ve charty ("the Trust.) for the year ended R•sponslbllltles and As the charty truslees of the Trust, you are restx)nsible lor the weparalth basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Chanlies Act 2011 ("the Act.). I reFth in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under sects'on 145 of the 2011 Act and In carrying out my examlnation, I have followed the appllcable Direclions given by the Charlty Commiss¥ under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. I have completed my examination. I conflrm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection wlth the examination which gives me cause to belleve that in, any materlal respect: accounting records were not kept in accordance wth sectlon 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records Independent examinerfs statement I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in c￿￿tK with the examination to which attentson should be drawn in (Nd￿ to enatAe proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. ' Please delete the words in the brackets rf they do not appty. Signed: Date: Iq Name: Rolevant professional walification(s) or body (rf any): rc+E L-J Address: 7 L SSD. October 2018 Scanned by Tapscanner