**To** ## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date 1st June 2023 31[st] May 2024 **From** ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1199847 Caister Community Larder **Charity's principal address** The Rectory, Rectory Close Caister-on-Sea **Postcode NR30 5EG** **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||David Wells|Chair||| ||Michael Doyle|Treasurer||| ||Kevin Wood|||| ||Stuart
Hollingsworth|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** **Name Dates acted if not for whole year** March **2012** **TAR** 1 ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of adviser Name Address** ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Type of governing document Constitution - (eg. trust deed, constitution) How the charity is constituted Charitable Incorporated Organisation - (eg. trust, association, company) Initial trustees appointed in founding document, subsequent trustees Trustee selection methods appointed by the initial trustees and successors - (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: - policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; - the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; - relationship with any related parties; - trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** **The relief of need through the provision of emergency supplies of food, clothing and other essentials** March **2012** **TAR** 2 **A community larder was offered, allowing beneficiaries to select a bag of goods for themselves from stocks of food and essential household goods held by the charity, for the payment of a small fee less than the value of the goods. The larder is open two days a week and also offers service users opportunities to socialise and to receive support and guidance from visiting agencies.** **In addition, a foodbank was operated, providing emergency Summary of the main parcels of food and essentials to clients referred by partner activities undertaken for the agencies. public benefit in relation to The trustees had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity these objects (include within this section the statutory Commission on public benefit. declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** **The trustees had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit.** ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: Twenty volunteers worked for the charity, stocking the larder, welcoming customers to the community larder sessions, packing emergency foodbank parcels when required, collecting surplus food and donations from supermarkets and other activities necessary for the functioning of the larder and foodbank. Volunteers also undertook training in food hygiene, first aid, safeguarding, manual handling and other areas. The recruitment, training and work of volunteers were overseen by a volunteer coordinator. - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. March **2012** **TAR** 3 ## Section D Achievements and performance **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** The year ending May 2024 has seen our first full year of operation as a Community Larder based in the Caister Community Spoon, as well as bringing us close to 2 years of operating a crisis foodbank giving out food parcels. In relation to the foodbank parcels we have drastically reduced the amount of support required as many former users have switched to using the larder. Some weeks there are no foodbank parcels going out at all - but there are still occasions when users in crisis need that support, and then it can be vital. While the foodbank operation has scaled down, the Community Larder has grown steadily. During the winter months we were often providing 60 bags a week over the 2 sessions. Unsurprisingly demand has tailed off during the summer with smaller energy bills, and the availability of seasonal work, but we are still averaging 44 bags a week, and in the past year have issued a total of 2,467 bags. That total has only been possible because of support from many quarters - most importantly from our volunteers who have put in many hours of work, not just at the sessions but also collecting donations, and packing bags - we owe a big debt of thanks to them and to our volunteer coordinator. We continue to receive donations from the community, some left in collecting bins in Tescos, in the Social Club, and in the parish church, and donations received from the Methodist church. We acknowledge the generous funding we receive from the Norfolk Community Foundation as one of their affordable food Hubs March **2012** **TAR** 4 ## **Section E Financial review** **Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves** **Details of any funds materially in deficit** ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: - the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); As detailed in the accounts filed with this report, the principal source of income has been grants received from the Norfolk Community Foundation. Other income is derived from the payments made by users, and from other grants received from local charities and organisations. In addition, the charity receives support in kind from local supermarkets Tesco and Lidl’s. - how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; - investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ## **Section F Other optional information** ## **Section G Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** > **Full name(s)** David Wells **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chair **etc) Date** 25/3/25 March **2012** **TAR** 5 2023124 2022123 Donation Grant Sales 860 14,490 7,437 1,852 3,570 360 22,787 5.782 Consumables Stock Rent TrdiT]ing Equipment Insurance 118 12.646 1,200 603 108 168 3,675 10 14 576 150 120 652 Bank Charges 18,528 1,512 4,259 4.270 2023124 2022123 Bank Account Petty Cash Cash Float 8.442 76 10 52 10 8,528 4,367 Sundry Creditor 97 8,528 4.270 4.270