Reglstered Charlty Number: 1200141 REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 FOR BUNGAY COMMUNITY SUPPORT <> vandijk ACCOUNTANTS
BUNGAY COMMUNITY SUPPORT REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES for the yearended 31 March 2025 Reference and administrative information set out on page I forms part of this report. The financial statements comply with current statutory requirements, the Constitution and the Statement of Recommended Practice - Accounting and Reporting by Charities (effective from January 20191. Ob ertives and artivities The purpose of Bungay Community Support IBCSI is set out in its Charitable Constitution to provide relief to those people in Bungay and surrounding villages in a 6-mile radius in East Suffolk and South Norfolk who are in need by reason of their age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or social or economic disadvantage, by means of practical Services, advice and a55iStance, and by as515ting and co-ordinating with voluntary and other organisations including the local authority in order to provide practical service5. Maln actlv5tles undertaken for the publlc benefit The Trustees have paid due regard to guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit in deciding what activitie5 the Charity Should undertake. ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE The work of BCS continues to grow, with an increase in footfall averaging now over 70 per week over the 3 days we are open to the public. Staff and volunteers continue to welcome visitors to use the range of services available at our welcoming community hub which include A Food Hall- for payment of a small sum, mernber shoppers can select from a wide range of arnbient products, fresh meats, fish, bread, fruits & vegetables up to a value of at least six times their payment. The savings made by families facing financial hardship enables them to divert funds towards other areas of their budgets. We are grateful to the local community & local retailers for all their healthy donations. Thank5 to funding from Suffolk Community Foundation, we ère now able to open the Food Hall 1 /2 days per week, providing food to 70 resident5 of Bungay154% being children). We have introduced a wraparound service of support to our Food Hall member5 and applicants. On application and at 6-month renewal, residents have an interview with ESC Financial Inclusion Team who can confidentially review a person's financial position and look for opportunities to increase income, reduce spending and deal with debts to improve the financial situations of Food Hall users. Merry Go Rounds Ifoirnerly Baby Basics) provides support and 355iStance to parent5 and caregivers in our community by offering high-quality pre-loved and new baby and toddler clothing (ages 0-3 year51 at no cost. A community hub, a warm, welcoming social centre where local residents can meet to avoid social isolation, have free refreshments. take part in activities, ji8 saws, games etc, find information or just meet, making friends. We were able to hold the Warm Welcome project here in winter 22123, welcoming 293 visitor5 during the 22-week project. Overall, since opening in july 2023, records show an average of 46 visitors a week have used Number 28. We are extremely grateful to all the dedicated volunteers who make these services so welcoming. During the winter months of 24125 BCS once again held Warm Welcomes sessions over its 3-dèys of opening each week, aimed at providing a safe, warm and welcoming environment where people can come to keep warm, socialise and connect with others and access additional information, advice and support from local partners. We linked this with additional funding from ESC Cost of Living Fund, which enabled BCS to run a multi-facetted interlinking programme to assist residents facing financial hardship at the most difficult time of the yeai.. Free distribution of warm pack5 of clothing Free distribution of Specific bag5 of healthy food that residents to cook at home, available to non-members as well as members of the BCS Food Hall facing financial hardship, during a time of vear when warm healthy food or even bigger portions are essential to maintain wellbeing. As part of this project, we were able to refer 7 households to ESC Warm Homes Healthy People Winter Handyperson Offer. This team Support households on low income or those vulnerable to the cold with FREE energy efficiency measure5 to help make their home warmer and cheaper to heat this winter.
BUNGAY COMMUNITY SUPPORT REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES for the yearended 31 March 2025 BCS received 5hort-term funding from Suffolk Community Foundation Household Support Fund, that enabled our charity to provide grants to support those in financial hardship. Working in partnership with ESC Financial Inclusion Team for additional guidance and support, we.. Purchased a range of vouchers of differing values from local supermarkets that enabled our shoppers to purchase Eroceries & other items either immediately, or over a longer period of time. We also assisted families and individuals by helping to cover the cost of heating, electricity, water, and other essential utilities, ensuring that homes remain warm and habitable during the winter months. Raised fund5 for the purchase and installation of a Defibrillator, which is open for ctsmmunity use on the outside of our premise5. Become an outreach base for other services that otherwise would not be available in Bungay, meaning that residents would either have to pay to travel to use them. These include Citizens Advice, DWP Job Club, Reali5e Future5, East Suffolk Financial Inclusion Team. All report high attendance from local resident5 for their advice in financial matter5. We have also become an outreach based for Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust who hire the premises for a whole day each week to hold pre-booked Talking Therapy sessions. Understanding IT- our 1=1 support service for th05e having difficulty using mobile phones/computer5. We continue to operate a shopping & medicine5 delivery Service and a befriending service to those facing social isolation with over 90 clients 'on the books" We are developing a working partnership with the local Social Prescriber and with it an increasing number of referra15 for a befriending service in addition to our other services. The appointment of a new Trustee, who will enhance the Board with her experience in areas of mental health and safeguarding. BCS prides itself that it is an organi5ation run by the community for the community. All TIu5tees, volunteers & staff are local, with all staff being former service users. Trustee5 are constantly listening to members of the community seeking their views on potential services & developments as how best to support those in need as per our charitable objectives. Staffing changes We started the year retaining the ski115 of Barley Moves, our Food Hall Supervisor, and Ryan Clarke, our IT Support Officer. With the funding received frorn Lottery Awards for All we were able to appoint Gernma Goldspink as Volunteer Coordinator in June 2024. Gemma, like Ryan, had been a former user of BCS services so is able to bring life experience to the role. However, we were particularly saddened when Barley announced her resignation March 2025 to follow her hobby as a talented artist. She was replaced by Natalia Revkova, also a former user of BCS service5, who brings with her a vast wealth of project management together with an affinity with people. FINANCIAL REVIEW Trustees are delighted to announce that Bungay Community Support finds itself in a very positive financial situation at the end of this period. Reserves currently exceed the anticipated level a5 Stated in the Reserves Policy for the forthcoming year due to funding gained from The People's Project, Suffolk Community Foundation, East Suffolk Council & Bungay Town Council to run projects in the new community hub of Number 28. Trustees would like to thank all the donors who have made contributions to BCS funds during the year.
BUNGAY COMMUNITY SUPPORT REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES for the yearended 31 March 2025 Reserves policy It is the Trustees, policy to maintain reserves at a level it considers necessary to meet cash flow requirements. Trustees also passed a resolution to open a new bank account for the purpose of holding funds for future staffing contingencies or unexpected demands on BCS resources. For the financial year 24/25 the sum tts be held on deposit in 3 restricted account is to be £30,000 but will be reviewed annually. Principal funding sources BCS relies on submitting funding applications to statutory bodies and charitable trusts for its funding. For 2024125 we entered the second year of a Service Level Agreement with Bungay Town Council for contributions toward5 food purchase within the Food Hall, an annual income of £5,000 received Lottery Awards for All funding for core funding, a total of £19,991. - Thanks to support from East Suffolk Council, we were able to receive funding for Warm Welcomes (£10831, Cost of Living Winter Support1£19981. and Food Resilience £10,000 to continue the project until 31st March 2026. - Thanks to support from Suffolk Community Foundation, we were able to receive fundin8 frorn Food Grant1£2,0001 and Household Support Fund l£lO,0001. We would also like to thank the generosity of the local community in their donations. Included in this are.. - Freemasons- £500 Rumborough Morris Dancers £400 Peter 8ennison's Christmas Raffle- £210 St. Margaret's Church choir service £114 Bungay Town Christmas Lights switch on £257 Earsham Tea Rooms, for facilitating & hosting a fundraising day for the defibrillator- £653 in total. But just as important are the residents who add to our collection boxes. STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Governing document The charity is controlled by its governing document, its Constitutitsn, approved by the Charity Commission in Au8USt 2022, number 1200141. Recrultment and appolntment of new trustees New trustees are recruited and appointed by existing trustees. Chan8es in Trustees We were sad that one of the original Trustees, Bob Prior, retired from the Board in July 2024. Bob had been instrumental in the establishing of Bungay Emereency Community Support with the onset of Covid in 2020 from which Bungay Community Support developed as a charity. His skills In negotiation and Spearheading the practical works enabled us to transform the former butcherf5 shop into our flourishing community hub. We are pleased however to welcome Ruth Terry to the Board at the AGM in 2024. Ruth's experience in both the mental health and safeguarding sectors will add greatly to the skillset of the Board. Risk management The trustee5 have a duty to identify and review the risks to which the charity 15 exposed and to ensure appropriate controls are in place to provide reasonable assurance against fraud and error.
BUNGAY COMMUNITY SUPPORT REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES for the yearended 31 March 2025 Reglstered offlce The Limes 18 DitchinEham Dam Bungav NR35 21Q Trustees Mr5 Susan Collin5 Mrs Linda Christine Bailey Mr Antony john Oliver Dawes Mr Philip James Love Robert Prior (resigned 15.07.241 Mr5 Ruth Terry13ppointed 14.10.241 Mrs Wendy Elizabeth Walpole Independent Examiner van Dijk Accountants 11 Trinity Street Bungay Suffolk NR35 IEH Approved by order of the board of trustees on 29 September 2025 and signed on its behalf bv.. S Collins- Chair
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORTTO THE TRUSTEES OF BUNGAY COMMUNITY SUPPORT CHARITY NUMBER 1200141 I report on the accounts of the Bungay Community Support for the year to 31 March 2025 which are set out on pages 6 to 8. Responsibilities and basis of report The Charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The Charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 I'the Charities Act") and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to.. examine the aetounts under section 145 of the Charities Act to follow the procedure laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 14515llbl of the Charities Act to state whether particular matters have come to my attention My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual iterns or disclosure5 in the accounts, and seeking explanation5 from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a "true and fair view" and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. Independent exam5ner's statement In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention which Elves me cause to believe that, in any material respect= the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act.. or the account5 did not accord with the accounting TetOTds,' or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair" view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. 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 reathed. I van Dijk FMAAT van Dijk Accountants Limited 11 Trinity Street Bungay Suffolk NR35 IEH 24 September 2025
BUNGAY COMMUNITY SUPPORT Charity Number: 1200141 RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT Forthe year to 31 March 2025 2025 2024 Recelpts Donations Unrestrlcted Restrlcted Total funds Last year 35,948 77,252 2,707 217 1.711 1,691 50,072 3,581 120 3,402 50,072 3,581 5,089 Grants Food hall sales Other income 4,969 Holding funds third party Total Receipts 6,680 5S,464 62,144 116,12S Payments Holding funds third party Repairs and renewals Office expense5 Rent 269 3,810 706 3,810 706 4,985 978 5,146 4,363 2,276 20,608 10,104 396 5,146 4,363 2,276 24,814 10,104 396 5,249 1,560 1,852 21,373 Heat and Light Telephone/internet 4.206 Project Funding Travel 422 Training Cleaninglwaste Refreshments 112 112 19 813 813 591 1,012 97 1,109 1,566 612 109 Equipment Insurance 1,566 612 1,146 598 Subscriptions Events 281 281 173 83 Household Support Fund Sundry Accountancy Professional fees 550 550 298 289 587 2,266 1,200 473 1,200 473 3,296 9,593 4,078 324 Food Hall 10,339 S,417 1,049 10,339 5,417 1,049 Plant and machinery Office equipment Total Payments 5.516 70,207 75,723 58,962 Surpluslldeflcltl for the year 1,164 114,7431 113,5791 57,163 Transfer between funds
BUNGAY COMMUNITY SUPPORT Charity Number: 1200141 CASH FUNDS At 31 March 2025 2025 2024 Cash funds Unrestricted Restricted Total funds Last year Lloyds Account Deposit Account Cash in hand 34.785 27,461 30,000 62,246 30,000 358 105,994 358 189 Balance tarried forward 3S,143 57,461 92,604 106,183 Movement During Year Unrestricted Restricted Total funds Last year Lloyds Account Deposit Account Cash IN hand 1,164 44.912 30,000 43,748 30,000 169 57,067 169 96 Net Movement 1,333 14,912 13,579 57,163 Summary movement Cash b/f Net movement in year Cash funds 106,183 13,579 Cash c/f 92,604
BUNGAY COMMUNITY SUPPORT Charity Number: 1200141 STATEMENT OF NON CASH ASSETS AND LIABILITIES At 31 March 2025 2025 2024 Closing Assets and liabilitie5 Unrestrirted Restrirted Total funds Last year Plant and equipment Office equipment Stock 9.622 1,731 9,622 1.731 150 4.206 682 150 150 Accrua15 Note I 600 600 600 Balance carried forward 750 11,353 12,103 5,638 Note l Accruals Accruals reflects the annual accountancy charge for independent review. The financial statements were approved by the trustees and signed on its behalf by.. 11 p45 S Collins Chair 24 September 2025