Tremorfa Community Pantry CIO Registered Charity Number 1204760
Annual Report and Accounts 1[st] April 2024-31[st] March 2025
Chairperson’s Report for the year ended 31 March 2025
This has been a challenging but successful year for our charity. The cost of living crisis has continued and we have listened to our community and helped them in many ways. By using FareShare Cymru on a weekly basis we have saved significant volumes of food waste from ending up in landfill. We’ve given out around seventy food bags every week whilst keeping weekly contributions to only £2.
Our wonderful volunteers and pantry users have been actively engaged in developing our services. Our co-production model ensures that our services continue to meet genuine local need and deliver clear public benefit. We are so much more than a food pantry, we run events, offer social and emotional support and help local people get training and jobs.
I would like to thank all of our funders over the year, The National Lottery Community Fund and Charities Aid Foundation.
Events would not have been achievable without the amazing hard work and commitment of our pantry volunteers and our Steering Committee members and as chairperson I would like to thank each and every one of them for their outstanding contributions.
I am also very pleased to report that our supporter organisations and network colleagues have stepped up and given us lots of assistance and support during a difficult year.
We are active members of Cardiff Community Food Collective (run by Food Cardiff)
Date 29 January 2026
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Trustees’ Annual Report for the year ended 31 March 2025
Introduction
Tremorfa Community Pantry (TCP) was established in 2019 by a group of like-minded people who felt that lots of people from their area could benefit from being able to access extra food that was destined for landfill. With the help of Flourish, a Cardiff Community Housing Association (CCHA) project, and National Lottery funding, their idea became a reality and Tremorfa Community Pantry was born.
The Pantry ran through Covid and the lockdowns under strict conditions and came out the other side stronger, delivering and giving out over a tonne of food and essential items each week to over three hundred families.
In 2023, in response to the cost-of-living crisis and demand from pantry users, we did some consultations and realised we needed to strengthen our governance. Becoming a registered charity was an important part of this process, and we registered as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) on 18 September 2023.
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Trustees’ Annual Report for the year ended 31 March 2025
Objectives and Activities
Charitable Objects
The objects of the CIO are:
To prevent and relieve poverty for persons, including those that are in temporary financial hardship, in such ways as the trustees from time-totime think fit, in particular, but not exclusively by:
(a) running a food bank and pantry, providing food, essential toiletries, and household items to individuals and families in need and/or for distribution by charities or other organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty.
(b) such other means including, but not limited to, the provision of support or signposting to relevant information and other advisory services.
Governance
As a Charitable Incorporated Organisation we have been strengthening our governance and now have a Management Committee with many active volunteers which is responsible for the day to day operation of the pantry, events and projects.
Our Trustees sit on our Steering Committee and have responsibility for the strategic direction of the charity, our policies and employment practices and ensuring that all trustees have regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit. The trustees regularly review the main risks facing the charity and take appropriate steps to mitigate these .
The trustees are satisfied that the charity’s activities during the year furthered its charitable purposes and provided public benefit.
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Trustees’ Annual Report for the year ended 31
March 2025
Governance (continued )
No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity for their roles as being a trustee. Trustees are recruited from the local community and supporting organisations.
The trustees who served during the year to 31 March 2025 are listed below and there have been no changes to trustees since the year end.
Claire Bailey
Katalin Bougaci
Steven Williams
Zack Williams
Danielle Boribond
Lynda Walsh
Achievements and Performance
Tremorfa Community Pantry runs twice a week for fifty weeks of the year, staffed by nine volunteers per session, supporting an average of seventy households each week.
We’ve been able to provide our volunteers with employment related qualifications in Food Hygiene, First Aid and Allergen Awareness, Community Nutrition Skills and Cooking. Our old treasurer is now employed by our local Council in a support role, demonstrating the wider benefits of volunteering and skills development through our charity.
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Trustees’ Annual Report for the year ended 31 March 2025
Achievements and Performance (continued)
We continue to run and host a range of community events, including a cookery demonstration at the St Fagan’s Food Festival which was well received by attendees.
We were able to redistribute donated books, supporting literacy and learning in the local area.
We ran our monthly Bingo sessions which help build friendships and community cohesion.
We are grateful for the support of our local NHS dieticians who supported us to run accredited courses in Community Nutrition Skills and Get Cooking. This was an example of good practice and partnership working with members of the board of Food Cardiff.
The charity has successfully secured significant grants from, the National Lottery, and Charities Aid Foundation. These grants have enabled, and will continue to enable, the charity to expand its operations.
In addition to operating the food pantry, the charity was also able to open “Shakes and Cakes” in March 2025, a milkshake and cake shop which supports the charity’s objects by providing employment, volunteering and skill development opportunities to the local community.
Over several months, a previously unused and derelict space was transformed into a space capable of achieving a level 5 Food Hygiene certificate from the Environmental Health Department. This we saw as the completion of Phase One of our Café Project. Our ambition is to make the café sustainable and to link it more closely with the pantry over the next few years. We are grateful for funding received from National Lottery Awards for All which made this project possible.
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Trustees’ Annual Report for the year ended 31
March 2025
Financial Review
Our Management and Steering Committees have helped with completing funding applications and writing reports. We are very grateful for the following organisations for awarding us grants during this accounting period: National Lottery and Charities Aid Foundation. Our restricted income has been complemented by our own local fundraising efforts such as social events and markets which raised over £11,000.
We are pleased with a stable financial position relative to the charity’s scale and activities. The trustees intend to develop a formal reserves policy once income streams become more predictable. At the moment we keep a small amount of unrestricted income for contingencies.
Reference and Administration Details
Charity Name : Tremorfa Community Pantry CIO
Registered Charity number : 1204760
Charity’s principal address : Tremorfa Community Hall, Tweedsmuir Road, Tremorfa, Cardiff, CF24 2QZ
Declarations
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees report above.
Claire Bailey (Chairperson)
Date 29 January 2026
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Independent examiner's report on the accounts
Section A Independent Examiner’s Report
Report to the trustees/ Tremorfa Community Pantry CIO members of
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31 March 2025 | Charity no | 1204760 |
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Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner
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 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
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examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act,
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to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act, and
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to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Basis of independent examiner’s statement
My examination was carried out in accordance with 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 items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the 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 examiner's In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention statement
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which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material respect, the requirements:
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to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; and
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to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act
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have not been met; or
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to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed: A K Aggarwal Date: 29 January 2026 Name: Ashok Aggarwal Relevant professional ICAEW qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: CHP Accountants Limited, Clifton House, Four Elms Road, Cardiff
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CHARITY NUMBER : 1204760
TREMORFA COMMUNITY PANTRY CIO
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS
FROM 1 APRIL 2024 TO 31 MARCH 2025
| RECEIPTS Fund Transfer Donations and Fundraising C3SC Youth Project National Grid Grant Cardiff Council Direct Food Community Foundation Wales Cost of Living Grant National Lottery Pantry Plus People Project National Lottery Awards for All Charities Aid Foundation PAYMENTS Salaries Employer National Insurance Staff Pensions Food and Consumables Warm Space Direct Costs Equipment and Maintenance Rent - Tremorfa Community Hall Rent - Clifton Street Property Refurbishment - Clifton Street Utilities - Clifton Street FareShare Cymru Computer and Office costs Legal and Professional Fees Accountancy Fees Training Volunteer Travel and Welfare Expenses Event Food Insurance Subscriptions SURPLUS/DEFICIT CASH FUNDS AT 1 APRIL 2024 CASH SURPLUS/DEFICIT CASH FUNDS AT 31 MARCH 2025 TOTAL RECEIPTS TOTAL PAYMENTS |
UNRESTRICTED FUNDS RESTRICTED FUNDS TOTAL FUNDS 2025 2025 2025 |
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| 11,854 13,373 25,226 4,824 2,319 - 2,505 16,678 11,054 27,731 |
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CHARITY NUMBER : 1204760
TREMORFA COMMUNITY PANTRY CIO
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
FROM 1 APRIL 2024 TO 31 MARCH 2025
| CASH FUNDS Current Bank Account TOTAL CASH FUNDS Other Assets at 31 March 2025 Shakes and Cakes Sum Up Other Liabilities at 31 March 2025 Pension PAYE Staff Expenses |
2025 2024 27,731 25,226 |
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| 27,731 25,226 |
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| 271 - 233 - 1,337 - 116 - |
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| 1,686 - |
Note 1 - The Charitable Incorporated Organisation confirms that no potential liability under guarantee existed at 31 March 2025.
Note 2 - The Charitable Incorporated Organisation confirms that no debt secured on its assets existed at 31 March 2025.
Note 3 - During the year one trustee received remuneration from the charity amounting to £1,456. This payment related to employment as volunteer co-ordinatator and not to duties as a trustee.
SIGNED ON BEHALF OF THE TRUSTEES
Claire Bailey
Date : 29 January 2026
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