## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 19/09/2023 Period start date To 05/04/2024 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Mabel’s Meals** ## **Charity registration number: 1204781** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP
reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|For the public benefit, to relieve poverty and
financial hardship of pet owners in Calderdale
and the surrounding area who are unable to
feed domestic animals they are responsible for
by the provision of food for dogs, cats and small
domestic animals.| |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|Charity activities undertaken:
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Fundraising
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Buying of pet food in bulk
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Distributing pet food at food banks/food
charities.| |Statement confirming whether
the trustees have had regard to
the guidance issued by the
Charity Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|Trustees have regard to the guidance issued by
the Charity Commission on the public benefit.
They therefore only distribute small amounts of
pet food in order to alleviate immediate need.
In addition to this they only partner with
organisations which also claim to meet the
public benefit guidance as detailed by the
Charity Commission. This is checked prior to
working with each new partner organisation.| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||
SORP
reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|N/A| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|N/A| |Contribution made by|Para 1.38|Volunteers assist in all day to day activities of
the charity including fundraising and distribution| |volunteers||of food packs.| |---|---|---| |Other||| ## **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|Fundraising
Donations made prior to charity registration:
Happy Dog House donated one third of their
winter fundraiser.
Charity has yet to commence distribution as it
has been working to identify suitable partners at
food banks.
Early April - Identified Tod Food Drop In as a
potential partner for distribution and arranged
trial drop in on 27thApril.
Completion of Charity Commission Registration
Creation of necessary policies and procedures| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|
N/A| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives set|Para 1.41|N/A| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|N/A| |Other||N/A| ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s financial
position at the end of the
period|Para 1.21|Income: £1736| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the policy
for holding reserves stating
why they are held|Para 1.22|Mabel’s Meals aims to keep £1000 in reserve in
order to cover any ongoing commitments we
may have to supply pet food to other
organisations. We aim to sign up to supply for a
three month period at a time in order that
organisations are able to advise their customers
and plan their own purchasing.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£1736 as had not yet commenced operation on
5thApril 2024.| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|N/A| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|N/A| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the charity
continuing as a going concern|Para 1.23|N/A| ## **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|
Mabel’s Meals plans to fund raise in a number
of ways i.e. stalls at summer fayres/events,
sponsored walks, coffee mornings and a
gig/concert.| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any social
investment policy adopted|Para 1.46|Mabel’s Meals does not make investments.| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|Mabel’s Meals has not yet commenced
distribution. This section will be completed in
more detail in the 2024/5 report.| |Other||Mabel’s Meals has only been operating for 8
months at this time. The majority of this has
been spent completing Charity registration and
policies whilst making plans for fundraising and
distribution.| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution| |How is the charity constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO| |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|Chair appointed Treasurer and Secretary
Existing trustees will collectively make any
future appointments| ## **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|
N/A| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the charity
works|Para 1.51|N/A| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|Mabel’s Meals is currently working towards a
partnership with Tod Food Drop In to
commence distribution on a trial basis in late
April 2024.| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Mabel’s Meals| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|N/A| |Registered charity number|1204781| |Charity’s principal address|73 Green Park Road
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**whole year**|**Name of person (or body)**
**entitled to appoint trustee (if**
**any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Philippa Helen Smith|Chair|Full length of charity
operation to date (Sept
2023 to April 2024)|Board of Trustees| ||Jane Michelle
Makepeace|Treasurer|Full length of charity
operation to date (Sept
2023 to April 2024)|Board of Trustees| ||Diane Nicholls|Secretary|Full length of charity
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## **Receipts and payments accounts** ## **CC16a** **For the period** 6/4/2023 5/4/2024 **To from** ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |||**Unrestricted**
**funds**|||||**Restricted**
**funds**||||**Endowment**
**funds**||||**Total funds**||||**Last year**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||**to the nearest**|**£**||||**to the nearest £**||||**to the nearest £**||||**to the nearest £**||||**to the nearest £**|| |**A1 Receipts**||||||||||||||||||||| |Fundraising||**1,870**|||||**-**||||**-**||||**1,870**||||**-**|| |Donations||**54**|||||**-**||||**-**||||**54**||||**-**|| ||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**|| ||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**|| ||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**|| ||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**|| ||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**|| ||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||||**-**|| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_||**1,924**
|||||**-**||||**-**||||**1,924**||||**-**|| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**||||||||||||||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**(see table).**||||||||||||||||||||||| |||**-**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**-**||||||| |||**-**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**-**|||||**-**|| |**_Sub total_**||**-**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**-**|||||**-**|| |||||||||||||||||||||||| |**_Total receipts_ **||**1,924**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**1,924**|||||**-**|| |**A3 Payments**||||||||||||||||||||||| |Paypal Fees||**1**||||**-**|||||**-**|||||**1**||||**-**||| |Website Fees||**187**||||**-**|||||**-**|||||**187**||||**-**||| |||**-**||||**-**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**-**||| |||**-**||||**-**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**-**||| |||**-**||||**-**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**-**||| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 12/24/2024 1 ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**188**||**-**||**-**||**188**||**-**| |**A4 Asset and investment**||||||||||||||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||||||||||||||| |||**-**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**-**||||||| |||**-**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**-**||||||| |**_Sub total_ **||**-**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**-**|||||**-**|| |||||||||||||||||||||||| |**_Total payments_ **||**188**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**188**|||||**-**|| |||||||||||||||||||||||| |**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ **||**1,736**||||**-**|||||**-**|||||**1,736**||||**-**||| |**A5 Transfers between funds**||**-**||||**-**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**-**||| |**A6 Cash funds last year end**||**-**||||**-**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**-**||| |**_Cash funds this year end_ **||**1,736**||||**-**|||||**-**|||||**1,736**||||**-**||| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
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(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
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**funds**| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 12/24/2024 2 ## **B2 Other monetary assets** ## **B3 Investment assets** **B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use** |**-**||**-**||**-**| |---|---|---|---|---| |**-**||**-**||**-**| |**-**||**-**||**-**| |**-**||**-**||**-**| |**-**||**-**||**-**| |**-**||**-**||**-**| |**Details**
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**(optional)**| CCXX R3 accounts (SS) 12/24/2024 3 ## **B5 Liabilities** Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees |||||||**-**|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||**-**|||| |||||||**-**|||| |||||||**-**|||| |||||||**-**|||| ||Signature||Print|Name|||||Date of
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