Keswlck Area Food Share AGM Septsmber 2025 Welcome to the Keswick Area Food Share AGM 2025. We have had a busy 12 months since our first AGM, and looking back at the figures, we are busier than ever. In our first 12 months, we provided 873 bags of food to residents in the CA12 area. In the 12 months from September 2024, to the first two weeks of September 2025, we have provided 1471 bags of food to our customers. We have bags for families, single people, couples and a small number of homeless people. Bags include breakfast, lunch and dinner for a few days, and some snacks, made up of tinned and packet goods. Addrtionally, we provide separate bag of fresh fruit and vegetables. Some of these we buy in, but a lot of fresh goods are donated by local residents, who have a surfeit of produce. In the last few weeks, we have had eating apples, baking apples (the lovely Keswick Codlins) French beans, Victoria plums, cucumbers, and pears donated. Addits"onally, each week we receive three boxes of fresh produce from the Living Well Project in Egremont, totally free of cosL The Project helps local residents with mental health needs, and other local people
who volunteer in their market garden, growing fresh vegetables to distribute to communty food projects in West Cumbria. The variety of produce they provide has enabled our customers to try many new varieties, such as rainbow thard, kale, heritage tomatoes, fennel and squash We also provide pet food, toil6tri8s, and a small number of deaning products on demand. We are well supported by local businesses, both in donations of money and goods. Keswick Rotary and Keswick Lions have been stalwart friends since our inception, and continue to support us, week in, week out. Local residents often pop in to the share with donations both financial and practical. We also have our donation trolleys at Booths and the Co op, and donation boxes in the Library, local businesses and Threlkeld Coffee Shop. The trolley8 in particular have been well Supported, although we have noticed a reduction in donation8 over the last few months, which perhaps indicate8 the difficulties many people are facing with the constantly increasing prices of food. We are entirely run by volunteers, and our volunteers remain the absolute backbone of this project. Their hard work, the . extra mile. approach, their open and welcoming attitude have been the major part of our ongoing and growing success. We are very gratefvl for the ongoing support of Cumberland Council, from whom we lease the premises rerrt free, and particularly the Library Service and the very supportive staff at Ke8wick Library, who have made this journey with us, and made it so much easier. For the future, we would benefft from being abl8 to access our premises outside of Library opening hours, for deliveries, packing, and possibly additional opening hours. We are in negotiation with Cumberland Council at the preserrt time, to invests.gate whether this will be possible.
KESWICK AREA FOOD SHARE - AccouKfs 014)24 to 31418-25 The tsble below records in Column D the bank reconciled summary of income & expenditurefor the 12 month period commencing 01-09-24. Column C records similar infomalion for the 11 month period from 01-10-23 as specified by the Charity Commission. Column B records similar information for the 7 mth trial pericxj prior lo CIO sL*us INCOME & EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT 23 TRIAL 0.00 PARTICULARS BALANCE BIF INCOME 11 GRANTS 12 DONATIONS IN <£20.00 13 DONATIONS IN >£20.00 la BAG CONTRIBUTIONS . JTAL ANNUAL INCOME 23124 13,893.12 24126 23.683.83 ,2S126 6.00 13.500.00 142.00 1,834.80 518.16 15.994.96 9.400.00 467.40 5,606.36 1.243.98 1.144.00 6,513.00 1,761.00 10.661.98 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 16,918.86 EXPENDITURE E1 DONATIONS OUT E2 ADVERTISING E3 FACILITIES HIRE E4 ADMIN COSTS E5 FOOD PURCHASE E6 NON FOOD ITEMS TOTAL ANNUAL EXPEND 0.00 -317.40 0.00 -340.00 -1,319.34 -125.10 -2.101.84 0.00 0.00 0.00 -204.36 ,448.61 475.18 -7,128.16 0.00 -87.32 0.00 -1,067.32 -13 653.87 -145.83 -14,954.34 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 YEAR PROFIIOSS BALANCE CIF 13.893.12 13.893.12 9,790.71 23,683.83 4.292.36 19,391.47 0.00 6.00 Tgm RENNIE I rtEASURER.