**Information required for your annual report** This is for Charities not subject to full Audit This information is required in order for you to comply with reporting requirements under the Charities Act. Please write your responses exactly as you want them to appear in your accounts. Use your mouse or tab key to move from grey box to grey box to complete this form. Once completed, save it and email it back to us. This is your chance to tell people what you do. Feel free to write as much as you like and we will put this into the report and accounts. Group’s full name: Bassetlaw Foodbank Other names by which you are known: BFB Prior to April 2025 Bassetlaw Food Bank The main contact address for the organisation: Bassetlaw Foodbank, Community Way, off Shrewsbury Road, Worksop, S80 2TU Your charity registration number: 1209747 (Prior to April 2025:1154703) And (if applicable) Your company registration number: N/A ## Names of all current trustees, (directors) |
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**dd/mm/yy**|Office held (if applicable)| |---|---|---| |Rebecca Cullen||Chair| |Bob Lamb||Vice Chair| |Karen Whitlam||| |EmilyHoe-Crook||| |Donna Humphries|17/06/2025|Treasurer| |CarlyStraughan|17/06/2025|| |Matthew Chappel|17/06/2025|| |||| |||| Names of other trustees, (directors) who have served during the period covered by the accounts but are not currently serving. (Continue on a separate sheet if necessary) |necessary)|| |---|---| |Name|Date of resignation/departure
**dd/mm/yy**| |Kevin Dukes|05/02/2026| |KathyCowbrough|29/01/2026| |Christine Oldfeld|07/04/2026| ||| **The names, job titles and remuneration & benefits paid to your senior management staff** Ellen Ryan - CEO from March 2024. Salary £40,950pa Laura Kennedy - Supporter Engagement Manager. Salary £28,275pa **The methods adopted for the recruitment and appointment of new trustees** (How are your trustees appointed?): The interested person applies via a form we have, and we invite them in to meet with a member of staff and have a tour of BFB. Then the Chair meets with the applicant and reports back to the Board. The applicant is then invited to observe a Trustees' meeting. The Board vote on whether to accept them as a Trustee at the same meeting, after the applicant has left. Applicants are voted in as a full Trustee with full voting rights at the next AGM, unless the board has made the decision to co-opt them, which can be done twice between AGMs. ## **Objectives and activities** What are the formal purposes (objectives) of your charity, as set out in your governing document? To relieve financial hardship and to promote and preserve good health amongst the general public in the Bassetlaw District by the provision of funds, food, goods and services of any kind as deemed appropriate by the trustees What are your main activities? (the things you do in order to achieve the objectives) Bassetlaw Foodbank's main activity is to distribute emergency food parcels to those experiencing food insecurity. This is accomplished by collecting food donations from the general public, organisations & businesses in as many ways as possible. The staff, volunteers and trustees use many publicity streams including local press, social media and public speaking opportunities to educate the local population on the need to support those living in our area who are suffering through poverty. Food and other essentilals are collected from many collection points across the district in churches, local businesses, schools, supermarkets etc. (or dropped of by the public directly at our warehouse) and taken to the BFB warehouse where the donations are sorted. Parcels containing enough food and toiletries for seven days are put together. (varying sizes for a single person, couple or family). Clients who are in need are referred to the food bank by our referral agents who are working with the client in other ways to alleviate their immediate problems. A member of staff triages each request by phone. Parcels are then collected by volunteer drivers or staff and delivered out to service users all across Bassetlaw by 6pm each day. Additionally we operate several schemes aimed at increasing the access and affordability of food, with the aim of helping household who have experiences, or are at risk of experiencing food insecurity. These include a subsidised fruit & veg's box scheme, where households pay £5 and get a box of fresh produce delivered every other week. We support 50 households with this scheme. The charity runs a mobile communtiy shop which serves 10 villages across Bassetlaw. Membership is free to residents of those village and members can buy food and household basics at a subsidised rate. This helps stretch their budget and reduces the need for emergency food parcels in those areas. It also gives BFB another way to signpost residents to other help available in Bassetlaw. We ran a lunch club in partnership with Harworth & Bircotes Town Hall, where residents can get a hot two course meal for £5. This ensures attendees get at least one hot cooked meal a week, and creates an opportunity for socialising, around which a strong support network has been built. This project ended at the end of March 2025 as the charity had no further funding. We run a community allotment project on the land next to the warehouse, where we grow produce for our cafe and for emergency food parcels. In order to raise funds the charity takes donations of goods and sells them on Vinted and on the outdoor Market in Retford. At the end of 2024 we opened BFB Hive, a community project that includes a Cafe, laundrette and two communtiy rooms. In the cafe we offer reasonably priced meals to the general public, as well as having the capacity to gift meals to service users and those who are struggling. The laundrette can similarly be a paid for or gifted service. How do these activities benefit the public? As our criteria is that we are providing an emergency service for those who are experiencing Food Insecurity, we are supporting individuals and families who would otherwise be unable to feed themselves, or who have so little income that they have to choose between food, fuel or housing costs. These choices leave families facing stress, homelessness and ill health. By providing a food parcel to those who are in such need, it allows other agencies (our referral agencies) the time to find support in other ways for these clients. Providing emergency food parcels helps to give individuals and families who are in need enough food to keep them reasonably well nourished for a few days, staving off health issues associated with malnourishment as well as aleviating the mental strain being in a crisis like this. The additional projects increase the accesibility and affordability of food, which helps households stretch their budgets further and reduces the likelyhood that they will need to request and emergency food parcel in the future. There are also the additional benefits of these projects, like the support networks built between customers of the community shop and visitors to the cafe. Please confirm that you have considered the charity Commission’s guidance on ‘public benefit’. Click here for a link to this guidance. We have considered the guidance. ## **Summary of the main achievements during the period** What did you actually do? (You could add some statistics if you like, and give more detail of your activities): Between April 2025 and March 2026 BFB supplied emergency food parcels to 3,058 people across 1,571 households. We delivered around 1,250 fruit & veg boxes to families in Bassetlaw, served around 125 customers a week at Bassetlaw Community Shop and 40 meals a week at Lunch Club. We are able to do this with a team of around 90 volunteers, who give their time to help with many vital tasks throughout the charity. We served 50 people a week at the BFB Hive cafe, working in partnership with other agencies in Bassetlaw to promote and increase access to support. ## **Financial review** **Please comment on your financial position at the end of the reporting period** (You might for example, refer to the surplus or deficit you’ve made, or the movement in the fund balances. Are you happy? – the choice is yours. ) We ended the financial year with a surplus of £3,532, against a budgeted defecit of £66,038. While this is a better financial position than budgeted our finanicalposition is not as strong as in previous years. Our success with grant funding is of some concern, and we are looking to increase the diversification of our income streams. We have taken the decision to move our savings account to one held by another banking group for better financial protection. **What is your policy on reserves?** (Your policy should include: why you need reserves, the target level, your current position, your plans to increase or use your reserves and how often you review this policy. If you do not need reserves you should explain the reason.) Our policy is to hold enough reserves to operate the core purpose of the charity, providing emergency food parcels, for six months. This is currently held in a separate savings account and the policy and ammount is reviewed annually. ## **What financial risks do you face?** The grant giving landscape continues to be challenging, with less grant available against more demand. While we have contiunued to diversify our income streams this still causes some concern as grants have typically covered larger costs like wages for different projects. The rise in wages and on cost puts pressure on the charity's finances, but we are still commited to paying the Real Living Wage. Currently wage costs is our biggest outgoing at around 60%. Recent changes to the benefits system should financially benefit many families with children in Bassetlaw, which will hopefully be reflected in the numbers of requests we receive for crisis support from households with children. However, we know that the social security system has not kept up with the real cost of living, leaving many people facing a negative budget every time there is an out of the ordinary expenses, or even every month. We are commited to providing the best support we can for residents of Bassetlaw. ## **If any of your funds are in deficit, what are you planning to do about it?** **Detailed information if you hold funds for 3rd parties** (other groups or individuals): names and their main objects, a description of the assets held, opening balances/ in/ out/ closing balances N/A ## **Funds** **If your accounts include any designated or restricted funds, the notes to the accounts need to include a short explanation of the purpose and of each fund.** For example: Name of fund: “ _The vehicle replacement fund_ ” Purpose: “ _To build up sufficient funds to replace vehicles on a 5 year schedule_ ” ## **For each fund you hold, please give the details:** Community Shop - Wages, running costs and stock for Bassetlaw Community Shop Grow it, Fix it - Wages and equipment for the communtiy allotment and woodworking project. Lottery Grant - Costs associated with the warehouse building Lunch Club - wages, food costs, equipment and expenses for the Wedensday Lunch Club held at Harworth & Bircotes Town Hall Fruit & Veg' Boxes - Purchasing Fruit & veg' boxes, volunteer expenses and admin costs of the scheme. Community Hub Project - BFB Hive, Café, Laundrette and community spaces. ## **Additional information** ## **This is a chance to add any other information to your report.** For example: if you give grants, what is your policy? Do you want to say anything about your funders or supporters? N/A awity r¢8iStiXtion I￿￿￿r.. 1209747 Bassetlaw Foodbank forthe YeorEnded 31 2026 eommtinity A￿ounting Plus Units l & 2 North West 41 Talbot Street Nottingham NGI 5GL Bassetlaw Foodbank Cont¢•ts {eontlnued) Reference AthninisiTaliv¢ IkniEs TnL8t¢es' ReF 2to5 Stthttemt of TThste¢s' Reswibilitics Inde￿ndent Bx8n)inerfs R¢pJrt Ststemejrt of Financi81 Activiiies 8t09 Balance Sheet io Note5 10 the Fitw)tiai Statements 11 to21 Bgssetlaw FoodbaNk Refer¢nee and Admiuistrative Detai Rokn Iamb, Vi¢e Ctiair K*en F4Thitlam Fatsity Hofvcrwk Carty Strau8ba Malthew Cbapp¢ll Ellffl-SL¥rfett Ryth, CEO L4urn Kennedy. SuHJorterEnga8¢ment Mw14er 12119747 SAnknr M#mi¢¢nLtot Te*JH C&•rlty RetAstrn¢loo Number Prlntlp*l Offi¢e CLwJununity W4y Worksop S80 2TU Eva Steven& employee or Comrnunity Accoutttin8 Plus Units l & 2 North Wesi 41 Tajbot Stre Nottin8hwn NGI SGL Indeptsdfflt Ex*miD¢r Bassetl*w Foodbank Trnstees, R¢w)rt The trustees pr¢5¢nt the annuAI I¢￿rt together with the fina￿111 Stateme￿ of thc tsity for the yeAr ended 31 Ma￿￿ 2026. Tnuteej and officers The trustees officws servin8 during th¢ year and sirt¢¢ the yetr end w¢re u follows: Truste¢s.' Rebec￿ Cullth, Cbair Robert Lamb. Viv C1￿1T Krn Whitl*m I)onn• Ilurnphri¢5. Tre￿urtr(JpP0Ifttcd 17 June 20251 Emily Ho¢-Cre4)k Cwly straugh￿ (appinted 17 Junt 20251 Mthw cknppelll4p￿Inted 17 June 2025) Chri51ine Oldfi¢ld (r¢$i￿d 7 April 2026) Kevin Dukes (resigned 5 FebNAry 2026) Kathy Cowbrou8h (resiRned 29 January 2026) Nrfthr¢ of¥overniN8 doLVTr&MI Th¢ thvity is opmt¢d under the N1¢5 of its ¢onslitsrt1￿ CIO- F&N]nd*lL￿ registertd 27th AusuAt 2024. April 1st 2025, oyr ¢hwity ¢onv¢rt¢d from art unint￿ed Registered Charity (rto. 1154703. from Nov 2013 ￿ Mar 2025) to a Charitable In￿r￿m)T9[ed Orgmisalion (no. 1209747, from ApT 2025) w stren8then our l¢pl sinKtsre" this ehangt do¢s rkit gffea ow Coffjti￿o￿ aim8 Jtaff, volun¢etA, Of T*tivities. The infer¢st¢d person applim via 8 forni have. *ttd tnvi* them in fv mttt with a memb¢r of statT aDd have a wur of BFB. Then th¢ Chair metts with the applicant reports b￿k to the Board. The applicant is then invited to obs¢rve a Trusltts. m¢¢tin8. The Board vote on whether w ￿ept thcm as a T￿51¢¢ At the same m¢etin8. after the applicani left. Applicants are voted in 85 a fijll Tn￿1¢¢ with full votin8 ri￿ts at th¢ AGK unless the boord hos mad¢ the dccision to them, whi¢h Can be done hvice betwren AGMS. Obje￿1¥¢$ *nd xtttyitiej Obitd5 The Charity's objects aye to r¢lieve f￿￿¢18[ hardship •nd to preserv¢ go￿1 health Wlongst th¢ gentrnl public ID the Basse¢law arca by the wovisiffl of furlds. food. g(M)ds ar￿ *r/ices of any kind dccmed appropriate by the MIS￿e5. Page 2 Trnstees, Report (continued) Objrthw, Jlroiffju Bassetlaw Foodbanys main 8(4ivtty 1$ to di5trikn etnw food Pa￿¢￿ to those exwtencing food insecurity. This is *mpltshed by Colle￿Ing food donations from the sener4] public, ojwisations & J5ine5ses in ￿ mathy ￿yS as FM)ssib The stttff, voluntecT5 and trus*¢s use rn￿Y publicity strew includEng ktai press, SLKial melli4 Whd publi¢ speaking Oppo]￿111¢5 to edu￿¢ the local Njulaiion ott the need to suppm those livinB in our ar¢ Sufferi￿ through p)verty. Food and other eMMtilals are wlkded from mwby wUedi(bo points *ross the distri￿ in ehur¢hes. Ioc81 bysinesjes. Schools, wernwkets dc. (or drorpcd of by the ￿bIle directly af our ww¢house) knd tsken to the BFB warehouse Whe￿ the doDaiions are 50rted. Ptrc¢l8 containing ethough fojd and toiletries for %ven are pui tO8ether. (vorying Sizu row • single p¢rson. uple or family). Clients who are in need are refenrd to the fwl bank by our TefemLI agents wkn are wx)rkin8 with the client in other way5 to alleviatt their Imm￿lSte p¥oblems. A m¢mE¢r of stsff tri•gcs rtqueth by plb)ne. ParRls are then ¢oll¢cted by volunteer drivtts cr sthff attd delivered to servic¢ ux¥J all Bassetl•w by 6pm ¢a¢h day. Additionalfy T￿ opwate S￿¢[￿[ xhemes tiirtied It itiertssin8 th¢ aett8$ and affoydability of food. with the aim of helping Ih)u5ehold wh) have experi¢nc¢s, or tre ai risk of cxperien¢inÉ fwd in￿￿Tity. These include subjidised fNEt & veg's box s¢hem¢, houselwlth p4y £5 8¢t a box of ft¢th delivernd ev oih¢r w¢¢k. W¢ Sup￿￿ SO households with thi$ scheme. The dwity Tuns a mobile e4)nynurtry slw whi¢h s¢¥ves 10 villa8¢s acros5 Bass¢tl*w. Membership is free to residents of those villa8¢ and memben buy fLN)d and houselK*ld basicJ at a sub5idised ra*. This h¢lps Strelch th¢ir budget 4nd red￿¢$ the need for emer8ULCy food p*rcels in those •rn5. It 8ive8 BFB another Iw 10 Sign￿$t ￿sid¢nts to othcr help a￿11&ble in Bassetlaw. We ran a lun¢h club in PffiDership with Harnrffth & Birt¢rtes Town Hall, wh¢rE residents ean get a hoi two Course for £5. This ensiires attettdee$ get at leaA one c¢rfJked rn￿1 a wyek, 4nd Creates an opportunity for so¢ialisin& around which a Stron8 JIIPP￿t h¥ been built. This Jxojea ¢nded *1 the tnd of M￿h 2025 as the charity had M fimbtr fundin& We nln a wmmunity al]oknart woject on the land nrxt to the wu¢￿)Ust, where we 8row pwduc¢ for our cafe arhd for em¢rgew food P￿ce13. ordcr to raiJe futkl¥ Ch￿1￿ takes donatiom of go)ds and sells thun OD VIn￿d 4fKI on th¢ 0￿d00￿ Market in Rerford. At the end of 2024 ￿ opened BFB Hiv< i COMM￿lty project that In¢l￿te$ a C4f4 l*w>drth and two communtiy roo]rn8. In the cafe we offtr re•sonably priced rne*15 to the general public. ￿ well a5 havin8 the ¢apa¢ity to gift meals to service user5 and Ih>se sr¢ Strugg]in8. The lawthette similarly be a paid for or 8ifted servhce. Trustees, Report (eolllitiued) hbllcbenefii As ow criieria is that we are providing ￿ ern¢rgew servi¢e for dw)9e tho ATe expeTi¢wing Food tnsecurity, we are supporting Individ￿1$ families would oth¢ThTris¢ be unable to feed th￿selve￿ or who have so little incotne that they have ￿ ¢lw)ose betwten food fu¢1 or housin8 Costs. These th)i¢¢s leAV¢ familic5 f￿1n8 Strcss, hornclc55ncss and ill health. By pmviding a food parc¢l to those who are in w¢h Ae*i ti dknvs other age￿1¢$ (owr r¢fenal A8en¢ies) the time ts) r]nd support iti other ways ffxthese dients. Providill8 emer8ency food pAr¢els helps to give irtthvithids f•mili¢s wlw are in netsj enough food to keep th¢m r¢4sonably ￿1] nourished for a few day¥ sthving off health isques ￿0clated with malnourishment w¢ll as •I¢viAting the mentsl strain being in a uijis lik¢ this. The addition•i projects increue th¢ a¢¢esibility •nd ¥ffordabilry of fort which helps hou5¢holds strdeh their budgets fvrth¢r and reth￿e$ tht likely1￿c￿ they will need to w¢qu¢M Jnd emÈY8aKy food PaT¢¢I in the fvtur¢. Ther¢ are olso the addfft0Th￿ b¢n¢fits of proiKts. like the supp)n networks built be￿ euswmen ofthe community shop and visitots w the ¢afe. Th¢ trystees &)nfirn th* they have tornplied with th¢ requimn¢nts of x¢tion 17 of the Charities Ac¢ 2011 to h￿¢ due regard to the public benefrt guida￿¢ publiyhed by the Chvity Commission forE48lahd Wales. Athlevthieots #ttd perf•nnA*e¢ B¢twe¢n April 2025 M•T¢h 2026 BFB wppli¢41 crner%ÈiKy ffy)d 3,058 pwpk across 1.571 h¢)usehold$. We dtlivertd around 1.250 frnit & veg boxes to families in Ba55¢daw. served arourA 12S customm • wtek B&8s¢tl•w Communty Shop thd 40 rn¢als a Meek * LwKh aub. We are able to do this with a team of Around 90 volunte*4 who give their time to h¢lp with marty vitsl ￿Sk$ throughout the chlrity. We served 50 people a wr¢k *( the BFB Hive cofe. wDTkin8 in plrthttship with other agencies in B15S¢tlaw to prmiote inerew aceess to xuppcrt. FIDan¢l•l revlew We ¢nd¢d th fIn￿rI81 yetr with i deficii of £16.788. agains¢ 8 b￿lS￿ed deficit of£66,038. Whil¢ this 15 • b¢tter financial position than budselcd our fin￿1¢181 p05ltion is not a% styon8 ￿ in previou5 years. Our success with grani fijnding is of some concery and ￿ are l(N)kiD8 to IncrE￿ the divenifi¢•tion of our incomc 5tse*m$. We have tsk¢n the d¢¢ision to our 5*vin8S 4CCOW]t to onc held by another b4nkiti8 8rowi for belter financial proteciion. Chr policy is to hold ffs¢rv¢s w op¢rat¢ the core of the chwity. Providing emergenGy knd parcels. ftsr six month. Thts is gjrrently hekl in ¥ xpwate 5avin8s and policy and ammount 15 r¢viewed annualty. Page 4 Basletlaw FOrfJdb￿k Tnut¢es' Report (¢ontiDued) M#Jorrlsks The grant giving landscape ¢ontinuts to be ch￿engl￿ wth les5 SE￿ avaihble 88•inst rnor¢ dwknd. While we have ¢ontinucd to diversify our in¢orne 5trtam$ this still causes some crn ts grants ha￿ typI￿lIY Q)V¢Ted laryer ¢05ts like wages for difftrtnt p￿jeCts. The rik io Iwes and Dn puts pTr$s￿e on the ch￿3 fihancc5. but Xill commited to the R¢a] Living Wa8& Currently w4e L￿sts is biggest Ouwoing at 6N. Recent changes to the b¢nefits sy1t￿n sknum finaticidly bu*fit families with children in Ba$5eilaw which will hop¢fitlty be r¢flecta in the nwnbets of requests ￿ receive for ¢risis support from households witli thildrert. However. know th&t the se¢wity sysfem h¥ not kept up with the real ¢05t of IivinB, Icaving rnathy wple fa¢rng a negative budget ev¢ry time th¢ffe is an out of the ordinw expenses, or even every month. We ve commii¢d to providin8 the b¢si Jupport for ruideots of Bametlaw. P8ge S Basyell*w Foodbank Statejnent of Trustees. Responsibilities The trustees r¢sponsibl¢ for prepAriti8 th¢ trustees, report and the fw8nc1￿ 5tatcrncnts in ￿c1)rdance with th¢ United Kingdom Ac¢ountin8 StaDdarth (Utiited Kin8¢kn G¢ncr8Uy A¢ttkrted A¢c4yJnting Practice) and applicablc law and regui*ions. The law appli¢8bl¢ w ¢1￿]ties requires the tNst¢¢s to prtpare fioan¢iai sialements for ea¢h financial ycar whith give & trne and (air view of the State of aff￿'r5 of tbe charity of th¢ incomin8 rcsour¢¢s and applicDtion of r￿UrCeS of the charity for t￿1 pcriod. In P￿ptir[fig th¢s¢ fi[w￿lS] st*ements. th¢ trustees are required to.. select Suitable accounting policies And then apply them c￿￿1$t¢atty. obs¢rve the tnedh)ds principles in the cl￿111¢5 So￿. make jud8¢m¢nts znd e5tim*S are rea5(￿11t and wudettt: stat¢ whether applicable T￿1￿j￿11ng standtrdl have been follow•l. subie¢t to my Jnaterial d¢parture5 disclosed and explained in the finwlcial St￿ements. and pr¢paTe the fJMn¢ial ststvnems on the 8oin8 ¢on¢¢rn b•5ii unleu it is inApprowl￿O to presum¢ that the ¢harity will continue in business. The trusttts responsible for keepin8 prow x¢(wnting r¢coTds di￿￿¥ with rtwMbl¢ ac¢w at *ny tirn¢ the fmanci•l position of the choriry and enable them ¢0 ¢nsur¢ that the finan¢i￿ Statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Chrities {A¢counts WMI Reports) Regulations 2008, 8nd th¢ provisions of the nstiiution. The trusl¢es #rt also r¢sponsibl¢ for ￿e&ll4rding th¢ 8wts of thc ¢hwity herKe for taking reasonable steps for the pTrv¢nlion and de￿lon offr•￿ and other irregul•rities. The tTU$tees are rcsponsible for the maintenlnce and inlegrity of the corporale and finArtci81 inforniation in¢luded on th¢ thwitable COMp￿Y'S ￿b$ll¢. tX8isl*ion Boverning the preparuion and dissemin￿1on of fin￿¢111 gwements m8y ditf¢Y from le81$]￿lon in other jwisdi¢tions. Approv¢d by the of the Al..o611& and si￿ed ¢m its beh￿r by: Rebe￿1 Cull¢n Bassetlaw Foodbank Indeptndettt Eumither'j R￿￿rt to the trusteej ofBawtl&w Foodbank Indwden¢ exaJThkner'J nport to th¢ trllstw of B•1￿1*￿ FOod￿￿k I report ￿ the on nrj examination of th¢ of Bassctlaw F(thk (th¢ Tharity) for the yeor ended 31 Marth 2026. Res￿￿•1b￿lIt1ts •Dd b*Ah of rtpDrt As the trustees of the charity you trc rtsF*)nsible for the prepaT*tiott of the wunts rn aCcOrd￿ce with the requir¢mems of the Chariiies Ad 2011 fthe Ace). J rcport in respeei of my exaMi￿10n of the CIMrity's wouots earricd oui under SWIOD 145 Of the 2011 A¢t and in canying out my examination I have followed all the app]i￿ble directs0￿ SIV￿ by thè Charity c¥JMmi￿joD uttd¢r section 145(5Xb) of A¢L IndepeDdtDt ex*mlJer'g st*¢ement Sin¢e th¢ Charity's gross inthne ex¢¢eded £250.000 yw txaminer must be a membe¥ of 4 body li4¢4 in $e¢iion 145 of the 2011 Art. l confimi l am qualified to u¥bIen￿e the eXaMi￿tion be¢aus¢ memb¢r of th¢ Chartertd Instrtute of Publi¢ Finance Accountsncy ICIPFAI, which is one of th¢ lllted bodies. I have eomplet¢d my ex8min4tion. I confimi that no matters h¥ve come to my attention in wnn¢cii¢m with the examtnation giving me cause to believ¢ in •ny nthrial r¢sw: aewunting re￿Id$ ￿re not kepi in re5P¢tt of the Chvity u r¢quir&l by %dion 130 of the A¢4 or 2. th¢ accounts th) not ac£ord with rewdJ" 3. the accounts do not eompty with the accountin# WeqUiTtn*nls concerning th¢ fomi and cO￿¢￿t of ￿OUnts set oul in the Chariiies (Accounts R¢wrts) Regul￿10￿% 2008 other thaft any requircm¢nt that the a¢wukits give o'lrn¢ and fail view which is a rnatter g)nsid¢red &8 pirt of an independent exthination. I have no concern$ and hav¢ come ¥¢rosJ no other matters in conneclion with th¢ examimlion to which attention should be dr•wn in this re￿ in ord¢r to enible 4 proper Wmkrslanding of the a¢a)unts to be r￿ched. Eva Stevens, BSC, CPFA, empkjyee of CcTrrnunty Aecothtting Pl memb¢r of the Chart¢r¢d insiitul¢ of Publi¢ Fitwice thl Accounthn¢y (CIPFA> Uniis l & 2 North West 41 falbot Str¢et Nottingham NGI 5GL DJt¢'. Bassetlaw Foodbank Statement of Fin*D¢iII A¢tivities for the Year Ended 31 Mwch 2026 Totsl 2(126 2025 Note Ineome and Donati￿1 and Icwics Charitsble a¢livities Other trading activities Investment income Other iTh¢ome 74.Tll 3.720 95,176 2.503 13.493 74.778 188,819 95.176 2.503 13.493 86.403 155,049 87.857 2.654 28.918 185.099 Totsl Ineorne 189.670 185.099 374 769 360 881 Charirable aetivities 202.149 (189.408 1391.557) (438.314) Total Expenditure N¢¢ ¢xpeAditur* 202.149 189 408 391557 438314 112.479) 14,3091 33,531 (16.788) (77.433) N¢¢ movemuit in fimd5 (46.010) 29,222 (16,718) (77,4331 Re¢oDdll•tknn of funth T￿81 fi￿￿$ brnu8ht foThvard Total fimds ¢wried forward 315625 350 54 427 787 269615 350 354 All of the charl￿5 a¢tiviti¢S d¢riwe from continuiD8 yr¥li¢)ns during the aix)v¢ wiods. Th¢ fynds bre&down for th¢ Period 15 iti fmxe 18. The notes on p88¢s I I to 21 form an integrnl part of these finatic1￿ ststemMts. Page 8 Bassethw Foodbank St4tement ofFinanei41 Activitim for the Y￿r Ended 3] Mar¢b 2026 (continued) TheAt Are the fgrthe previou att•MXtiD£ #Dd *r• IDthded for rfjwr•t5Ye pDrp09es Total 2(125 Inwme •nd Endowments from." Donations and legacies Charitable aelivities Other tradin8 a¢tivitit5 Invesiment in¢on Other income 86.403 5,676 87.857 2.654 28,918 86,403 155.049 87.857 2,654 28,918 149,373 Total Incorn¢ 211 JO8 149 373 360.881 Charitable ￿]Vill¢S Total Expthditu Net incom&(expehditure) 438314 1205 7671 438314 5.741 552591 183.174) 55259 (77.433) Net movaDent in funds RrtontUl*tloD Totsl broughi forward TO1￿ funds wried forward (49,518) (27,915) (77.433) 305 143 427.787 18 315625 350 354 The notes on pa8¢5 11 kn 21 forni inte￿1 part of these financial stateD￿ts. Page 9 Bassetlaw Fo(rflbank (R¢gistratKtyD number: 1209747) Balance Sh¢¢t as at 31 M¥rch 2026 202 2025 No¢¢ Flxtd *Mefl Tangible assets 14 55.933 80.504 Currtnt i$xts Is 16 6.462 277 933 1,690 Cash 4t and in hand 284.395 278,689 Creditors: fllllnz thie wlthth one year 17 current *uets 277.633 269 850 Net #ittts 350 354 ds t)f tb¢ chBTIty: Rejtrlrted iwcome Restriaed funds 63.951 34.729 UDrutrkttd lotome funth Unrestrict¢d funds 269615 315625 Totsl 350 354 The financi￿ statements on p4¢J I ￿ 21 *Yre wroved by trustees. athl aUth￿sed for isgue on ffl/a6/zG and si8ntd on b¢hAlf by: Rob¢rt Lwnb Tw5tee Th¢ not￿ 00 pages l I to 21 forni an integral pirt of these finan¢ial ststements. Page 10 B•Jseilaw Foodbank Note8 to the FiM*nci*l Statements for th¢ Year Ended 31 Mareh 2026 l Aceowiti4 pti S¢*tement of ¢ompllaD¢e The fina￿la1 s￿ernents have been pryred in accold￿ with the sccond edition of the Chariiics Ststcment of Recommended Pra￿lce issu¢d in (ktober 2019. the Fina0¢i￿ ReEx)rtill8 Si8ndard appli¢able in the Unit¢d Kingdom and Republlc of ]r¢lf&MI (FRS 102) the CTrthrilies Act 2011. B•Jl$ ofprep•T•doD BLssetlaw Foodb8nk rneets the defInition of i public bcnefii entity under FRS 102. Assets and liibilities are iniii8lly reco8nts¢d 4t historic￿ ¢ost or y￿U¢ uDles$ oihmwse stated in th? Tel¢van¢ aceowJknB licy ftot¢s. KxemptioD frow prep*riat • Ilow st•¢emeNt Under the exemption available to smaIlu ¢h2rities the Board of Tnmtees has ¢hoserA not to include & Statern¢nt of Fknvs within the fiJwKial s¢thments. GolDR cone¢rn The fmancia] $tatemths hov¢ been prepwed on • SoiD8 Q)n¢ern blsis. The A¥¢sg whether the of goinB MncerD is Jppropriatt i.e. whcthw there Ore #ny material tsncertainiies related 10 ev¢nts or conditions thii may cast signifi¢aht doubi on the Ability of the charity to eontinue as 1 8oing concern. The tnuteeg m*e this til Ttsped of • ptri(4J of on¢ yelr from the d•t¢ of Approv￿ of the financial $￿ements. ID¢ome and endowments Voluntary income in¢ludin¥ th)mtK7￿ gifts. lryxie4 Ind grthts that wovide core fimding or are of a seneral nature is recognised when the chwity ha5 entitlemlyff ￿ the irKome. it is probable the will be ttreived 4nd the amount can be me*sUr￿ Afficiettt reliability. Donations &nd Itgxhes recogwsed on • n¢eivable basis whett is prob4ble th¢ amount can be r¢li*bly measured. Grnftts rec¢h*Ne Grants are rwognised wbtn thc ch￿lty enlitle4llCDt to the firnds and wnditions linked to 8rnnts have bern met. Where ￿rfO￿￿8￿vC Conditions Are 4ttached to the 8t￿1 and arc yet to be the ithcomc is reco8ni5ed 4$ a liability includcd on the bal4ttc¢ deferred ￿n￿bE to b¢ releBsed. Exp¢ttditure All expendittwe is recognised on¢c there is a leg81 or conStr￿•ve Oblig￿lOn to tht expenditure. it is probable settlement ts required and the ¢an be me*sved reliably. All rosts are allocated to th¢ applrcable expenditure heading that wgites similar wsts io category. costs cannot bc dittctly attributed partirular he￿ingS they hve been ￿l0¢￿ted on a basis CODSi5turt the use of resources. with c¢ntrdl staff costs allocated on the basi5 of time SP¢Dt. and depre¢1￿]0￿ charge5 4llrx•ted on the portion of the asset's use. Other suppon Costs are atlor•ted ba￿ ott the swe•d of stsff ethsts. Pwll Bajsetlaw FoodbaAk Notes to the Finaneial StatemeDts for the Y￿r EDd¢d 31 March 2026 (¢ODtinued) Ch4rltable rtllrflles Chxrit*bk expenditure comprises costs incuTred by the ¢h2rity in the d¢liv¢ry of Irs activities and s¢rvi¢es for its ￿nefICiar1￿. It iDclude5 both ¢osts that can be all￿&¢d dirKdy to such xtivities and costs of a indirect naturc ne¢£ssary to SUPTX)rt them. Gov¢rDment VXDts Gov¢mmeDt grants are reCo￿lS¢d bas￿ on the aCen￿ n￿de] and art the￿ at th¢ fatr value of the asset re¢eived or rcceivabk. Grants are clu5ified As r¢lotin8 eithcr to revenu¢ (Y to Assets. Gra￿ts relatin8 to rcvcnue are re¢ogDis¢d in income over th¢ period in which the r¢iated costs aye r￿o￿lSe￿. Grants relating to ass¢ts are reco¥nised ov¢r the expected useful life of the &8sd. Whete part of a grant relatin8 to ￿ asset i5 dcferred, it 1$ T¢¢O8nised ￿ deferr¢d ineame. T#xAtioD Th¢ charity is Consider￿ w pus th¢ set out in Paragraph I sel￿dule 6 of the Fir￿￿¢ Art 2010 and th¢r¢for¢ it meets the definition of a ¢h&ritable cornpkny for UK wporntion tax purposes. A¢wrdingly. the charity 1$ TX)tenti￿IY ex¢mpt frorn I￿￿10n in r¢spect of iticome or wjit81 g•in$ Tvxived within ¢ate8ories cov¢r¢d by Chapter 3 Part I l of th¢ Corporation T•x Aci 2010 or Section 256 of the Taxition of Chwg¢able Gain5 Act 1992. to the extent suth inwne or Bains are appli￿1 ex¢lusiv¢iy ty dwriiable Pur￿Se5. TADglbl• flxed 11g¢ts Individu￿ fix¢d assets ¢OStin8 £500.00 or more Ire initia]ly recorded at rt l¢ss ￿Y subsequettt r£cumulat¢d deprwiition and subsequent tt¢¢umula¢¢d imwmcnt losses. Deprffi*tiott ittd imortl¥Ath*n Depreciation is provided on Mngible r￿d Issets SO 13 ￿ WTite off the or ¥￿U&ll0￿ 1¢s9 any estimated T¢5idual valtse, over th¢ir ¢xpeGted useful ¢cor￿￿C lif¢ 4$ follows: Ayet clus Motor vehicles IT tquiptntnt Fixtwes, fitsill8S & ¢quipm¢ttt Depred•don mdhod r¥t 33J3% str•ight lin• 33.33% strai8ht lirt¢ 20% str&iKhi line Trade debto Tr&le debiors are amowits thK frryn gu￿0M¢r5 for rncrdwidis¢ sold QT servi￿ perfOrn￿ in the ordinary course of business. Tr￿1¢ debtors ar¢ reco￿lS¢d itiiiialty * the pri¢¢. Ilry are subs¢qurnt]y measured at •mortis¢d ￿$t sing the cfferfiv¢ int¢rest rnethod. 1¢5s provision for impainnenL A provision for thc imp8irni¢nt of dcbiors is estsblished whcn ther¢ is objedive evid¢n¢¢ that the thity Will not be able to Colle￿ All amounts due ¢ordin8 to the original ienns ofthe receivabks. C*sh ADd £*sb equiv*lents C&sh and equivalents Lwprise on h*Ld Ind dqx)sits, other 5hort-iemi highly liquid inveslrnents that we readity coThvertiblc to 8 of ¢¥sh are subject to art I￿jgnificant fisk of ¢h¥J)B¢ in value. Pase 12 Bas8etlaw Foodbank Notrs to the Financial St8temeDts for the Year Ended 31 March 2026 (¢ontinued) Fund stru¢tyre the objectives of the ￿lty. Restricted income ￿ndS are tlk)se donated for we ID a particutsr 4r¢a or for xptcific purposes. the us¢ of which 15 restricted to ihai wea or purywc. Pewlons *nd otbtr pwl retirtffjont obll£•li Th¢ charity coeratrs a deftned contribution peD5ioTh scheme whi¢h is 8 pen$ion plan utlder which fixed contiibutions arc paid tnto a pen5iw fuThl and the chviry h&8 no leg￿ or k))nsth]rfivc obli8ation to ply fvrth¢r Contrib￿lOn$ even rf the fijnd (b¢s noi hold $uffKitDt to w all employees the benefTts relAtinB to empk)y¢e service in the ￿￿Tea¢ and priorp¢riods. ContrilyJtioN fo defined contribution plans are recognised in th¢ Statement of Financiil Adiviti¢5 when they are due. If contn"buiion payments exc¢ed the c¢)nthbution duc for seTVbC¢. th¢ ¢xcess is rttg8nis¢d as a prepayrnent. Unrertrfeted Totsl 2026 Go•¢r•l 2925 Donations and lewies: D¢xt8tions from ￿F￿nIe4 Inws and similar pro¢¢ed5 Grknt5. in¢ludin8 ettpit￿ 8nnis; 66,469 76.403 8.309 8 J09 74.778 10.0( 74.778 86,40J 3 Incomt frfymj ¢karltAbk ictivltkl Unrtrtri¢led Restritted Tot*1 2026 Tot•1 2•25 GeDeral Grants & donatiThJs Lunch club fees 185,099 18S,099 3,720 149,373 5,676 188 819 155 049 Page 13 Bassetl*w Foodbank Notes to the Financial Slatements for the Year Ended 31 M4rnh 2026 (continued) 4 Income from ¢r•dimi adiv Unrestrleted Tot*1 2•25 G¢neTAI 2025 Tr•din¥ income" Shop income frorn Mic of dL￿￿ed and servi￿8 Community shop revenue Iw trading i1￿¢ LOCAI fiuthising 21043 51,045 18.803 22,043 51.045 18.103 25,406 46.860 I4,￿5 816 5 Inveth#ent Inton unr￿VIct¢d T•tsl 2026 Totsl 2025 GeRer*l Intercst rcceivablc and simitar in¢ome: Int¢T¢$t r¢e¢i¥able on bknk deposits 1503 6 Otber IDeome U*re4tiieted To¢•1 2026 Tothl 2025 GtDer*l Rentsl income 13,493 13.493 Page 14 setlaw Foodbank Notes to the FinAnei41 Statements for the Year Ehded 31 M*r¢h 2026 (eontinued) 7 Gnllts *nd doD*tions fxDd• Tot*1 fuD Nottinghamshire County Council B￿set]4W Distri¢t Council B453etlow Commwiity SPF UKSPF Retford Rotary Club Retford Lion Charity Tn￿t J￿1 Givll)8 Muslim Chority National ￿ttery Communty Fund Véolia J N D¢eoyshire Tnut The Grnrx Trust Gusto Community Fund Sundry 8vants & donations Th¢ Williamson Benevol¢nt Trust Warburtons Charitie5 Tnut VH Flexible Pomtr Limited Mtrsh Charitsble Trust 1650 2.800 42.01)0 5.450 47.000 5.994 659 2250 600 17,265 2.700 127,105 431 4,000 1.500 500 37,155 4.433 400 735 659 .750 600 17265 5¢ 1700 127,105 431 4.000 iJoo 51AI 37.155 4.433 400 735 71)0 700 74.778 185,099 259,877 Page 15 BAMetlaw Foodbank Notej to the Finaneial Statsments for the Y￿r Ended 31 M&reh 2026 {CODtinued) Expethdlthre on d￿rItable *etlvllk4 UDrestrleted ruDds Total 2026 Tol*l 2025 Bank char8e$ Cleanin8 & wast Communications Con)put¢r & ¢onsumthl DeprtGiation Online shop costs Equipment Food shopping Independent examinalion f Insurnrtce Maintcn#n¢e & eontr*¢tg Offlce expens¢s Professional f¢es Salaries, Nl & pension Staff trAinin& travel & expa)se5 Community Hub projert Sundry payTrents 539 372 360 539 2.612 360 716 3.035 1.018 3.033 31.397 1269 3284 71736 1.110 9,794 5.970 1,224 8.045 213,491 1,364 22.835 473 41.295 11,968 4,257 24.571 100 1.499 12.426 1.182 6.923 514 519 7,146 131,378 1.459 24.571 100 5.072 69.074 1.182 9.967 6.852 756 7.831 229,850 1,459 3.573 56,648 6J38 237 685 98.472 49 5.8Q7 49 21.624 7,166 15.817 1302 52 Van ¢osts Volunteer expenses 2.441 202 149 391557 438314 9 eojti The A￿￿egate payroll costs Mrre •s follows: 2(126 21125 Stifle￿ts durtng the yur were: Wages and sai¥ri¢s Social security ￿$ts Pemion Costs 214.596 11146 3,108 201,990 9,415 2.086 229.850 213.491 The monthly av¢rag¢ numb¢r of pwns liticluditig senior mweDt tearn) employed by the ¢harity during the yw as follows: Page 16 Bassetlaw Foodballk Notes to the Financial SlatemeDts for the Year Ended 31 Marth 2026 (continued) 2(126 2025 No Average nwrtber of ¢mploy¢es 13 12 7 (2025- 8) of th¢ abov¢ ¢mploy¢es p•rticipat¢d in the tkfine41 Contiybution Pe￿ion Scth¢thes. ContrIb￿lOn5 to the employte pth5ion for the y¢ar kx#lled £3.108 {2025- £2.080. No ¢mployee receiv¢d ¢rnolum¢nts of rM)re £60.￿0 during the yeAr The iotal employee ben¢fits of the kty of the chBrity Mrr¢ U0.212 (2025- £101,579). 10 l*depeDd•Dt fq Durrng th¢ period. thc fees payable (exch￿1￿& VAD w th¢ ch•rity's independent exlminer Community A¢¢ounting Plus art allalysed as follow5.. 2026 2025 Independtnl examIn￿lOn Other rtnwncial 3ervi¢¢s 985 227 925 1212 925 11 Trutw rewuneratlon •thd ￿Pen￿O No trusteej, nor any p¢rsons connected with them. hm ￿1ved remun¢ntion fiDm th¢ ¢h•rity thring the year. No trustees have receiv￿ any reimbwxd expenxs ben¢fits from the clwity dwin8 the yew. 12 Relat￿ party tr*ns*eiiow There w¢r¢ no related party tran￿lon$ in the ye4r. Pw17 Bajsetlaw Foodbank Notes to the FinanciAI Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2026 (eontitiued) 13 T*x*tion The ¢harÉty is u r¢gistu¢d th*ity knd is the¥efor¢ exempt from ¥X)rp0rntioni￿t1On. 14 Tangible Ilxed auets iitllre4 equlpment Motorvehidu IT •qyAwneml Tol*l At l April 2025 118276 21,50D At 31 Mareh 2026 118376 21 141.499 Depreclgtl•D At l April 2025 Chw8e fw the ye At 31 March 2026 38,688 20,584 916 1,723 60,995 24.571 3 2150Q Trmjok v•l¥¢ At 31 March 2026 At 31 Ma￿h 2025 916 Th¢ Charity hag th¢ u¥¢ of th¢ FYerniJN . M•nton Cmimunity CentrE. S1Th￿Y iiorf w0￿$0p, S80 2TU. whi¢JJ is held 315.625 Restrleled Warehouse (Lott¢ry) CSL Fruii & V¢8 Boxes Electri¢ Van Lunch Club Grow it. Fix it Cornmunity SIK>P Cornmunity Hub proj¢¢¢ 20211 15,000 21.552 1,587 66.89) (84.997) 15,000 17,618 20.748 (24,682) (1,587) (8,978) (11.150) (59.620) 41,533 8.117 791 3.550 28,333 22,585 4287 27. Tot•1 ru¢ric¢ed 149 232,547 62,644 ￿73 ￿ 55,259 34,729 Totsl fun 427 787 438314 350 354 Pa8e 20 Bassetlaw Foodbank Notes to th¢ Financial Statements for the Year E•ded 31 March 2026 {eontinp¢d) 19 Analysis of Det *Met$ betwee• fllDds 2026 Total fuDd¥ Tan8ibEe fixed assets Cumt assets Cuftent li4bili¢ies 55.933 55,933 284.395 (6,7621 63,951 (6.762 Tots] net &85¢ts 269.615 333.566 Unr¢5trirted 2025 Totlll fundi Gootr*l Re8trfeted Tangible fixed aJs¢ts Cutrent ￿ets Currerrt liabilitieJ 80.504 243,960 1.839 80,$04 278,689 34.729 Total 855¢ts 315.625 34.729 350J54 20 Ben¢ftts In khd Th¢ ¢harity rettivej significant qukntiliH of (krfwted food from sU￿nn￿k¢1￿ Ory￿lIatIOns. #nd th¢ g¢neral public. In line with the Ch￿ttieS SORP {FRS 102). &)nated gTh)ds th￿jId be rtwised ot fair value where this ckn be measur¢d reliably. Howw, due lo the Yolwne. freq￿nCy. thd rnixed nath of fotyj thjnations Te¢eived, together with the •bKnc¢ of c4Thsisthnt ￿luatIOn thr tsvttees cwsid¢T a rtliable c51imate of fair value cannoi b¢ M￿e. A¢¢¢)rditisly. doll4t￿ f(￿ ts rew8nis¢d as Iti￿￿¢ or in¢luded wilhin stock th¢ fjnan¢iai statements. Tht majority of ftx)d donations are distrib￿ed to beneficiaries Slyx￿Y •ft¢r rettipL and IM) matsriil is held 4¢ th¢ r4￿rtIng dAte. Non•financial infornation re8arding fwd $kni￿10￿ including q￿￿1￿¢$ disthbuted wxl ljen¢fi¢l￿ rea¢h, is provided ITh the Tn￿¢$. Annual R¢p(Kt. Page 21