Annual review for the year ending 31 March 2017

Nourish Community Foodbank Charity Number 1154716 Registered Company Number 8303764

Board of Trustees Paul Haines (Co-Chair) Olga Johnson (Co-Chair) Carol Stone (Hon Treasurer) Adrian Tofts Carole Wilson Alisa Sweeney Marianne Mac Donald Martin Holroyd Islay O’Hara (Joined August 2016) Graham Jones (Joined June 2016) Helen Lindop (Until April 2017) Adam Snyder (until June 2016)

Administrative Information Postal Address: YMCA, 14-18 Goods Station Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN1 2BL Food Collection and Storage: Big Yellow Storage Longfield Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN2 3UE Registered Office: Thompson, Snell and Passmore LLP, 3 Lonsdale Gardens, Tunbridge Wells, TN1 1NX Bankers: Natwest Bank, 89 Mount Pleasant Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN1 1QJ Accounts certified by: Deeks Evans, 3 Boyne Park, Tunbridge Wells TN4 8EN

How we deliver public benefit Founded in 2012, Nourish is a volunteer-led charity and company limited by guarantee. Our vision is that "No one need be hungry in South Tonbridge and Borough of Tunbridge Wells". We promote the relief of financial hardship among people living in Tunbridge Wells, South Tonbridge and surrounding villages by providing people with short-term emergency food that they could not otherwise afford through lack of means. We work collaboratively with, and for the benefit of, the inhabitants of Tunbridge Wells, South Tonbridge and the surrounding areas without the distinction of sex, age or political, religious or other opinions, in order to meet local need, challenge social exclusion and to deliver an effective and proactive service that empowers people to access appropriate support and the resources to help them move forward with their lives in a manner which may be considered by law to be charitable. We work with other local foodbanks and regularly review our areas of coverage in response to need. Our Food Bags A typical food bag will contain food to make up 3 meals a day for three days and in addition to two £5 vouchers for fresh fruit, vegetables and meat. Bags usually comprise the following items:

Tinned meat or fish Fruit Juice Soup Pasta and rice

Pasta sauce Lentils/beans Cereal/porridge Baked beans

Sugar/Jam Cleaning products Toiletries Toilet rolls

Tinned puddings Biscuits Baby food (as appropriate) Pet food (as appropriate)

Each week, our packers make up food bags in the warehouse as requested by our referral Agencies. The food bags are then delivered to the homes of people in crisis by our volunteer drivers. We operate a doorstep delivery using volunteer drivers rather than asking people to pick up their food from a central point, thus enabling us to ensure confidentiality (particularly important when providing support to victims of domestic violence), reduce operating costs and eliminate the need for clients to carry heavy bags of food. Our storage and warehouse operations As we have expanded our support and required more food donations, we have expanded our storage units to accommodate this increase. Our grateful thanks go to Big Yellow Self Storage, Tunbridge Wells. Due to increased number of food donations and supermarket partnerships, it became necessary to utilise a vehicle suitable for transporting large quantities of donated food. So, in June 2016, we hired a van that has enabled us to collect more food more quickly and efficiently. Referral process To qualify for help, families and individuals must be referred to Nourish by a front-line professional care organisation. To date we are working with over 100 referral Agencies that include Social Services, Domestic Abuse and Volunteer Support Service (DAVSS), local housing groups, Citizens Advice, Tunbridge Wells Job Centre and Age UK. We also work with churches, schools and GP surgeries who identify local people in need. The need for referral to Nourish is usually caused by a complex combination of events that include: benefits delays, unemployment, illness and increasingly domestic violence or the impact of Universal Credit. Where possible we signpost people to relevant agencies, so they can get additional help. This enables us to more fully understand the impact of these issues and to monitor the longer-term social impact. Nourish is increasingly being asked to form part of case study teams that consider the wider issues affecting individuals. Our volunteers Nourish has over 60 active volunteers, the majority of whom are DBS (security) checked. They undertake a wide variety of roles that include administration, stock management, packing food bags at our warehouse in Big Yellow and delivering food bags. Our volunteers are carefully recruited and trained so that their administration, management, fundraising and marketing skills are used effectively. We created specific volunteer roles to make best

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use of the skills our volunteers bring to Nourish. These included administration and communication skills relevant to our schools, business and organisations, outreach coordinators, donation tin coordinators and community awareness and fundraising champions. We are pleased that these roles provide our volunteers with opportunities to acquire and develop new skills that they can then transfer into other volunteer roles and paid employment.

Review of the year

Co-Chairs’ message This has been our busiest year in operation with 1,963 referrals, which is a 44% increase on last year. We are proud that we provided three days’ emergency provisions to 4,614 people over the last twelve months which is a 47% increase over the previous year. To achieve this, we have worked with over 100 referral teams to identify individuals and families in genuine need so that we can provide them with food bags. We are pleased to be working with such a wide range of professional agencies and will continue to build these important relationships.

It is of great concern that referrals due to domestic violence are increasing. We are shocked that there has been a 63% increase in the number of domestic violence cases that we support, but pleased that we make an immediate, positive impact on those affected. Our volunteers are crucial to our success and we are pleased to say that our focus on recruiting, supporting and developing our volunteers has helped to not only supplement the work of our regular volunteers, it has stimulated interest from new volunteers and expanded our reach among younger audiences who may not have been aware of our work. In addition to our fundraising events, we have built and maintained many local partnerships and worked with corporate and group volunteers, including Childrensalon, AXA PPP, Markerstudy and local Scouts and Explorers groups who have been kind enough to donate their time to organising collections and helping with warehouse organisation. In addition, we have had regular support from those on Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme and the National Citizen’s Service, who have provided warehouse support, street campaign promotion and social media communications. Increasing partnerships with corporate and group volunteers will continue to be an area of development. The impact of the introduction of Universal Credit has been severe, but it is reassuring that the majority of those in a crisis, need only one food bag. We are seeing a steady increase in the need for emergency food bags, and with your continued support and our determination to succeed, we will continue to be effective. Thank you so much.

Olga Johnson Paul Haines

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Operations Manager’s message This year, so much has grown within Nourish. We have a larger delivery area following our expansion into South Tonbridge, increased storage facilities, more food coming in and more volunteers. We also now have an office of our own locally that we rent and our van, with a volunteer-driver, is active pretty much every day of the week. The other thing that has grown of course is our referrals, we have been successful in our expansion into Tonbridge and from the figures you can see that this was much needed. We continue to see an increase in our rural demand and the fact that we home deliver is essential in making our service available and accessible to everyone who needs it. As we grow, we need to further educate and raise awareness of our work. We have a growing profile on a range of social media channels including Facebook and Twitter and we have seen a steady rise in engagement throughout the year. We have continued to use these channels effectively to promote our events which has helped increased awareness of the charity and stimulated interest from potential volunteers. In addition, we have actively increased our public relations activities and built strong relationships with local newspapers and radio which has resulted in a significant increase in coverage which has directly led to an increase in donations of money, food and volunteer enquiries. We regularly speak to schools, groups, businesses and organisations, but we are looking to increase these important activities. Our new corporate pack will allow businesses to support in as little or large a way as they choose. Our plans also include running more open mornings down at the distribution point, and more visible presence at key local events within our towns and catchment area. This will allow people to see what we do, who we help and what they can do to get involved. Our volunteers and donors are invaluable, our volunteers work each day of the year and all hours of the day to ensure that help gets to those in crisis. We literally could not exist without them. They all dedicate their time and passion to help us to keep Nourish running and to reach each and every person referred for help. Food arrives anonymously in our collection points, is delivered direct to our distribution unit and often we don’t know who or where it is from, but every item goes directly to someone in crisis. We often put out a specific wanted request for a special diet or because we are short of it and people just respond. Our clients are often humbled by the kindness of strangers and so are all of us who work for Nourish. You help to make things happen. You feed families and individuals because you choose to help us and to all of you, I have the privilege of passing on the grateful thanks of all those who receive it. You are all wonderful!

Dawn Stanford

Our services In the year April 1st 2016 - March 31st 2017, Nourish Community Foodbank provided three days of emergency food supply for 4,614 people, compared with 3,141 the previous year. This represents a 47% increase in the number of Nourish clients. 41,526 meals were provided by Nourish which represents a 47% increase on last year Nourish received 47.6 tonnes of food donations over the year. We are very pleased to be working in partnership with M&S Food, Co-Operative Food, ASDA, Sainsbury and Tesco who with the help of their customers regularly donate food. This coupled with our successful Reverse Advent Calendar campaign and the ongoing support from schools and churches particularly around Harvest Festival meant that Nourish only needed to purchase a small amount of food to supplement stock in order to meet demand.

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We actively encourage people in crisis to eat balanced nutritious meals, so we include vouchers in our food bags that can be exchanged for fresh meat, vegetables and fruit. We are pleased to be working with J C Rook & Sons to provide fresh meat and Locality in Tunbridge Wells to provide fresh fruit and vegetables.

Of the 4,614 people receiving a three-day emergency food bag supply 46% were children under 18.

1,963 separate referrals were made to us and just over one-

third of our clients – 38% - needed only one food bag.

81% of our referrals were for people using our service three times or less (a maximum of nine days food supply over the course of a year).

Reasons for referral Unemployment/redundancy, debt problems and benefit changes tend to follow someone losing their job and all three account for 51% of the reasons why people used our services. 1 in 8 food bags distributed by Nourish are to victims of domestic abuse.

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Referral agencies During 2016-2017, we worked with over 100 frontline referral agencies across Tunbridge Wells who made a total of 1,963 referrals to Nourish. Aside from the notable increase in referrals for domestic abuse, increasing numbers of referrals were seen from doctors’ surgeries, mental health organisations, the early intervention team and YMCA. This suggests Nourish is becoming at the forefront of the mind of organisations working in the preventative fields.

Testimonial from Domestic Abuse Volunteer Support Services DAVSS DAVSS are a charity who supports male and female residents of West Kent who are experiencing Domestic Abuse and are looking for assistance in breaking that cycle. We use highly trained volunteers to support clients and agree bespoke safety and support plans according to their need. This may involve meeting with the client in person, supporting them at court and obtaining protective civil orders. Frequently clients’ needs are complex and can include housing, financial, child arrangements and sometimes their needs are very basis including the need to access food. As a consequence DAVSS volunteers frequently consider contacting Nourish to obtain such support. The following two case studies illustrate how Nourish can provide much needed emergency support in the short term: Nourish provide an excellent and much needed service across the area, providing key support for families and individuals at times of great need when even the basic necessities of life are not available for them. ‘Jane’, (not her real name) a victim of domestic abuse, fled from the Midlands to our area and was referred to DAVSS for support by the Police. She had minimal possessions, no food, no money - absolutely nothing, except a sofa to sleep on that night. DAVSS contacted Nourish who immediately provided vital provisions and delivered these within 45 minutes. ‘Jane’ said ‘I was absolutely desperate, I didn’t know where to turn or what to do until you all got together and helped me.’ The immediate assistance from Nourish gave time for partner agencies to deal with her many other issues, enabled her to survive and turn her life around. Another victim ‘Audrey’ (not her real name) was the victim of domestic and financial abuse whose money and credit cards had been stolen. Once again DAVSS contacted Nourish who stepped in and provided immediate assistance giving time for other agencies to review the situation and help with other assistance. ‘Audrey’ said ‘I hadn’t eaten anything much for days, then Nourish came along and rescued me until it all got sorted out.’ Like Nourish, DAVSS is committed to working in partnership with other agencies to provide holistic support to clients, and Nourish is a key partner whose assistance is greatly appreciated.

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The impact of Nourish

Behind every one of these statistics is a story. They are all different. The following are just some of the stories from people we have helped this past year. Please note, all names have been changed.

Samantha’s story

Samantha had been on sick leave from work due to a chronic illness for a long time, as a result, she had to give up her job and was receiving statutory sick pay. Her chronic illness meant that she had a restricted diet and could only eat gluten-free produce. This diet was becoming harder and harder to fund on her benefits and she had suffered a real deterioration of weight and health.

We received her referral from the CAB as they were helping her to claim the correct disability benefits but her ill health and lack of strength was preventing her from being able to leave the house or attend appointments. She was exhausted all the time and was continuously losing weight each time they saw her. They felt that she needed to regain some of her health before they were able to effectively proceed, as Samantha was struggling to understand the process and concentrate. They were really worried for her and considered her to be very vulnerable. In Samantha’s words… “I felt like I was losing my identity. All my relationships had changed. I no longer felt like I had friends or my boyfriend, even former work colleagues that I had been so close to didn’t feel the same. It was like being visited by carers. People didn’t visit me for a cup of tea because they knew I didn’t have any or they brought me food or items and I felt humiliated, my flat was always cold as I couldn’t afford to heat it and I answered the door in loads of layers and a scarf. Friends awkwardly skirted around the subject of my health and the fact I looked worse each time they visited. I started to isolate myself and that in turn, made me feel even more isolated. Nourish delivered that first parcel when I was at my lowest and I literally threw my arms around the driver and burst into tears with open relief. I couldn’t believe that there were gluten free products, vouchers for fresh vegetables and meat, sanitary products and toiletries. It was like Christmas”. Dawn, our operations manager who delivered the first parcel said: “This tiny sparrow of a woman answered the bell to the doors and literally hugged me! She squeezed me so tight and was sobbing, she didn’t have the strength to carry the bags to her door, so I carried them in and explained the voucher system, she had a friend who would take her in to exchange them for fresh produce to supplement the dried food in her bags.” Samantha received food parcels from us while working with the CAB to apply for the correct benefits and to get her strength up to be able to get to her appointments and get herself back on track. She looked forward to our delivery drivers and the contact from them, her smile increased each week and she started to improve health wise, it seemed before our eyes. She made an impact on every person that had contact with her including the local butcher who participates in the voucher scheme, we all watched as she regained her spark and was able to get her benefits sorted. Craig’s story Craig had found himself unemployed for the first time, he had to apply for the new type of unemployment benefit “Universal credit”. The DWP worker who interviewed him referred him to Nourish as he had no money to live on. In Craig’s words….. “Over the past five weeks I have had to wait for this new benefit Universal Credit to come through and this has been a difficult time for me because without any benefit all my utilities and rent have now come into arrears and I have been so stressed and angry with the benefit system to allow this debt to accumulate. I was debt free before universal credit, I honestly don’t know what I would have done without any food, possibly broken the law and turn to stealing to food to feed myself.” We supported Craig for the five week-wait for benefits and he sent a letter of thanks in after his last delivery.

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Kerry’ story

Kerry was made redundant from her job suddenly and had no final pay due to the company’s issues. She was a single mum, living with two school age children and her beloved dogs. Kerry had managed to find a new job but wasn’t due to start for a few weeks, and with little reserves in the bank, the rent arrears and bills soon mounted up. Kerry didn’t know what to do, she had always been in work and had worked at her previous job for many years, she had no warning of her sudden redundancy. Kerry spoke to her landlord about the fact that she had missed her rent payment and they referred her to us. Kerry received weekly parcels from us until her first payday.

On her first delivery, Kerry sent a card back with the driver. She was overwhelmed at the sheer kindness of the strangers that donated and had no idea that there was even a local foodbank. “To all at Nourish, Thank you so much for the food parcel. Its blown me away! I cannot believe complete strangers donate food to help people like me who have nowhere else to turn, you have helped to feed my children and my beloved dogs. I thank you from the bottom of my heart.” Kerry started her new job, used her first pay to get back on track and now donates via Asda every time she shops, and emails in to see what we most need.

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A year of Nourish fundraising Nourish held several events during 2016-2017 giving people the chance to get involved and help raise money for local people in crisis.

• Our quiz night and auction on May 21st raised a fantastic £1,133.45.

• Thanks to everyone who took part in our End Hunger Games event raising money for Nourish. The winners were TN2 and the Sherwood Partnership. The total raised was £351.87.

• The Nourishers took part for the third year in the Dragon Boat Festival at Bewl Water. We managed to raise a fantastic £1,857.01 so a huge thank you to everyone that took part and who sponsored our rowers!

• Our Black and White Casino Night in November 2016 in conjunction with Childrensalon raised a fantastic £6,179.91 so thank you to all the companies that donated prizes and everyone who came along and supported us.

• Huge thanks to Helping Hands - Tunbridge Wells. The team, part of the National Citizen Service, organised several collections and events to raise funds and collect food for us. They raised an amazing £1,688.61 and then spent all the money to help us fill our stock shortfall at our unit!

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A year of support and donations

Everyone at Nourish Community Foodbank is grateful to all those who have supported us in 2016-2017. Your generosity is inspirational and we are delighted that you continue to support us with donations of food, money, time and facilities such as premises, printing, storage, collection points and general encouragement. Every pound/hour/tin or packet is welcomed and used to help people in crisis. We are able to continue our work thanks to businesses, voluntary groups, charities, churches, local associations, the media, schools and hundreds of individuals who have shown amazing understanding and commitment to the needs we strive to meet. Special thanks go to our funders and supporters below

TOWN AND COUNTRY FOUNDATION

Nourish would like to express their thanks for the initial funding and support from the Town and Country foundation. They funded Nourish for the first four years of existence and were key in helping turn this project from an idea into a reality.

TUNBRIDGE WELLS BOROUGH COUNCIL

The Trustees would like to thank Tunbridge Wells Borough Council for allowing Nourish to use both the Gateway and an office in the Town Hall as a base for administration as well as making a grant to the charity to help with running costs.

BIG YELLOW SELF STORAGE

We are delighted to be working with the Big Yellow Self Storage Company in Tunbridge Wells who have provided us with free and discounted storage space, allowing us a safe working environment to collect, store and sort our donated items.

WEST KENT YMCA WAREHOUSE

Nourish would like to thank the YMCA warehouse for providing us with a central Tunbridge Wells point for food donations.

THE HENRY SMITH CHARITY: 2016-2018 Grant

Thank you to The Henry Smith Charity for their grant of £10,000.00 over two years to pay towards running costs.

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SIR THOMAS SMYTHE’S CHARITY: 2015-2018 Grant

Supported by Sir Thomas Smythe's Charity, awarding small grants to local welfare organisations in the Tunbridge Wells area. Thank you to the Sir Thomas Smythe's Charity for their grant of £3,000 payable over three years which will help fund our fresh food voucher scheme ensuring our beneficiaries receive a healthy and balanced diet.

ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS ROUND TABLE

Huge thanks to the RTWRT for funding towards essential storage at Big Yellow for 2016-2017.

THE BROOK TRUST FUND FOR KENT via KENT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: 2016-2017 Grant

The Brook Trust Fund for Kent awarded Nourish a grant of £5,000.00 for 2016-2017. The funds were used for an admin assistant, fresh food vouchers and to help fund the cost of our Operations Manager working on our expansion project into Tonbridge.

SKINNERS’ COMPANY LADY NEVILLE CHARITY: 2016-2017 Grant

Supported by the Skinners' Company Lady Neville Charity, awarding small grants to local grass-roots organisations. Thank you to the Skinners' Company Lady Neville Charity for their grant of £807 to cover the cost of a specialist power supply in our unit at Big Yellow plus some industrial weighing scales.

SPORTS RELIEF COMMUNITY CASH 2016 via KENT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: 2016-2017 Grant

Sports Relief Community Cash 2016 awarded Nourish a grant of £995.45 for 2016-2017. The funds were used to buy 7 Clax folding trolleys for use by our volunteers when sorting, packing and delivering foodbags. These are now an invaluable asset to Nourish and our volunteers love them.

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CHILDRENSALON CHARITABLE FUND

Nourish Community Foodbank was honoured to be one of the first recipients of a donation from the new Childrensalon charity. The monthly donation in the first three months of 2017 enabled us to continue to provide emergency food and support to people in need in Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge and the surrounding areas.

Corporate support

Huge thanks to Deeks Evans for providing the independent financial examination of our accounts since 2014 at no cost.

Nourish would like to say a huge thanks to Maxipay who have been a regular food donor since 2014. Maxipay have also been kind enough to donate Christmas turkeys in the past so that we can add them to our Christmas parcels.

Childrensalon, a local childrenswear retailer who have grown to be the world's largest online store for designer childrenswear has continued to support Nourish throughout 2016-2017. They have a true passion to get involved with everything that Nourish does and have been instrumental in our fundraising. They entered a boat in the 2016 Dragon Boat Festival in aid of Nourish which raised an amazing £1,272.50 and they were instrumental in our Black and White Casino Night fundraiser in November 2016 where we raised a fantastic £6,179.91. Thank you to Childrensalon for all your support!!

Financial donations Regular donations enable us to predict future cash flows and plan for the years ahead. Thank you to everyone who supports us with a regular donation. Thank you also to everyone who has given a one-off donation enabling us to pay for core costs and charitable activities in order to provide emergency foodbags to people in crisis. Special thanks go to: Don Hanson Charitable Foundation Nationwide Building Society Southborough Lions Tonbridge Lions

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Food donations Nourish would like to say a massive thank you to all our food donors. Without your donations we could not support those in crisis. Thanks go to our corporate partners who have our collection points or who donate close to date supplies.

Reverse Advent 2016 We collected an amazing 6 tonnes of food in our 2016 Reverse Advent Campaign. Huge thanks to RVP for allowing us to have a pop up shop in Ely Court and to Tesco for kicking us off with a three day collection during which we collected an amazing £1,782.50 and 3,013.28Kgs food and provisions!!

Sainsburys Linden Park Tesco TW Stores Natwest Tunbridge Wells M&S Tonbridge Tesco Pembury Asda Tunbridge Wells Lloyds Bank Tonbridge Sainsburys Tonbridge

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Financial Summary 2016-2017 Income 2016-2017

Expenditure 2016-2017

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NOURISH ACCOUNTS

Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Report to the trustees/ members of Nourish Community Foodbank Ltd Charity Number 1154716 Registered Company Number 8303764 On accounts for the year ended 31 March 2017 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:

• examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act,

• 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

• 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 statement In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention 1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material respect, the requirements:

• to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; and

• to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act

have not been met; or 2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed: R J Young Date: 2 October 2017 Name: Richard Young ACA Chartered Accountant Address: c/o Deeks Evans , 3 Boyne Park, Tunbridge Wells. TN4 8EN.

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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES

Unrestricted funds

Restricted income funds

This year 2016/17

Last year

2015/16

£ £

£ £

Incoming resources (Note 3)

Incoming resources from generated funds

Voluntary income

43,759 15,766

59,525 54,896

Activities for generating funds

11,707 -

11,707 9,838

Incoming resources from charitable activities

58,966 12,266

71,232 -

Other incoming resources

- - - -

Total incoming resources 58,966 12,266

71,232 64,735

Resources expended (Notes 4-8)

Costs of Generating Funds

Costs of generating voluntary income

5,182 -

5,182 3,525

Charitable activities 57,864 4,848

62,712 47,077

Governance costs

278 -

278 13

Other resources expended - -

- -

Total resources expended 63,323 4,848

68,171 50,615

Net incoming/(outgoing) resources before transfers

-

14,120

Gross transfers between funds - -

- -

Net incoming/(outgoing) resources before other recognised gains/(losses) (4,357) 7,418

3,061 14,120

Other recognised gains/(losses)

Net movement in funds (4,357) 7,418

3,061 14,120

Total funds brought forward 21,511 -

21,511 7,391

Total funds carried forward 17,154 7,418

24,572 21,511

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BALANCE SHEET

Unrestricted funds

Restricted income funds

This year 2016/17

Last year 2015/16

£ £

£ £

Fixed assets

Tangible assets (Note 9)

- -

Investments (Note 10)

- -

Total fixed assets

- -

- -

Current assets

Debtors (Note 11) 443 - 443 415

(Short term) investments

Cash at bank and in hand 33,805 33,805 25,612

Total current assets 34,248 34,248 26,027

Creditors: amounts falling due within one year (Note 12) (752) (8,924)

9,676 4,516

Net current assets/(liabilities) 33,496 (8,924) 24,572 21,511

Total assets less current liabilities 33,496 (8,924) 24,572 21,511

Creditors: amounts falling due after one year - -

- -

Provisions for liabilities and charges

Net assets 33,496 (8,924) 24,572 21,511

Funds of the Charity

Unrestricted funds 24,572 24,572 16,995

Restricted income funds (Note 13) - 4,516

Total funds 24,572 24,572 21,511

Audit Exemption Statement For the year ending 31 March 2017 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies. Directors’ responsibilities:

• the members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with section 476

• the directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts

• these accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies’ regime

Signed on behalf of all the trustees NAME Paul Haines DATE 28 September 2017

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NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS Note 1 Basis of preparation These accounts have been prepared on the basis of historic cost in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities – Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP 2005); and with the Charities Act. Note 2 Accounting policies

This standard list of accounting policies has been applied by the charity

INCOMING RESOURCES

Recognition of incoming These are included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SoFA) when:

resources the charity becomes entitled to the resources;

the trustees are virtually certain they will receive the resources; and

the monetary value can be measured with sufficient reliability.

Incoming resources with related expenditure

Where incoming resources have related expenditure (as with fundraising or contract income) the incoming resources and related expenditure are reported gross in the SoFA.

Grants and donations Grants and donations are only included in the SoFA when the charity has unconditional entitlement to the resources.

Tax reclaims on donations and gifts

Incoming resources from tax reclaims are included in the SoFA at the same time as the gift to which they relate.

Contractual income and performance related grants

This is only included in the SoFA once the related goods or services have been delivered.

Gifts in kind Gifts in kind are accounted for at a reasonable estimate of their value to the charity or the amount actually realised.

Gifts in kind for sale or distribution are included in the accounts as gifts only when sold or distributed by the charity.

Gifts in kind for use by the charity are included in the SoFA as incoming resources when receivable.

Donated services and facilities

These are only included in incoming resources (with an equivalent amount in resources expended) where the benefit to the charity is reasonably quantifiable, measurable and material. The value placed on these resources is the estimated value to the charity of the service or facility received.

Volunteer help The value of any voluntary help received is not included in the accounts but is described in the trustees’ annual report.

Investment income This is included in the accounts when receivable.

Investment gains and losses This includes any gain or loss on the sale of investments and any gain or loss resulting from revaluing investments to market value at the end of the year.

EXPENDITURE AND LIABILITIES Liability recognition Liabilities are recognised as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the

charity to pay out resources.

Governance costs

Include costs of the preparation and examination of statutory accounts, the costs of trustee meetings and cost of any legal advice to trustees on governance or constitutional matters.

Grants with performance conditions

Where the charity gives a grant with conditions for its payment being a specific level of service or output to be provided, such grants are only recognised in the SoFA once the recipient of the grant has provided the specified service or output.

Grants payable without performance conditions

These are only recognised in the accounts when a commitment has been made and there are no conditions to be met relating to the grant which remain in the control of the charity.

Support Costs Support costs include central functions and have been allocated to activity cost categories on a basis consistent with the use of resources, eg allocating property costs by floor areas, or per capita, staff costs by the time spent and other costs by their usage.

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ASSETS

Tangible fixed assets for use by charity

These are capitalised if they can be used for more than one year, and cost at least £500. They are valued at cost or a reasonable value on receipt.

Investments Investments quoted on a recognised stock exchange are valued at market value at the year end. Other investment assets are included at trustees' best estimate of market value.

Stocks and work in progress These are valued at the lower of cost or market value.

Note 3 Analysis of incoming resources

This year 2016/17

Last year 2015/16

£ £ Voluntary income

Grants 28,418 22,852

Donations - from individuals and private organisations 22,138 24,626

In-kind donations of storage and office space 7,418 7,418

Events Awards and other

11,797 1,551

9,838

Total 71,232 64,735

Donated food is not included in the SOFA due to being difficult to value accurately.

Note 4 Analysis of resources expended

This year 2016/17

Last year 2015/16

£ £ Charitable activities

Support costs (co-ordination and volunteer costs) 22,927 18,972

Food supply (food purchased, storage and distribution) 32,539 22,747

Administration and communication 7,246 5,358

Total 62,712 47,077

Governance costs Professional fees - -

Other 278 13

Total 278 13

Note 5 Support Costs

Support cost type

Fundraising activity Charitable Activity Governance

Activity Total Cost

£ £ £ £ Co-ordination and volunteers - 22,927 - 22,927

Total - 22,927 - 22,927

Note 6 Trustee expenses No trustees were paid any expenses during the period Note 7 Paid employees The charity had no paid employees during the period Note 8 Grantmaking The charity made no grants Note 9 Tangible fixed assets The charity has no tangible fixed assets (ie assets valued at over £500 per item) Note 10 The charity has no Investment assets

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Note 11 Debtors and prepayments

Analysis of debtors

Amounts falling due within one year

Amounts falling due after more than one year

16/17 15/16 16/17 15/16

£ £ £ £

Trade debtors

- - -

Amounts due from subsidiary and associated undertakings

- - -

Other debtors

- - -

Prepayments and accrued income

415 - -

Total

443 415 - - Note 12 Creditors and accruals

12.1 Analysis of creditors

Amounts falling due within one year

Amounts falling due after more than one year

16/17 15/16 16/17 15/16

£ £ £ £

Loans and overdrafts - - - -

Trade creditors 752 - - -

Amounts due to subsidiary and associated undertakings - - - -

Other creditors - - - -

Accruals and deferred income 8,924 4,516 - -

Total 9,676 4,516 - - Note 13 Movement of Restricted Funds Fund names Fund

balances brought forward

Incoming resources

Outgoing resources

Fund balances carried forward

£ £ £ £

Big Lottery Awards for All 1,016 - 1,016 -

Brook Trust - 2,025 2,025 -

Don Hanson Charitable Trust 3,500 - 3,500 -

Skinners Sir Thomas Smyth - 1,000 1,000 -

Skinners/Lady Neville - 807 807 -

Total Funds 4,516 3,832 8,348 - Note 14 Transactions with related parties There have been no transactions with related parties or loans during the period

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Trustees personal message The Trustees of Nourish Community Foodbank record their thanks to all those working to support Nourish for the achievements of 2016/17 and are grateful for their continued and dedicated loyalty to those we support and to the organisation.

Structure, governance and management The organisation is a charity and company limited by guarantee, incorporated 22 November 2012 and registered as a charity 24 November 2013. The company was established under a Memorandum of Association, which established the objects and powers of the charitable company and is governed under its Articles of Association. The directors of the company are also charity trustees for the purposes of charity law. All Trustees give their time voluntarily and receive no benefits from the charity. No expenses were claimed from the charity during this period. Trustees met monthly during the period to 31 March 2017. The membership of the board of Trustees is intended to reflect the knowledge and skills required to manage a local food bank and new trustees are invited to join as necessary areas of expertise are identified by regular board skills audits. Potential new trustees are interviewed and briefed by the Co-chairs and invited to attend board meetings as observers before joining the Nourish Board. The charity has no employees but contracts two freelance managers who work with over 60 volunteers to manage food collection and distribution, referrals and administration. We regularly update our operations handbooks, induction, training and arrangements for meetings (for trustees and all other volunteers) to reflect the current and planned growth of Nourish and good practice for a charity of this size. The charity relies of grants and donations to fund its work which are liable to fluctuation from year to year. Principal financial management policies will be found in the notes to the financial statements which are available on request. Trustees regards the careful and responsible management of the charity’s resources as a primary responsibility.