for the Period Ended 31 December 2024
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Directors' report period ended
The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the period ended 31 December 2024
Principal activities of the company
Directors
The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from
1 January 2024
to
31 December 2024
The director shown below has held office during the period of
1 January 2024
to
30 March 2024
The director shown below has held office during the period of
20 August 2024
to
31 December 2024
The director shown below has held office during the period of
20 February 2024
to
31 December 2024
The above report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions in part 15 of the Companies Act 2006
This report was approved by the board of directors on
And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name:
Status: Director
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The notes form part of these financial statements
This report was approved by the board of directors on
and signed on behalf of the board by:
Name:
Status: Director
The notes form part of these financial statements
for the Period Ended 31 December 2024
Basis of measurement and preparation
Turnover policy
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for the Period Ended 31 December 2024
for the Period Ended 31 December 2024
The company runs a Community Support Centre (20 High Street) and a food bank (both supermarket surplus food and dry / tinned items). During the year, we also ran a ‘Free Shop’ (31 High Street) to distribute items donated by the public (Mostly clothing and kitchen items) , we also operated from an ex bank on the High Street (landlord gives us free rent) where we store larger donated items of furniture which are then distributed for free to the public. Community Support Centre The Community Centre continued to run events for the local community, hosting NHS sexual Health Clinics, Complex Needs Nurses (for the homeless) being a base for Canterbury City Council Rough Sleepers Out Reach team so that they can meet We conducted a survey for our 200 volunteers and found that over 80% had mental health problems. We invested in Mental Health First Aid training and set up a trial of a mental health support group (Mens Mental Health Support Group) which is run from the community cafe every sunday Food Bank The Food bank continues to run at 9pm everyday in Herne Bay. In August we started a pop up food bank in Canterbury. We now collect 140 slots of supermarket surplus food each week and distribute for free to the community. We have these slots arranged through three national schemes and the stats they provide tell us we have provided enough food to make 218,000 meals , all provided for free to those who need our help in the community. Free Shop The free shop continues to receive 100s of donations everyday. We calculated that the CO2 savings from items not going to landfill was over 7,000 tonnes in 2024, in September 2024 we were awarded the BBC Make A Difference Green Award. The Free Shop continues to help 1,000s of people each week with referrals coming from social services , NHS , local authority as well as other charities.
The company’s stakeholders are predominantly residents of Herne Bay and the surrounding area. Our stakeholders are service users of the Food bank and Free Shop. Additionally our stake holders are our volunteers. We conducted a survey of our Volunteers at two points in the year and found that their mental health improved by 90% through volunteering. Again, we sought feedback from our stakeholders regarding our food bank opening hours and following the feedback we opened a Canterbury pop up food bank on a Sunday at 6pm.
No remuneration was received
No transfer of assets other than for full consideration
This report was approved by the board of directors on
14 August 2025
And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Andrew Robertson
Status: Director