OSWESTRY COMMUNITY ACTION

Registered charity 1063319 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DIAL-A-RIDE, HELPMATES, OSCIP, OSWESTRY AND DISTRICT HELPMATES, OSWESTRY AND DISTRICT HELPMATES LIMITED, SHOPMOBILITY

Latest income

£738k

Latest spending

£704k

Registered

1997

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£738k

Total spending

£704k

Reserves (reported)

£172k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~2.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

Heather Noblechair
Charles Brotherton
Hilary Margaret Rees
John Duffus
Richard Amos
Stephen Drinnan
Stephen Wilcox

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Denbighshire · Powys · Shropshire · Wrexham

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£738k	£704k
31/03/2024	£757k	£663k
31/03/2023	£820k	£899k
31/03/2022	£720k	£715k
31/03/2021	£572k	£510k

Common questions

Who funds OSWESTRY COMMUNITY ACTION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name OSWESTRY COMMUNITY ACTION as a grant recipient include WORCESTER MUNICIPAL CHARITIES (CIO), KIRKLEY POOR'S LANDS.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount
WORCESTER MUNICIPAL CHARITIES (CIO)	FY2023	£7k
KIRKLEY POOR'S LANDS	FY2025	£1k
KIRKLEY POOR'S LANDS	FY2024	£1k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Postcode Lottery	28/06/2024	£19k	Unrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	12/03/2018	£30k	"Oswestry's Home Front Heroines"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	20/02/2017	£30k	"Oswestry Heritage Comics"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	30/11/2015	£30k	"The Men on the Gates"