THE FILLING STATION (SWINDON)

Registered charity 1072429 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity provides food and provisions to those in need on the streets of Swindon, currently on one evening a week. In addition it provides a focus for other professional agencies to make contact with homeless people and to make appropriate interventions.

Objects

THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE TRUST FUND AND ITS INCOME UPON TRUST TO APPLY THEM FOR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY IN THE SWINDON AREA, ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY THE PROVISION OF FOOD, BASIC PROVISIONS AND OTHER MATERIAL NEEDS, AND BY RAISING LOCAL AWARENESS OF THEIR PROBLEMS

Area of benefit: SWINDON

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Swindon, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£12k
Latest spending
£14k
Registered
1998

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From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 250

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 200

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 200

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Swindon

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£12k£14k
31/12/2024£17k£13k
31/12/2023£16k£10k
31/12/2022£6k£11k
31/12/2021£5k£5k

Common questions

Who funds THE FILLING STATION (SWINDON)?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE FILLING STATION (SWINDON) as a grant recipient include THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR WILTSHIRE & SWINDON.

Shared trustees with funders

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Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR WILTSHIRE & SWINDONFY2024£1k