THE OSWESTRY AND BORDERS FOODBANK

Registered charity 1143519 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Organizing the collection and distribution of food and other basic necessities through a foodbank to local people in need. The charity operates as part of the Trussell Trust foodbank network.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN OSWESTRY AND BORDERS REGION BY PROVIDING GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.

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 · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a significant deficit of £92,971 for the year ended 31 March 2025, primarily due to a sharp drop in grant and donation income. Despite this loss, the trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves of £143,048 were well in excess of their policy target, ensuring the charity could continue to serve its clients without immediate financial risk.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alison Baseley Utting
• Carl Trevor Rogers
• Michael Stewart Jackson
• Patricia Anne Clarke
• Rosie Radford
• Susan Ann Forgie · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Powys · Shropshire · Wrexham

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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