WITNEY AND WEST OXFORDSHIRE FOOD BANK

Registered charity 1170366 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OXFORDSHIRE WEST FOOD BANK

Witney & West Oxfordshire Food Bank provides emergency food parcels of non-perishable food items and occasionally toiletries to people experiencing unexpected crisis. Clients are referred from professionals working in the community including, but not limited to, Citizens Advice Bureau, Job Centre, health workers, education professionals who assess each client?s situation to verify their need.

Objects

THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OF PEOPLE LIVING IN WEST OXFORDSHIRE DISTRICT IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) BY PROVIDING FOOD AND OTHER ITEMS TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN NEED WHICH THEY WOULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD THROUGH LACK OF MEANS, AND PROVIDING INFORMATION, ADVICE, EDUCATION, AND SUPPORT IN SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME SEE FIT.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that annual running costs are approximately £90,000, with the charity holding a reserves policy target of 12 months of running costs due to income volatility. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the accounting records or the accuracy of the accounts for the year ended 5 April 2026.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal risk management 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
• Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Maria Grindleychair
• Andrew Badnell
• Mark Haydon
• Oliver Walsh
• Samuel Edney

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WEYMOUTH FOODBANK.

• WEYMOUTH FOODBANK income £104k
• WATFORD FOODBANK AND COMMUNITY RELIEF TRUST income £814k
• EXETER FOOD BANK income £173k
• THE WOKINGHAM FOODBANK income £337k
• LEOMINSTER FOOD BANK income £148k
• NORTH BRISTOL AND SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE FOODBANK CIO income £855k

Side by side with its peers

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