Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 0

Reasonable growth: +1
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
No conflicts policy: -1

Large volunteers +5

Overall GiG Score: 3

THE FILLING STATION (SWINDON)

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.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Established: 25 years

www.filling-station.org

macpherson.angus@btopenworld.com

01793812259

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/12/23		£16	£10	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	200
31/12/22		£6	£11	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/12/21		£5	£5	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/12/20		£14	£4	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	100
31/12/19		£7	£6	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/12/18		£10	£9	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/17		£12	£13	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16		£6	£6	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15	*	£9	£5	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/14	*	£8	£6	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/13	*	£7	£9	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/12		£10	£18	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/11		£12	£12	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/10		£12	£9	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/09		£9	£9	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/08		£7	£6	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/07		£8	£3	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/06		£10	£4	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/05		£5	£11	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/04		£6	£5	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Swindon,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
200 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Wiltshire Community Foundation - The Filling Station
£579	01/09/2022	The grant is restricted to support The Filling Stations work and activities in pursuit of its objects benefiting Wiltshire and Swindon
Wiltshire Community Foundation - The Filling Station
£690	01/03/2022	The grant is restricted to support The Filling Stations work and activities in pursuit of its objects benefiting Wiltshire and Swindon
Wiltshire Community Foundation - The Filling Station
£562	03/09/2021	The grant is restricted to support The Filling Stations work and activities in pursuit of its objects benefiting Wiltshire and Swindon
Wiltshire Community Foundation - The Filling Station
£632	03/02/2021	Provision of food, clothes and toiletries with support by outreach workers to around 60 people who are homeless or have other vulnerabilities on a weekly basis on the streets of Swindon.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Gender Split

ANGUS STUART MACPHERSON (Chair), Other trusteeship: THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR WILTSHIRE & SWINDON,

JOHN JAMES GRIFFITHS

KIM PAKENHAM Appointed: 2023

MARTIN ANDREW JONES Appointed: 2023

SUSAN DALLYN Appointed: 2016

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 13/11/1998, number: 1072429

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR15: 49 days late, AR14: 0 days late, AR13: 1 days late,

Main office

3 Greens Lane
Wroughton
Swindon
SN4 0RJ

Objectives

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

Defined Area of Benefit:

SWINDON

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