Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 5

Support Score: 10

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 17

THE OSWESTRY AND BORDERS FOODBANK

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.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

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: 13 years

www.oswestryandborders.foodbank.org.uk

info@oswestryandborders.foodbank.org.uk

01691671940

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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
31/03/23		£199	£127	£72	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
31/03/22		£110	£64	£45	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	32
31/03/21		£126	£61	£65	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/03/20		£37	£33	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	49
31/03/19		£20	£16	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	53
31/03/18		£16	£14	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£16	£16	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£10	£12	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	*	£20	£15	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£15	£13	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£12	£8	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£14	£9	£5	£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

Other charitable activities

Where it operates

Powys, Shropshire, Wrexham,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
40 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
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Oswestry and Borders Foodbank
£25,433	07/11/2023	Local Organiser 12 hpw plus related project costs
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Oswestry and Borders Foodbank
£5,000	16/10/2022	Emergency grant
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Oswestry and Borders Foodbank
£103,845	13/09/2022	0.6 FTE CA generalist advisor plus debt advice as required
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Oswestry and Borders Foodbank
£22,200	20/07/2022	New space to accommodate provision of advice services
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Oswestry and Borders Foodbank
£982	23/10/2021	We would like to facilitate and provide Christmas hampers for those in need in the community. Last year we fed over 600 householders.
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Oswestry & Borders Foodbank
£45,276	14/04/2019 36	Move volunteer food bank manager to paid employment
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Oswestry and Borders Foodbank
£45,276	26/03/2019	Volunteer FB Manager move to paid employment

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANDREA IRENE LEE Appointed: 2019

CARL TREVOR ROGERS Appointed: 2022

KATHRYN ELEANOR DAVIES Appointed: 2018

MALCOLM WILLIAM HAROLD HUBBELL Appointed: 2022

MICHAEL STEWART JACKSON Appointed: 2022

REV ANTONY BRYAN MAUDE (Chair) Appointed: 2018, Other trusteeship: CORNERSTONE BAPTIST CHURCH, OSWESTRY,

RUTH MARGARET JOYCE BELK Appointed: 2021

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 23/08/2011, number: 1143519

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

12 returns made; AR16: 35 days late, AR15: 33 days late,

Main office

Oswestry & Borders Foodbank
56 Beatrice Street
OSWESTRY
SY11 1QW

Objectives

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.

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