Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 0

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

(no info on trustees)

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: -5

BASICS FOOD BANK (LANARKSHIRE)

Analysis by Giving is Great

Financial issues to consider:

Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Financial Data

Income & Spending ?

Period ending	31/03/18	31/03/19	31/03/20	31/03/21	31/03/22	31/03/23
Total income	£31,226	£62,863	£23,518	£87,432	£19,121	£19,760
Total spending	£25,124	£31,728	£36,677	£65,274	£40,924	£28,452
Surplus/deficit	£6,102	£31,135	-£13,159	£22,158	-£21,803	-£8,692

Established: 13 years

Listed activities

It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
It carries out activities or services itself

GiG Classification

Financial or material assistance

Purposes

The prevention or relief of poverty
The advancement of religion
The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Where it operates

More than one local authority area in Scotland, main operating location: North Lanarkshire

Who it helps

No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Other charities or voluntary bodies

Who supports 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
National Lottery Community Fund - Basics food Bank (Lanarkshire)
£55,960	25/06/2013 24	Funding through Support and Connect this group will continue its existing Foodbank service and provide support to an increasing number of people experiencing hardship by providing access to emergency ....more Funding through Support and Connect this group will continue its existing Foodbank service and provide support to an increasing number of people experiencing hardship by providing access to emergency food parcels and hygiene packs to people experiencing a time of crisis, such as benefit delay or release from custody. The project will support approximately 3,000 individuals and families across North Lanarkshire, through outlets in Motherwell, Wishaw, Shotts and Airdrie.
Foundation Scotland - Basics Food Bank
£5,325	05/10/2011	To contribute towards the running costs of the group as well as fund the salary for a coordinator position.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees

Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

Legal constitution

Charity registered in Scotland on 04/10/2011, number: SC042625

Filing Record

5 returns made; AR20: 44 days late,

Main office

, ML1 3BE

Objectives

TO PREVENT/RELIEVE POVERTY. THE BASICS food BANK AIMS TO REACH OUT TO PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE EXPERIENCING A TIME OF CRISIS. WE ACCEPT THEM FORWHO THEY ARE AND WHERE THEY FIND THEMSELVES AS DICTATED BY THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH COULD BE DUE TO FINANCIAL CONSTRAITS CAUSED BY BENEFIT RE-ASSESSMENT, REDUNDANCY OR UNEXPECTED EVENTS WHICH LEAVE THEM STRUGGLING TO COPE. ASSESSMENT IS DONE VIA EXTERNAL AGENCIES WHO ARE IN CONTACT AND WORKING WITH INDIVIDUALS / FAMILIES AND KNOW THEIR EXACT CIRCUMSTANCES. IN DOING SO WE WILL SEEK TO ASSIST INDIVDUALS AND FAMILIES IN THE RELIEF OF POVERTY BY GIVING THEM THE MEANS TO FEED THEMSLEVES FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, THIS ALLOWS THEM TO ASSESS THEIR SITUATION, SEEK HELP, AND TAKE MEASURES TO MOVE FORWARD. TO OFFER RELIGIOUS SUPPORT TO THOSE IN CRISIS. 1 WE SHOW THEM WE CARE FOR THEM THROUGH WHAT WE GIVE BUT ALSO BY LISTENING AND BEING THERE FOR THEM. AS A CHRISTIAN ORGANISATION WE ALSO SHARE WITH THOSE WHO ARE REFERRED THAT THEY HAVE A SPIRITUAL NATURE THROUGH THE GIFT OF A GOSPEL BOOKLET AND LITERATURE THAT ALLOWS THEM TO EXPLORE THIS ASPECT OF THEIR BEING FOR THEMSELVES AND MAKE A LIFE STYLE CHOICE. THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE. THE PEOPLE WE HELP COME FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE AND HAVE DIFFERENT REASONS, SOMETIMES INTERLINKING, FOR THEIR PARTICULAR CRISIS. FOR EXAMPLE THEY MAY SUFFER FROM ILLHEALTH OR A DISABILITY, WHICH THEN MEANS THAT THEY HAVE GREATER LIVING COSTS AND, PARTICULARLY OVER THE WINTER CANNOT AFFORD TO HEAT THEIR HOME AND EAT. WE PROVIDE RELIEF DURING THIS PARTICULAR LY STRESSFUL TIME. THE SERVICE AIMS TO RELIEVE THE WORRIES OF BEING ABLE TO EAT AND/OR FEED A FAMILY DURING ANY PERIOD OF CRISIS, WHILE HELPING TO POINT PEOPLE IN THE DIRECTION OF FURTHER HELP.

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