Charity Details

BASICS food BANK (Lanarkshire)

SC042625Registered charity from 04 October 2011

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Charity Information:

The Name the Charity is Known By BASICS food BANK

Address 12 Ross Gardens
Grenacres
Motherwell
North Lanarkshire

Postcode ML1 3BE

Website No Link Provided

Regulatory Type Standard

Object:

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.

Operations:

What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:

Charity Status: Active

Constitutional Form: Unincorporated association

Constitutional Form Date: 04 Oct 2011

Main Operating Location: North Lanarkshire

Number of Staff: 1

Number of Volunteers: 1-50

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"

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

Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals", "It carries out activities or services itself"

Annual Submissions:

Year End	Income	Expenditure	Annual Return Received	Accounts Received	Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Mar 2021	£87,432	£65,274	30 Dec 2021	Yes
31 Mar 2022	£19,121	£40,924	19 Oct 2022	Yes
31 Mar 2023	£19,760	£28,452	22 Dec 2023	Yes
31 Mar 2024	£18,120	£29,990	19 Dec 2024	Yes
31 Jul 2025	£20,026	£38,632	10 Feb 2026	Yes	Not published by OSCR
If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green . If an annual return is late, the box is red .

Income and Expenditure:

Charity Trustees:

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