01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC024843
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- More than one local authority area in Scotland
- Volunteers
- over 250 volunteers
- Staff
- 48
- Postcode
- DG1 2DE
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Food Train is a Scottish charity that supports older people to eat well, age well and live well. We are set up to prevent malnutrition, reduce social isolation and help older people maintain their independence, health and wellbeing. We do this by providing practical food support, including volunteer-led grocery shopping and delivery services, ensuring older people can access nutritious food and essential household items. We also deliver our Eat Well Age Well programme, which raises awareness of malnutrition, provides information and advice, and supports earlier identification of those at risk. Through our volunteers, staff and partnerships with communities, health and social care services, and local authorities, we help older people remain connected, supported and able to live with dignity in their own homes and communities.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of health
Beneficiaries
- Older People
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
To relieve the poverty of disabled, infirm and housebound persons and other persons in necessitous circumstances in Dumfries and it's environs.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2026 | £2,032,657 | £1,977,374 | 48 | 2 June 2026 |
| 31 March 2025 | £2,032,657 | £1,977,374 | 48 | 20 November 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £2,204,505 | £2,051,691 | 48 | 24 October 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £2,151,930 | £2,453,112 | 48 | 12 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £2,352,585 | £2,426,578 | 48 | 22 November 2022 |
Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.
04 Contact record
Principal office or trustees address
- Address supplied to OSCR
- 118 , English Street, Dumfries
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.thefoodtrain.co.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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