01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC039255
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Cross Border
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Scotland and other parts of the UK
- Volunteers
- Not supplied
- Staff
- 57
- Postcode
- GU47 9DN
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The objects of the Company are:- (a) The relief of necessitous persons, who are or have been engaged in the grocery or provision trade, greengrocers and the off-licence trade, in any capacity, and for the relief of necessitous widows, widowers and their dependent children. (b) To undertake any other charitable purpose.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £27,306,507 | £22,292,334 | 57 | 25 November 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £15,850,964 | £15,728,287 | 57 | 30 September 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £14,606,474 | £14,405,580 | 57 | 30 November 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £12,227,313 | £12,386,484 | 57 | 30 November 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £8,732,777 | £6,665,050 | 57 | 1 November 2021 |
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
- Units 1 & 2 Lakeside Business Park, Swan Lane, Sandhurst, Berkshire
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.groceryaid.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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