OSCR Scottish charity profile

Food for Thought SCIO

ActiveCharity number SC047239
Registered15 March 2017
Main locationWest Dunbartonshire
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC047239
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
3
Postcode
G82 1LL
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OSCR note: This SCIO has been set up to replace (Food for Thought, SC046053).You have advised us that (Food for Thought, SC046053) intends to wind up and transfer the assets and liabilities to (Food for Thought SCIO, SC047239).

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Our Charity is a foodbank giving out emergency food parcels

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

  • Children or young people
  • Older People
  • People with disabilities or health problems
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

Provide those in need with emergency food aid, support and information. To alleviate the circumstances leading to poverty, through the use of advocacy, support and education. Establish community support opportunities for self-improvement through learning and participation. Provide educational opportunities to enable our clients to improve life skills and widen life choices. To raise the awareness of the local community of West Dunbartonshire to the issues associated with poverty and encourage them to become actively involved.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 August 2025£121,996£114,638331 May 2026
31 August 2024£82,004£96,449321 May 2025
31 August 2023£154,783£162,626320 March 2024
31 August 2022£179,941£210,568320 March 2024
31 August 2021£158,495£182,41839 March 2023

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
St Augustine's Community Hall , St Mary's Way , Dumbarton
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
St Augustine's Church · SC002984

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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