01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC050157
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 3
- Postcode
- ML7 4AW
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Paul's parcels was set up as a food poverty prevention group. We do this by supplying free food at four community fridges on a weekly basis. We visit the small town of Shotts and the villages of Harthill, Salsburgh, and Allanton. We supply our families with fresh veg, dairy and protein as well as ambient food. Toiletries are also supplied, should they be needed. We have a strong ethos, that everyone, no matter their circumstances, deserves to have access to a healthy balance diet. We support, on average 200 people on a weekly basis with our community fridges and we do not limit how often a family visits us. Food poverty/Insecurity is often part of the many strains, within a household, that cannot be rectified by one visit and we will support a family for as long as they need us. At each community fridge, throughout the year we also supply a free lunch and in the winter we launch our 'Meet, heat and eat' project that provides a healthy, homecooked meal.
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 carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The objects for which the group is established are: a) the prevention or relief of poverty in Shotts and surrounding areas in particular but not exclusively by providing emergency food supplies to individuals in need and/or charities, or other organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty. b) to provide services to people who have need of them by reason of their age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage by signposting them to additional support services.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £180,677 | £123,400 | 3 | 19 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £38,693 | £99,960 | 3 | 4 September 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £132,977 | £74,495 | 3 | 4 December 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £48,769 | £50,276 | 3 | 9 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £64,596 | £30,665 | 3 | 10 December 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
- 247 Station Road, Shotts, North Lanarkshire
- Website supplied to OSCR
- https://paulsparcels.co.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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