# OSWESTRY COMMUNITY ACTION

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1063319
- **Other names:** OSWESTRY AND DISTRICT HELPMATES, OSWESTRY AND DISTRICT HELPMATES LIMITED, DIAL-A-RIDE, HELPMATES, OSCIP, SHOPMOBILITY, VOLUNTEER BUREAU
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** July 7, 1997
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1063319


## Contact

- **Address:** Oswestry Community Action, The Qube Centre, Oswald Road, Oswestry
- **Postcode:** SY11 1RB
- **Phone:** 01691656882
- **Email:** info@qube-oca.org.uk
- **Website:** www.qube-oca.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** (I) THE RELIEF OF THOSE PERSONS IN THE BOROUGH OF OSWESTRY, SHROPSHIRE; THE COUNTY OF SHROPSHIRE, THE COUNTY OF POWYS AND WREXHAM COUNTY BOROUGH. IN PARTICULAR THOSE PERSONS WHO ARE ELDERLY, INFIRM AND THOSE WHO HAVE PHYSICAL AND/OR MENTAL DISABILITIES IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COMMUNITY BASED TRANSPORT SYSTEMS AND THE PROVISION OF CARE SERVICES. (II) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION CONCERNING THE NEEDS OF SICK AND DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE AND FOR THOSE VOLUNTEERS RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR CARE BY THE PROVISION OF TRAINING.

**Activities:** Oswestry Community Action operates in Oswestry and the surrounding area.  It acts to help those individuals in the community in need through its 6 main service areas of:Community TransportVolunteeringArtsCareShopmobilityIT and Learning

**Area of benefit:** BOROUGH OF OSWESTRY MONTGOMERYSHIRE, WREXHAM COUNTY BOROUGH, NORTH SHROPSHIRE




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Denbighshire
- Powys
- Shropshire
- Wrexham



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £737887 | £703986 | £463712 | 14 |
| March 31, 2024 | £757236 | £663422 | £429810 | 13 |
| March 31, 2023 | £820421 | £899361 | £335996 | 15 |
| March 31, 2022 | £719961 | £715013 | £414936 | 15 |
| March 31, 2021 | £571825 | £510038 | £409988 | 15 |



## Trustees

- **Heather Noble** (Chair) — appointed May 10, 2017
- Charles Brotherton — appointed Dec. 2, 2022
- Hilary Margaret Rees — appointed June 30, 2025
- John Duffus — appointed July 1, 2024
- Richard Amos — appointed Feb. 3, 2022
- Stephen Drinnan — appointed April 1, 2025
- Stephen Wilcox — appointed April 1, 2025