# OAKS TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1150372
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Jan. 7, 2013
- **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=1150372


## Contact

- **Address:** 21-23 Clarendon Villas, Hove
- **Postcode:** BN3 3RE
- **Phone:** 01273840884
- **Email:** nils.defreese@weareemmanuel.com
- **Website:** https://shoreham.foodbank.org.uk/



## Activities

**Objects:** IN PURSUANCE OF CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THROUGHOUT THE UNITED KINGDOM AND BEYOND, THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS ARE:-3.1 THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY; 3.2 THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF AGE, POVERTY, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, UNEMPLOYMENT OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE;3.3 THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH INCLUDING THROUGH EDUCATION AND COUNSELLING; AND3.4 THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATION TO ASSIST IN THE PREVENTION OF POVERTY AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH.

**Activities:** Oaks Trust runs four food banks across Brighton & Hove and Shoreham. We are part of a nationwide network, supported by The Trussell Trust, working to combat poverty and hunger across the UK. Each of these food banks serve their respective community areas with emergency food parcels, designed to meet a crisis need, as well as signposting beneficiaries towards other key agencies and services.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Brighton And Hove
- East Sussex
- West Sussex



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug. 31, 2025 | £200514 | £197316 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2024 | £179104 | £148430 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2023 | £136087 | £120661 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2022 | £55084 | £98945 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2021 | £39347 | £31426 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £78025 | £15010 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Amy Bateman — appointed June 11, 2024
- Andrew Knight — appointed Oct. 11, 2022
- David Wilson — appointed March 19, 2024
- Josephine Waller — appointed May 14, 2024
- Mx Sibanda — appointed March 18, 2015
- Nils De Freese — appointed Feb. 20, 2024
- William Bigwood — appointed Feb. 21, 2023