# TIPTON FOOD BANK

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1158120
- **Other names:** "THE WELL"
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Aug. 5, 2014
- **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=1158120


## Contact

- **Address:** 15 Bermuda Close, Dudley
- **Postcode:** DY1 4LZ
- **Phone:** 01902662083
- **Email:** jsblewitt@virginmedia.com



## Activities

**Objects:** TO RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP PRIMARILY AMONG PEOPLE LIVING OR WORKING IN SANDWELL, DUDLEY, WOLVERHAMPTON AND WALSALL IN THE WEST MIDLANDS MAINLY BY PROVIDING SUCH PERSONS WITH FOOD WHICH THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD THROUGH LACK OF MEANS

**Activities:** We offer free food to those who are in poverty or need via a voucher based system where voucher-holding agencies assess need and issue accordingly. Vouchers, when presented to the Food Bank, will entitle the client to 3 Days of food. This can be done 3 times. We also signpost and offer advocacy in relation to debt counselling and relief.

**Area of benefit:** PRIMARILY AMONG PEOPLE LIVING OR WORKING IN SANDWELL, DUDLEY, WOLVERHAMPTON AND WALSALL IN THE WEST MIDLANDS




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Dudley
- Sandwell
- Walsall
- Wolverhampton



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £13673 | £14010 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £17532 | £11519 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £4315 | £8697 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £8497 | £8591 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £6894 | £4443 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **MICHAEL PETER REYNOLDS ACIB** (Chair) — appointed Aug. 5, 2013
- JOHN SPENCER BLEWITT — appointed Aug. 5, 2013
- PETER HAROLD BRADLEY ACMA — appointed Aug. 5, 2018
- Robert Edward Whitehouse — appointed Dec. 1, 2025