# The Food Train Limited

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC024843
- **Known as:** The Food Train
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)
- **Registered:** April 15, 1996
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC024843


## Contact

- **Address:** 118 , English Street, Dumfries
- **Postcode:** DG1 2DE
- **Website:** www.thefoodtrain.co.uk



## Activities

**Activities:** 'It carries out activities or services itself'

**Purposes:** 'the advancement of health'

**What the charity does:** Food Train exists to provide practical and social support services that help older people in Scotland to eat well, age well and live well. We support older people to remain safely and independently in their own homes and communities. Through grocery shopping and delivery, small household help, befriending and social activities, we reduce the risk of malnutrition and tackle loneliness and social isolation. Our national volunteer-led model provides dependable, person-centred support that improves wellbeing and prevents crisis. We also campaign to highlight the challenges older people face and advocate for better policy and practice so everyone can age with dignity.

**Objectives:** To relieve the poverty of disabled, infirm and housebound persons and other persons in necessitous circumstances in Dumfries and it's environs.





## Areas of operation

- **Main operating location:** Dumfries And Galloway
- **Geographical spread:** More than one local authority area in Scotland



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £2032657 | £1977374 |  -  | 52 |  |
| March 31, 2024 | £2204505 | £2051691 |  -  | 52 |  |
| March 31, 2023 | £2151930 | £2453112 |  -  | 57 |  |
| March 31, 2022 | £2352585 | £2426578 |  -  | 67 |  |
| March 31, 2021 | £3080794 | £2394325 |  -  | 63 |  |