# BASICS food BANK (Lanarkshire)

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC042625
- **Known as:** BASICS food BANK
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** Unincorporated association
- **Registered:** Oct. 4, 2011
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC042625


## Contact

- **Address:** 12 Ross Gardens, Grenacres, Motherwell, North Lanarkshire
- **Postcode:** ML1 3BE



## Activities

**Activities:** 'It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals','It carries out activities or services itself'

**Purposes:** 'the prevention or relief of poverty','the advancement of religion','the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage'

**What the charity does:** TO PREVENT/RELIEVE POVERTY.THE BASICS food BANK AIMS TO REACH OUT TO PEOPLE IN THECOMMUNITY WHO ARE EXPERIENCING A TIME OF CRISIS. WEACCEPT THEM FORWHO THEY ARE AND WHERE THEY FINDTHEMSELVES AS DICTATED BY THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES WHICHCOULD BE DUE TO FINANCIAL CONSTRAITS CAUSED BY BENEFITRE-ASSESSMENT, REDUNDANCY OR UNEXPECTED EVENTS WHICHLEAVE THEM STRUGGLING TO COPE. ASSESSMENT IS DONE VIAEXTERNAL AGENCIES WHO ARE IN CONTACT AND WORKING WITHINDIVIDUALS / FAMILIES AND KNOW THEIR EXACTCIRCUMSTANCES. IN DOING SO WE WILL SEEK TO ASSISTINDIVDUALS AND FAMILIES IN THE RELIEF OF POVERTY BY GIVINGTHEM THE MEANS TO FEED THEMSLEVES FOR A SHORT PERIOD OFTIME, THIS ALLOWS THEM TO ASSESS THEIR SITUATION, SEEKHELP, AND TAKE MEASURES TO MOVE FORWARD.TO OFFER RELIGIOUS SUPPORT TO THOSE IN CRISIS.1WE SHOW THEM WE CARE FOR THEM THROUGH WHAT WE GIVEBUT ALSO BY LISTENING AND BEING THERE FOR THEM. AS ACHRISTIAN ORGANISATION WE ALSO SHARE WITH THOSE WHO AREREFERRED THAT THEY HAVE A SPIRITUAL NATURE THROUG

**Objectives:** TO PREVENT/RELIEVE POVERTY. THE BASICS food BANK AIMS TO REACH OUT TO PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE EXPERIENCING A TIME OF CRISIS. WE ACCEPT THEM FORWHO THEY ARE AND WHERE THEY FIND THEMSELVES AS DICTATED BY THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH COULD BE DUE TO FINANCIAL CONSTRAITS CAUSED BY BENEFIT RE-ASSESSMENT, REDUNDANCY OR UNEXPECTED EVENTS WHICH LEAVE THEM STRUGGLING TO COPE. ASSESSMENT IS DONE VIA EXTERNAL AGENCIES WHO ARE IN CONTACT AND WORKING WITH INDIVIDUALS / FAMILIES AND KNOW THEIR EXACT CIRCUMSTANCES. IN DOING SO WE WILL SEEK TO ASSIST INDIVDUALS AND FAMILIES IN THE RELIEF OF POVERTY BY GIVING THEM THE MEANS TO FEED THEMSLEVES FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, THIS ALLOWS THEM TO ASSESS THEIR SITUATION, SEEK HELP, AND TAKE MEASURES TO MOVE FORWARD. TO OFFER RELIGIOUS SUPPORT TO THOSE IN CRISIS. 1 WE SHOW THEM WE CARE FOR THEM THROUGH WHAT WE GIVE BUT ALSO BY LISTENING AND BEING THERE FOR THEM. AS A CHRISTIAN ORGANISATION WE ALSO SHARE WITH THOSE WHO ARE REFERRED THAT THEY HAVE A SPIRITUAL NATURE THROUGH THE GIFT OF A GOSPEL BOOKLET AND LITERATURE THAT ALLOWS THEM TO EXPLORE THIS ASPECT OF THEIR BEING FOR THEMSELVES AND MAKE A LIFE STYLE CHOICE. THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE. THE PEOPLE WE HELP COME FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE AND HAVE DIFFERENT REASONS, SOMETIMES INTERLINKING, FOR THEIR PARTICULAR CRISIS. FOR EXAMPLE THEY MAY SUFFER FROM ILLHEALTH OR A DISABILITY, WHICH THEN MEANS THAT THEY HAVE GREATER LIVING COSTS AND, PARTICULARLY OVER THE WINTER CANNOT AFFORD TO HEAT THEIR HOME AND EAT. WE PROVIDE RELIEF DURING THIS PARTICULAR LY STRESSFUL TIME. THE SERVICE AIMS TO RELIEVE THE WORRIES OF BEING ABLE TO EAT AND/OR FEED A FAMILY DURING ANY PERIOD OF CRISIS, WHILE HELPING TO POINT PEOPLE IN THE DIRECTION OF FURTHER HELP.





## Areas of operation

- **Main operating location:** North Lanarkshire
- **Geographical spread:** More than one local authority area in Scotland



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 31, 2025 | £20026 | £38632 |  -  | 1 |  |
| March 31, 2024 | £18120 | £29990 |  -  | 1 |  |
| March 31, 2023 | £19760 | £28452 |  -  | 1 |  |
| March 31, 2022 | £19121 | £40924 |  -  | 1 |  |
| March 31, 2021 | £87432 | £65274 |  -  | 1 |  |