# Charity - West Lothian Foodbank

West Lothian Foodbank is a registered charity.

- Charity name: West Lothian Foodbank (Scio)
- Charity number: [SC048112](https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC048112)

## Objectives

The organisation's purposes are:
1. The prevention or relief of poverty.
2.The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage.
This will be achieved through:
Providing emergency food to people in crisis across West Lothian
Providing support and guidance to help people in crisis get help from external agencies
Generate income to pay for the running of the Foodbank
Provide people in crisis with clothing and sundries across West Lothian
Encouraging Spiritual wellbeing as required


## Purposes

- A - the prevention or relief of poverty
- N - the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

## Income & Expenditure

| Year | Income | Expenditure |
|------|--------|-------------|
| 2025 | £737,768 | £843,959 |
| 2024 | £1,070,165 | £939,704 |
| 2023 | £1,400,143 | £1,407,257 |
| 2022 | £1,392,290 | £1,515,678 |
| 2020 | £1,016,836 | £783,537 |
| 2019 | £174,764 | £129,976 |
| 2018 | £209,607 | £129,589 |