Our full impact report is available on our website: https://www.waste2taste.co.uk/about Waste2Taste registered as a CIC on 21 May 2021. Waste2Taste CIC continues to provide meaningful benefit to communities across Oxford, with a strong focus on OX4 and people affected by food poverty, food inequality, and social isolation. Our mission remains centred on creating access to healthy, affordable food while reducing stigma around receiving support. During this reporting year, Waste2Taste has continued to operate our Community Cafe as a welcoming, inclusive space for local people. The cafe has become a recognised community hub where individuals feel safe, valued and connected. Alongside serving affordable meals, we have created a place where residents can engage socially, develop confidence with food, and access wider wellbeing support. We focus not only on meeting urgent food needs, but also on addressing deeper systemic challenges around low income, unequal access to nutrition, exercise, and social exclusion. We work collaboratively across OX4 with local organisations, believing that joint action is the most effective way to create sustainable outcomes for vulnerable households. Healthy eating, affordability and dignity remain central to our approach. As part of our ongoing work with the OX4 Food Crew Partnership, we have contributed with thousands of cooked meals (over 40.000) since the start of the initiative in 2020, responding to referrals from local authorities and community partners. In the reporting period, we have continued delivering structured workshops designed to build knowledge, confidence and emotional connection around food. These sessions support families and individuals experiencing food inequality by offering practical cooking skills, nutritional education, and positive shared experiences. We have also continued to deliver monthly community meals open to anyone. These meals provide opportunities for residents to connect and reduce loneliness, particularly for those facing isolation, poor mental wellbeing, or economic hardship. Alongside this, our “Kindness Menu” and “Freezer of Love” initiatives ensure that healthy food is available on a pay-as-you-feel basis, supporting those who may not otherwise access nutritious meals. Monthly Bingo sessions, bringing everyone together and weekly chair exercise classes delivered by a personal trainer, improving wellbeing, strength and mobility. Our volunteer programme remains an important pathway to inclusion and employment. Several volunteers come to us experiencing social isolation, unemployment or low confidence, and we provide positive roles, training, mentoring, and signposting that support progression into work and education. Our community cafe has a significant offering to local residents and wider community bringing a modern catering facilities and shared dining space. Waste2Taste now provides low-cost meals to residents and the wider public, while also delivering specialist community meals for tenants. These meals have supported residents to socialise, engage with neighbours, and enjoy dignified, shared food experiences, directly helping to reduce isolation. Waste2Taste remains committed to using food as a tool to build health, connection, confidence and belonging. Our work continues to relieve food inequality and contribute to long-term community resilience, particularly for those most vulnerable to rising living costs, social marginalisation and poor access to nutritious food.

Waste2Taste actively engages with a range of stakeholders, including: -Users of our Community Cafe -Beneficiaries of subsidised or free meals -Attendees of our Health & Wellbeing Workshops -Volunteers engaged in training or work experience -Residents of Shotover View -Wider community partners within OX4 These individuals and groups support us to shape our services, identify needs, and ensure that our work provides meaningful value to the community. During the reporting period, we undertook focused consultation with residents living at Shotover View. This involved delivering two shared meals, each attended by over 25 residents. Through these events, we gathered feedback on social isolation, access to food, and barriers to community participation. While participation was strong, we learned that some residents were unable to attend due to mobility challenges, and we are therefore exploring alternative methods of engagement, including meal delivery, or targeted wellbeing sessions. Volunteers remain central to the delivery of our community offer, particularly our free meal provision. We currently support around 15 volunteers, who receive regular contact and guidance from our Directors. Volunteer consultation happens informally through ongoing conversations, reflective sessions, and individual support meetings. Volunteers consistently report that their involvement with Waste2Taste brings significant personal benefit, contributing to improved confidence, social connection, and employability. This feedback has informed our decision to maintain structured volunteer support even where external funding has reduced. Participants attending workshops and community meals also provide informal ongoing feedback, which influences the way we design sessions, select food options, and schedule activities. We continue to adapt menus and delivery times based on this feedback, particularly to ensure accessibility for families and older residents. Overall, stakeholder consultation has directly influenced our approach to meal delivery at Shotover View, our continued investment in volunteer support, and the design of our community-focused food initiatives. Continuous feedback remains embedded in our organisational practice, ensuring that Waste2Taste remains responsive, relevant and genuinely community-led.

The aggregate amount of emoluments paid to or receivable by directors in respect of qualifying services was £69,104.36. There were no other transactions or arrangements in connection with the remuneration of directors, or compensation for director’s loss of office, which require to be disclosed.

No transfer of assets other than for full consideration