Feed the Hungry, UK

Analysis

Feed the Hungry, UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Coventry. It was registered in February 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05537293). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Feed the Hungry, UK reported income of £2.3m and spending of £2.5m, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £2.3m to £2.3m (+0.9%), an average of +0.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Feed the Hungry, UK sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rainforest Alliance Ltd (£2.3m), The Ferry Project (£2.3m) and Balloon Ventures Foundation Ltd (£2.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 75% and charitable activities 25%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £39k. Charitable activities took 84% of spending and raising funds 0.8%. Grants to other organisations totalled £90k. Reserves of £105k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 22 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.