Bradford Metropolitan Food Bank

Analysis

Bradford Metropolitan Food Bank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Yorkshire. It was registered in July 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Bradford Metropolitan Food Bank reported income of £322k and spending of £294k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £306k to £322k (+5.3%), an average of +1.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Bradford Metropolitan Food Bank sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cornerstone Ministries (£322k), Charities of Thomas Wade and Others (£322k) and St Aldates Parochial Charity (£322k).