Exeter Food Bank

Analysis

Exeter Food Bank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Exeter. It was registered in March 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06718767). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Exeter Food Bank reported income of £173k and spending of £238k, spending 138% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income fell from £252k to £173k (-31%), an average of -9.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2023, when income rose by 64%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Exeter Food Bank sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Action with Awareness Regarding Education Foundation (£173k), St Mark's Milton Keynes (£173k) and Satmar Limited (£173k).