Waterside Foodbank

Analysis

Waterside Foodbank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southampton. It was registered in June 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Waterside Foodbank reported income of £80k and spending of £311k, spending 390% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £51k to £80k (+57%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 125%. Over the whole period it spent 126% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Waterside Foodbank sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Open Heaven (Wednesbury) (£80k), Sameach (£80k) and South East Wales Energy Agency (£80k).