The Oswestry and Borders Foodbank

Analysis

The Oswestry and Borders Foodbank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oswestry. It was registered in August 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Oswestry and Borders Foodbank reported income of £156k and spending of £161k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £110k to £156k (+43%), an average of +9.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 82%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Oswestry and Borders Foodbank sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bancbwyd Ynys Mon - Anglesey Foodbank (£156k), Batchley Support Group - Redditch Communities (£156k) and J & J Charitable Trust Limited (£156k).