Braintree Area Foodbank Limited

Analysis

Braintree Area Foodbank Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Braintree. It was registered in August 2012, 14 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 08183618). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Braintree Area Foodbank Limited reported income of £495k and spending of £440k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £306k to £495k (+61%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Braintree Area Foodbank Limited sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Social Organisation for Unity and Leisure (Soul) (£494k), Brunswick Youth and Community Centre (£495k) and Pneuma Church (£494k).