The Cambridge City Foodbank

Analysis

The Cambridge City Foodbank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in November 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 08175815). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Cambridge City Foodbank reported income of £677k and spending of £1.1m, spending 159% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £522k to £677k (+30%), an average of +6.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 73%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Cambridge City Foodbank sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Sofa Project (£676k), Streets of Growth (£679k) and Wellspring Church (Watford) (£675k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 99% and investments 1.1%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £899. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.7%. Grants to other organisations totalled £16k. Reserves of £730k would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 12 people.