Long Eaton and Sawley Foodbank

Analysis

Long Eaton and Sawley Foodbank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottingham. It was registered in July 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Long Eaton and Sawley Foodbank reported income of £73k and spending of £85k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £33k to £73k (+120%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 145%. Over the whole period it spent 75% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Long Eaton and Sawley Foodbank sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Barnton Pentecostal Church (£73k), Youthstart (£73k) and Bridgwater Foodbank (£73k).