Canterbury Food Bank

Analysis

Canterbury Food Bank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in September 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 December 2025, Canterbury Food Bank reported income of £372k and spending of £457k, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £519k to £372k (-28%), an average of -8.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 113%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Canterbury Food Bank sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Charities Administered in Connection with the Bunyan Meeting (£371k), Manor After School and Kids Klubs (£372k) and Woodlands Green Ltd (£371k).