Slough Foodbank

Analysis

Slough Foodbank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Slough. It was registered in September 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and 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 and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Slough Foodbank reported income of £228k and spending of £241k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £164k to £228k (+39%), an average of +8.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 95%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Slough Foodbank sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Assalatur-Rahman Islamic Association (United Kingdom) (£228k), Devon and Cornwall Food Action (£228k) and Keighley Furniture Project (£228k).