Basford, Bestwood & Bulwell Foodbank

Analysis

Basford, Bestwood & Bulwell Foodbank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottingham. 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. It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Basford, Bestwood & Bulwell Foodbank reported income of £77k and spending of £78k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £51k to £77k (+51%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 106%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Basford, Bestwood & Bulwell Foodbank sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Medway Vineyard Church (£77k), Tertiary Education Scholarship Trust for Africa (£77k) and J and M Britton Charitable Trust (£77k).