Basingstoke Foodbank

Analysis

Basingstoke Foodbank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Basingstoke. It was registered in October 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 September 2025, Basingstoke Foodbank reported income of £174k and spending of £202k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £181k to £174k (-3.8%), an average of -1.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 123% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Basingstoke Foodbank sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rubygirl Limited (£174k), Mikve Taharas Ruchel (£174k) and His Church - London (£174k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.