Bishop's Stortford Food Bank

Analysis

Bishop's Stortford Food Bank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bishop's Stortford. It was registered in November 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 other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bishop's Stortford Food Bank reported income of £98k and spending of £101k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £117k to £98k (-16%), an average of -4.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 122%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Bishop's Stortford Food Bank sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include African Refugee Community (£98k), The Vine Trust Walsall (£98k) and Glorious Inheritance Mission (Worldwide) (£97k).