Foodrise

Analysis

Foodrise is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08530711). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Foodrise reported income of £1.4m and spending of £1.6m, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £957k to £1.4m (+50%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 83%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Foodrise sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Worcester Municipal Charities (CIO) (£1.4m), Lajna Ima'illah (UK) (£1.4m) and Brentwood Catholic Children's Society (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 75%, donations and legacies 20% and trading 4.7%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 1.8%. Grants to other organisations totalled £357k. Reserves of £193k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 18 people.