Caterham Foodbank

Analysis

Caterham Foodbank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in January 2014, 12 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 December 2025, Caterham Foodbank reported income of £73k and spending of £78k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £52k to £73k (+38%), an average of +8.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 62%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Caterham Foodbank sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Redeemed Christian Church of God, City of David Walworth (£73k), The David Chaudhary Ministries Childrens Home Trust (£73k) and Shah Baquibillah Orphanage Trust (£72k).