Borehamwood Foodbank

Analysis

Borehamwood Foodbank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Borehamwood. It was registered in January 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Borehamwood Foodbank reported income of £234k and spending of £208k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £145k to £234k (+62%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Borehamwood 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 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Abaseen Foundation U.k. (£234k), Dunston Activity Centre (£234k) and The Cancer Support Centre-Sutton Coldfield (£234k).