Rainham Foodbank

Analysis

Rainham Foodbank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Rainham. It was registered in February 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08813701). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Rainham Foodbank reported income of £224k and spending of £360k, spending 161% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £178k to £224k (+25%), an average of +5.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 77%. Over the whole period it spent 120% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Rainham Foodbank sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include C3 London Church (£224k), The Family Place Foundation (£224k) and One to One (Enfield) (£223k).