Ealing Foodbank

Analysis

Ealing Foodbank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 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 company (Companies House number 08611832). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Ealing Foodbank reported income of £770k and spending of £905k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £929k to £770k (-17%), an average of -4.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income dropped by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Ealing Foodbank sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mentoring Plus Bath and North East Somerset (£770k), Gingerbread Corner (£771k) and Suffolk Refugee Support (£769k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 98% and investments 1.5%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £281k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 8 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.