Hertford and District Foodbank

Analysis

Hertford and District Foodbank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertford. It was registered in May 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and 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 and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Hertford and District Foodbank reported income of £148k and spending of £153k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £112k to £148k (+32%), an average of +7.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Hertford and District Foodbank sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fountain Gate Chapel (Harlow) (£148k), Gravesend and Dartford Muslim Association (£148k) and House of Hope for All Nations (£147k).