West Northumberland Food Bank

Analysis

West Northumberland Food Bank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hexham. It was registered in August 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, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending September 2025, West Northumberland Food Bank reported income of £318k and spending of £339k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £129k to £318k (+146%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 110%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, West Northumberland Food Bank sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Potters House Christian Fellowship UK Preston Church (£318k), Well of Torah (£319k) and Globalteer (£318k).