Faversham Foodbank

Analysis

Faversham Foodbank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in September 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 and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Faversham Foodbank reported income of £124k and spending of £166k, spending 134% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £80k to £124k (+54%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 105%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Faversham Foodbank sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Reconciliation Trust (Leeds) (£124k), Saffron Young Peoples Project Limited (£124k) and Grantham Foodbank (£124k).