St Albans and District Foodbank

Analysis

St Albans and District Foodbank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in October 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 other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending September 2025, St Albans and District Foodbank reported income of £495k and spending of £562k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £235k to £495k (+111%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 119%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, St Albans and District Foodbank sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Brunswick Youth and Community Centre (£495k), The Royal Irish Regiment Charity (£495k) and Braintree Area Foodbank Limited (£495k).