Ledbury Food Bank

Analysis

Ledbury Food Bank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ledbury. It was registered in December 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 trust. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Ledbury Food Bank reported income of £267k and spending of £177k, leaving 34% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £50k to £267k (+431%), an average of +52% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2023, when income rose by 185%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Ledbury Food Bank sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Plymouth Hope (£267k), Trinity Central London (£267k) and Isaiah61movement (£267k).