Bradford North Foodbank

Analysis

Bradford North Foodbank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Yorkshire. It was registered in January 2015, 11 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 2025, Bradford North Foodbank reported income of £186k and spending of £208k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £127k to £186k (+46%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Bradford North Foodbank sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include African Pastors' Fellowship (£186k), The Open Door (Taunton) (£187k) and The Vine Community Centre Ltd (£186k).