Lichfield Foodbank

Analysis

Lichfield Foodbank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Staffordshire. It was registered in June 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 advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Lichfield Foodbank reported income of £178k and spending of £186k, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £67k to £178k (+164%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 126%. 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, Lichfield Foodbank sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chinese Church Support Ministries (£177k), The Felix Byam Shaw Foundation (£178k) and In the Mix Youth Project (£177k).