The Country Food Trust

Analysis

The Country Food Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 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 other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Country Food Trust reported income of £649k and spending of £597k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £641k to £649k (+1.4%), an average of +0.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 62%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Country Food Trust sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Marr-Munning Trust (£649k), Hope for Children and Their Families Limited (£650k) and Cyngor Ar Bopeth Ceredigion Citizens' Advice Bureau (£649k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 85%. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 7.7%. Reserves of £178k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 2 people.