Chipping Barnet Foodbank

Analysis

Chipping Barnet Foodbank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Barnet. It was registered in August 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Chipping Barnet Foodbank reported income of £349k and spending of £328k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £91k to £349k (+286%), an average of +40% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2023, when income rose by 148%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Chipping Barnet Foodbank sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Children, Young People and Families' Consortium (£349k), The Useful Wood Company (£349k) and Play Bradford (£349k).