Southend Foodbank

Analysis

Southend Foodbank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southend-On-Sea. It was registered in August 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Southend Foodbank reported income of £265k and spending of £366k, spending 138% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £143k to £265k (+85%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 137%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Southend Foodbank sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% 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 Chinnor Village Centre (£265k), Backup Tech (£266k) and Sandringham Estate Cottage Horticultural Society Trust (£264k).