Feeding Britain

Analysis

Feeding Britain is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. It was registered in October 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 acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Feeding Britain reported income of £2.7m and spending of £2.0m, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.6m to £2.7m (+4.3%), an average of +1.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 74%. 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, Feeding Britain sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Age Connects West Midlands (£2.7m), Ruach City Church (£2.8m) and Southwark Law Centre (£2.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 81%, donations and legacies 9.4% and trading 9.4%. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 0.2%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.0m. Reserves of £366k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 17 people.