North Paddington Foodbank

Analysis

North Paddington Foodbank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, North Paddington Foodbank reported income of £619k and spending of £632k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £754k to £619k (-18%), an average of -4.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 84%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, North Paddington 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 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Anjuman-E-Hamidi (Manchester) (£618k), One by One (£620k) and Rochdale Connections Trust (£618k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 84% and donations and legacies 16%. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 0.9%. Reserves of £219k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 9 people.