Food Parcels

Analysis

Food Parcels is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in April 2016, 10 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 December 2023, Food Parcels reported income of £14k and spending of £16k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income grew from £10k to £14k (+39%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Food Parcels sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cleveleys Christian Centre (£14k), Evington Muslim Education Trust (£14k) and Friends of Origin Housing (£14k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity as in double default: it has missed the deadline for its annual return or accounts in two or more successive years.