Bromley Borough Foodbank

Analysis

Bromley Borough Foodbank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Orpington. It was registered in June 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 provides human resources and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Bromley Borough Foodbank reported income of £355k and spending of £402k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £303k to £355k (+17%), an average of +4.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 41%. 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, Bromley Borough 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 Aniyei Haolam Trust (£355k), Stephen's Place (£355k) and South-East London Baitul Aziz (Masjid and Madrassa) Islamic Cultural Trust (£355k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.