Feed the Homeless

Analysis

Feed the Homeless is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in October 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Feed the Homeless reported income of £25k and spending of £27k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income fell from £47k to £25k (-48%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income dropped by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Feed the Homeless sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Alpha-1 UK Support Group (£25k), Salv Health Trust (£25k) and The Changarawe Project (£25k).

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.