Witney and West Oxfordshire Food Bank

Analysis

Witney and West Oxfordshire Food Bank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Witney. It was registered in November 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 services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending April 2026, Witney and West Oxfordshire Food Bank reported income of £191k and spending of £175k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £61k to £191k (+211%), an average of +33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 379%. 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, Witney and West Oxfordshire Food Bank sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hillingdon Pentecostal Church (£191k), Christian Missionary Fellowship International (£191k) and The Leon & Naomi Brenig Family Trust (£191k).