Bridgwater Foodbank

Analysis

Bridgwater Foodbank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Somerset. It was registered in December 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 December 2025, Bridgwater Foodbank reported income of £73k and spending of £20k, leaving 72% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £116k to £73k (-37%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 34% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Bridgwater Foodbank sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Octagon Community Centre Malvern (£73k), Barnton Pentecostal Church (£73k) and New Life Christian Fellowship (£73k).