Hounslow Community Foodbox

Analysis

Hounslow Community Foodbox is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Brentford. 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.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Hounslow Community Foodbox reported income of £87k and spending of £127k, spending 146% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £169k to £87k (-48%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 129%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Hounslow Community Foodbox sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tabernacle of Praise Ministries (£87k), Myworld Creative Projects (£87k) and C.s.cafe (£87k).