Project Food

Analysis

Project Food is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Devon. It was registered in May 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Project Food reported income of £164k and spending of £150k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £154k to £164k (+6.1%), an average of +1.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Project Food sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Solution Chapel International (£164k), Burnhope Community Centre (£164k) and Independent Newham User's Forum (Mental Health) (£164k).