Hatfield Foodbank

Analysis

Hatfield Foodbank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in August 2017, 9 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, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Hatfield Foodbank reported income of £121k and spending of £126k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £32k to £121k (+282%), an average of +40% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 151%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Hatfield Foodbank sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Coastlands Church (£121k), The Beehive Children's Foundation (Africa) (£121k) and Good Old Furniture Available (Gofa) (£121k).