Blackwood and District Foodbank

Analysis

Blackwood and District Foodbank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Blackwood. It was registered in November 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Blackwood and District Foodbank reported income of £15k and spending of £16k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £11k to £15k (+38%), an average of +8.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 75%. Over the whole period it spent 116% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Blackwood and District Foodbank sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wealden Talking News (£15k), Al Fatihah Mosque and Islamic Centre (£15k) and The Maidenhead Centre for the Handicapped (£15k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.