Truro Foodbank

Analysis

Truro Foodbank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cornwall. It was registered in December 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.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Truro Foodbank reported income of £176k and spending of £163k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £109k to £176k (+61%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 60% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Truro Foodbank sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include All Nations Charitable Trust (£176k), The Barwell Baptist Trust (£176k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St James the Less, Westminster (£176k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.