Swanley and District Foodbank

Analysis

Swanley and District Foodbank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dartford. It was registered in January 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Swanley and District Foodbank reported income of £61k and spending of £51k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £20k to £61k (+200%), an average of +32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 145%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Swanley and District Foodbank sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Renewal Churches Trust (£61k), The Robin and Sylvia Goodall Charitable Foundation (£61k) and The Living Hope (£61k).