The Feed Foundation

Analysis

The Feed Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norwich. It was registered in February 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, 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 services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Feed Foundation reported income of £1.5m and spending of £1.5m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £134k to £1.5m (+990%), an average of +82% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 672%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Feed Foundation sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Spark2Life (£1.5m), United Methodist Church (UK) (£1.5m) and Depaul Housing Services (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 75%, donations and legacies 21% and charitable activities 3.9%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 1.4%. Reserves of £79k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 49 people.

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.