Independent Food Aid Network

Analysis

Independent Food Aid Network is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 2018, 8 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 sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Independent Food Aid Network reported income of £107k and spending of £188k, spending 175% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £211k to £107k (-49%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income dropped by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Independent Food Aid Network sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Equality Foundation (£107k), Communities Fiji Britain (£107k) and Street Children Iringa (£107k).

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.