Epping Forest Foodbank

Analysis

Epping Forest Foodbank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in essex. It was registered in February 2019, 7 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 and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Epping Forest Foodbank reported income of £261k and spending of £331k, spending 127% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £107k to £261k (+145%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 80%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Epping Forest Foodbank sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Martin-In-The-Fields Almshouse Charity (£261k), RJ Working CIO (£262k) and Kingsbridge Town Lands Charity (£261k).