The Forest Foodbank

Analysis

The Forest Foodbank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucestershire. It was registered in April 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, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Forest Foodbank reported income of £116k and spending of £131k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £27k to £116k (+323%), an average of +43% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 408%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Forest Foodbank sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Otley 2030 (£116k), Bungay Town Trust CIO (£116k) and Stepney Community Trust (£116k).