Redbridge Foodbank

Analysis

Redbridge Foodbank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ilford. It was registered in June 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. 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, Redbridge Foodbank reported income of £724k and spending of £970k, spending 134% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £594k to £724k (+22%), an average of +5.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 72%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Redbridge Foodbank sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Qe2 Activity Centre (£724k), Citizens Advice Stroud & Cotswold Districts Ltd (£725k) and Zlotchiv (£724k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.2%. Reserves of £100k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 5 people.