Watford Foodbank and Community Relief Trust

Analysis

Watford Foodbank and Community Relief Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Watford. It was registered in July 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 2026, Watford Foodbank and Community Relief Trust reported income of £430k and spending of £456k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £97k to £430k (+344%), an average of +45% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 509%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Watford Foodbank and Community Relief Trust sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Your Life Charity (£430k), My Foundation (£430k) and The Parasol Project (£430k).