Fitzjohns Foodbank

Analysis

Fitzjohns Foodbank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lewes. It was registered in August 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Fitzjohns Foodbank reported income of £65k and spending of £97k, spending 151% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £44k to £65k (+47%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2023, when income rose by 145%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Fitzjohns Foodbank sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Al-Madina Islamic Centre (£65k), Russian Immigrant Aid Fund Limited (£65k) and New Life Christian Fellowship-Fleckney (£65k).