Swanage Food Bank

Analysis

Swanage Food Bank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in September 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 other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Swanage Food Bank reported income of £16k and spending of £19k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £15k to £16k (+7.0%), an average of +1.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Swanage Food Bank sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include New Horizons Trust South Yorkshire (£16k), The Joseph and Ann Slater Memorial Fund (£16k) and Phillipstown Residents and Community Association (£16k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.