Guildford Food Bank

Analysis

Guildford Food Bank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Guildford. It was registered in March 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides other finance, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Guildford Food Bank reported income of £179k and spending of £206k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £108k to £179k (+66%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Guildford Food Bank sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Two Rivers Community Pantry (£179k), Shree Birmingham Pragati Mandal (£179k) and River Church (Orpington) (£179k).