The Quantock Foodbank

Analysis

The Quantock Foodbank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Taunton. It was registered in June 2020, 6 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 provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Quantock Foodbank reported income of £41k and spending of £21k, leaving 48% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £57k to £41k (-28%), an average of -8.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 70% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Quantock Foodbank sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gilson's Hospital (£41k), Roaluf Limited (£41k) and The Redeemed Christian Church of God - Overcomers House Avonmouth. (£41k).