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Food Bank Aid

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1194314LondonPoverty relief
Income£775k2025-12-31
Spending£1.6msame year
Spent / received92%5-year average
Size in its cause91st pctPoverty relief
Registered2021Charitable company
Employees8latest return

Analysis

Food Bank Aid is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 2021, 5 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 13299257). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Food Bank Aid reported income of £775k and spending of £1.6m, spending 204% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to December 2025, income fell from £2.1m to £775k (-64%), an average of -22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Food Bank Aid sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The People's Kitchen Limited (£774k), Small Green Shoots (£776k) and King's Church Medway (£774k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 96% and investments 3.8%. Charitable activities took 89% of spending and raising funds 10%. Reserves of £829k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 8 people.

Income and spending

£0£744k£1.5m£2.2m£3.0m2022 Income: £2,135,1612022 Spending: £1,327,22120222023 Income: £2,974,3412023 Spending: £1,799,14920232024 Income: £2,599,4412024 Spending: £2,545,37120242025 Income: £2,200,8462025 Spending: £2,604,20720252025 Income: £775,3582025 Spending: £1,580,5762025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Donations 96%
  • Investments 3.8%

In the charity's own words

The relief of poverty, especially food poverty, by means including the collection, sorting and distribution of food and other supplies to food banks that serve the needs of persons who are, or are in danger of, suffering food poverty.

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