Crowborough Foodbank

Analysis

Crowborough Foodbank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Crowborough. It was registered in May 2021, 5 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and 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.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Crowborough Foodbank reported income of £67k and spending of £49k, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2025, income grew from £56k to £67k (+21%), an average of +6.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 62% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Crowborough 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 The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of North Ormesby (£67k), The Redeemed Christian Church of God (Jesus Family) (£67k) and City of Sanctuary Swindon (£67k).