Letchworth Foodbank

Analysis

Letchworth Foodbank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Letchworth Garden City. It was registered in January 2022, 4 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.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Letchworth Foodbank reported income of £228k and spending of £184k, spending 81% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from March 2023 to March 2025, income grew from £205k to £228k (+11%), an average of +5.4% a year. 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, Letchworth Foodbank sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kensington House Trust (£228k), Recreate Dorset (£228k) and Devon and Cornwall Food Action (£228k).