Alive Foodbank

Analysis

Alive Foodbank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Thornton Heath. It was registered in April 2022, 4 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Alive Foodbank reported income of £14k and spending of £11k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2025, income grew from £3,334 to £14k (+306%), an average of +60% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 410%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Alive Foodbank sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 32% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Growbaby International (£14k), The Wolds Wonders (£14k) and Men's Shed Horsham (£14k).