Dunstable Foodbank

Analysis

Dunstable Foodbank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dunstable. 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 August 2025, Dunstable Foodbank reported income of £150k and spending of £130k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from August 2023 to August 2025, income grew from £109k to £150k (+38%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 2374%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Dunstable Foodbank sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The JPK Sussex Project (£150k), Shropshire Community Foundation (£150k) and UK Relief Humanitarian Organisation (£150k).