Ethnic Food Bank

Analysis

Ethnic Food Bank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedford. It was registered in May 2023, 3 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 and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Ethnic Food Bank reported income of £17k and spending of £10k, leaving 37% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from March 2024 to March 2025, income fell from £23k to £17k (-27%), an average of -27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 44% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Ethnic Food Bank sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pentecostal International Fellowship (£17k), Keren Chasanim (£17k) and The National Federation of Occupational Pensioners Welfare Fund (£17k).