EALING FOODBANK

Registered charity 1156369 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Ealing Foodbank helps to relieve poverty through the provision of food parcels and advice to those in crisis, in partnership with local agencies who refer clients in crisis to us.

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Latest income
£770k
Latest spending
£905k
Registered
2014
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated at a deficit of £134,718 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total expenditure exceeding total income. The trustees report that reserves are currently slightly above their six-month policy target but expect them to drop below this threshold soon due to the deficit, prompting plans to dedicate staff time to fundraising and further cost reductions.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of expenditure in cash (held: £299k)
“The charity has a reserve policy of maintaining a minimum of six months of expenditure in cash.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£770k
Total spending
£905k
Cost of raising funds
£319
Reserves (reported)
£281k
Employees
8

Reported reserves equal ~3.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (98% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Ealing

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£770k£905k
31/12/2024£644k£855k
31/12/2023£890k£1.0m
31/12/2022£1.0m£932k
31/07/2021£929k£621k

Common questions

Is EALING FOODBANK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity operated at a deficit of £134,718 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total expenditure exceeding total income. The trustees report that reserves are currently slightly above their six-month policy target but expect them to drop below this threshold soon due to the deficit, prompting plans to dedicate staff time to fundraising and further cost reductions. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds EALING FOODBANK?

Funders whose own accounts filings name EALING FOODBANK as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL'S EALING, VINCI UK FOUNDATION, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST STEPHEN, CASTLE HILL, EALING, SOUTH HANWELL BAPTIST CHURCH, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MELLITUS WITH ST MARK, HANWELL.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.