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Social welfare Charities That specialise in Food

Discover 1,150 Social welfare charities that specialise in Food. Use the search below to filter within these results.

1,150
Charities
£14,612,203,955
Total Income
£515,149
Avg Income
86.5%
Program Ratio

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Compassion Acts

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Facilities, Social welfare

Provide emergency food for adults and children within Trussell's guidelines. Debt advice through auspices of Community Money Advice. Food Pantries for those on low incomes Benefits advice and act as advocates at tribunals.Next Steps programme for on-going assistance and family space projectOperate in churches and community centres. Help anyone regardless of their religious beliefs or non

Latest Income: £546,713
Areas of Operation: Lancashire
Status: Registered
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Oxford Food Hub

Housing, Social welfare

Collection of food from major food suppliers and delivery to providers of meals for the homeless and poorer sections of the community.

Latest Income: £546,554
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
Status: Registered
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Barnabas Community Church

Beneficiary group, Religion, Social welfare

The advancement of the Christian faith through the preaching and proclamation of the Christian Gospel and the pastoral care of Christian people. The relief of persons who are in need through the provision of Food Bank and Money Advice which are open to all members of the community.The provision of activities for the elderly, youth & children open to all members of the community.

Latest Income: £539,244
Areas of Operation: Shropshire
Status: Registered
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St Albans And District Foodbank

Social welfare

We run a food bank in the St Albans district area.

Latest Income: £535,009
Areas of Operation: Hertfordshire
Status: Registered
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Micah Liverpool

Charitable activities, Education, Social welfare

Providing food banks and community shops and running employability programmes to enable people to become employed

Latest Income: £533,613
Areas of Operation: Liverpool City
Status: Registered
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Freedoms Ark Trust

Religion, Social welfare

Freedom's Ark Trust is a Christian charity demonstrating the love of God by serving the community through practical, spiritual, and social support. Our services include Freedom's Ark Church, Tottenham Foodbank as part of the Trussell network, and the Community Food Hub, tackling food waste, insecurity, and isolation while building skills and confidence.

Latest Income: £522,589
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Open Door Church (st. Neots)

Beneficiary group, Education, Social welfare

The Open Door Church St Neots is a Christian church which operates in and around the area of St Neots in Cambridgeshire.As part of our work we run youth and childrens clubs, marriage and parenting courses in addition to a number of other groups allowing people to meet and share time together. We are part of the St Neots Foodbank and run a TLG centre working in several schools.

Latest Income: £521,622
Areas of Operation: Bedford
Status: Registered
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Bounds Green Food Bank

Economic and community development, Education, Housing, Social welfare

The prevention or relief of poverty in Bounds Green and the surrounding area for the public benefit by providing surplus foodstuffs and other items essential for health and well-being to those people deemed vulnerable or economically disadvantaged, and acting as a resource to assist access to information and support and advice on welfare rights, employment, managing debt and housing,

Latest Income: £519,858
Areas of Operation: Enfield
Status: Registered
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Wirral Foodbank

Beneficiary group, Education, Social welfare

We collect food from the public via Churches, schools and supermarkets and through a voucher scheme held by frontline agencies registered with Wirral Foodbank who signpoint clients to us, we provide free three days worth of food for individuals and families in Crisis.

Latest Income: £512,717
Areas of Operation: Wirral
Status: Registered
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Manchester Central Foodbank

Education, Religion, Social welfare

Manchester Central Foodbank, part of the Trussell Trust Network, provides an emergency service to those in need in Central Manchester. We give out emergency food parcels (3 days nutritionally balanced food) and signposting services to those referred to us by front line agencies (social workers, GPs, chaplains, schools, etc.) as well as support in other forms to relieve the impact of poverty.

Latest Income: £505,842
Areas of Operation: Manchester City
Status: Registered
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South Liverpool Foodbank

Beneficiary group, Social welfare

South Liverpool Foodbank gives food to people in food crisis. Each client visiting one of our five Foodbank food distribution centres with a food ?voucher? is given a food parcel comprising sufficient food for 3 full days. Food parcel size is determined by the number of adults and children listed on the food voucher. The food provided is tinned or packeted and within the Best Before Date.

Latest Income: £499,660
Areas of Operation: Liverpool City
Status: Registered
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The Hinge Centre Limited

Associations, Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Facilities, Social welfare

A charity with a community centre based in Bridlington. Offering services such as benefits and welfare guidance, resettlement support, community activities and groups for adults, life skills, community food store, emergency food parcels and activities and events for children, young people and the wider local community.

Latest Income: £498,856
Areas of Operation: East Riding Of Yorkshire
Status: Registered
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Highway Hope

Charitable activities, Facilities, Religion, Social welfare

We run a free Community Cafe, social nights with meals and guest speakers. Relieve of poverty through charity shop and food bank. We also provide educational support for all age groups. Health Advice center to help raise awareness of various health issues. We advance the work of missions, support missionaries and advance Christian education

Latest Income: £496,490
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Mccarthy-Dixon Foundation

Associations, Beneficiary group, Education, Social welfare

TMDF provides a broad range of services to communities across Northamptonshire, to improve the lives of vulnerable people and those in crisis, ranging from distributing food parcels, household items, and specialised provision for school families, to running weekly social clubs, providing doorstep visits, phone calls, transport services, and days out. Also wellbeing services and life skills classes

Latest Income: £492,023
Areas of Operation: Ireland
Status: Registered
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Ely Foodbank

Social welfare

Practical community based action against poverty within the area of benefit, developing and running sustainable projects such as a foodbank as well as other projects which enable people to overcome their hardship with respect to financial means, food, clothing or shelter. These projects are run in partnership with both the local churches together with a wide variety of organisations.

Latest Income: £479,991
Areas of Operation: Cambridgeshire
Status: Registered
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Llandrindod Foodbank

Social welfare

Llandrindod Foodbank operates in Mid Wales within a radius of 20 miles from Llandrindod Wells. It is open to all those in crisis in that area. We provide Food for a minimum of three days and work with over 40 different referral agencies. We also offer a course on money management and a course on cooking.

Latest Income: £479,493
Areas of Operation: Powys
Status: Registered
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Gateshead Foodbank

Beneficiary group, Social welfare

The Gateshead Foodbank is here to help individuals and families in crisis, through the provision of emergency food supplies.

Latest Income: £475,293
Areas of Operation: Gateshead
Status: Registered
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Highgate Newtown Community Partners

Arts, Beneficiary group, Childcare, Education, Facilities, Health, Leisure, Social welfare

We work with all ages: provide facilities for sports & wellbeing, opportunities for arts & crafts sessions,activities for children, young people & community support. Core projects: community lunch club, free exercise & pottery for over 60s, dementia cafe, crisis food parcels, free activities for under 5s, community events, art programmes for all ages, after school activities including woodwork

Latest Income: £474,420
Areas of Operation: Camden
Status: Registered
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Leeds South And East Foodbank

Social welfare

Operating Trussell Trust licensed foodbank in the south and east of the city of Leeds.

Latest Income: £470,881
Areas of Operation: Leeds City
Status: Registered
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Hope 4 (rugby) LTD

Housing, Leisure, Social welfare

Practical help for homeless and badly housed people. All activities operated at Hope Centre, 8 Newbold Road Rugby. The Centre open daily - providing advice and support on numerous issues, hot meals, showers, laundry and networking. Providing sleeping bags, changes of clothes etc. Winter Shelter in local churches (Dec to Mar). Overseeing a Trussell Trust Rugby Foodbank operation.

Latest Income: £470,195
Areas of Operation: Warwickshire
Status: Registered
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Meadowhead Christian Fellowship

Beneficiary group, Childcare, Education, Facilities, Health, Social welfare

Church services, regular/occasional events to benefit the local community, prayer meetings, drop-in sessions, a community cafe, parish nursing supporting the community towards whole person welfare, mother and toddler groups, a food bank, healthy eating cooking courses, youth groups, holiday clubs and after school clubs. We will add other activities to meet identified community needs.

Latest Income: £460,956
Areas of Operation: Sheffield City
Status: Registered
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The Greek Orthodox Community Of St Demetrios Of Edmonton

Education, Social welfare

-Runs the church-Provides: School & Food Bank

Latest Income: £459,480
Areas of Operation: Enfield
Status: Registered
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Oldham Greenhill Community Sports And Recreation Club

Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Childcare, Facilities, Leisure, Social welfare

Our charity provides sports & recreational activities for the communities, these include multi sports activities, operation of sports facilities, children's soft play area, cafe and kitchen, holiday play schemes, educational classes and variety of workshops, community and fundraising events, exercise & fitness classes, providing food parcels for the deprived families and elderley, we are in Oldham

Latest Income: £459,240
Areas of Operation: Oldham
Status: Registered
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Hayaat Welfare Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfare

A. THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IN WATFORD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY PROVIDING EMERGENCY FOOD TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN NEED. B. THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IN PAKISTAN BY MAKING GRANTS TO PROVIDE OR TO ASSIST IN PROVIDING FOOD, CLEAN WATER, CLOTHING, SHELTER OR TRAINING TO ENABLE INDIVIDUALS TO GENERATE A SUSTAINABLE INCOME AND BE SELF-SUFFICIENT.

Latest Income: £450,872
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Rainham Foodbank

Heritage, Social welfare

TO RELIEVE PERSONS INNEED WITHIN THE BOROUGHS OF HAVERING , BARKING AND DAGENHAM AND ENVIRON OF HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS (BENEFICIARIES) IN SUCH WAYS OF THE TRUSTEES DEEM FIT. TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY FOOD TO BENEFICIARIES, RESTORE DIGNITIES, REVIVE HOPE AND TRANSFORM LIVES. WE UNDERTAKE OTHER MORE THAN FOOD PROJECTS TO BREAK CYCLES OF POVERTY , FOSTER INTERGARTION, PREVENT ISOLATION AND LONLINESS.

Latest Income: £449,953
Areas of Operation: Barking And Dagenham
Status: Registered
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Frequently asked questions about this sector

How many Food social welfare charities are there in the UK?

There are 1,150 registered Food social welfare charities on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register at the most recent refresh.

Which is the largest of the Food social welfare charities by income?

Change, Grow, Live is the largest by latest reported annual income (£339.7m). Notable peers are listed on this page; the full ranking is available by sorting the results by highest income.

What is the combined annual income of Food social welfare charities?

Food social welfare charities reported a combined annual income of £14.6bn across their most recent filings with the Charity Commission.

What is a typical program ratio for Food social welfare charities?

Across all Food social welfare charities, the aggregate program ratio (charitable expenditure as a share of income) is 86.5%. Individual charity ratios vary widely — see each profile for a sector-band benchmark.

What is the average annual income of Food social welfare charities?

Food social welfare charities have an average annual income of £515k. The distribution is heavily skewed: a small number of large charities account for most sector income, while the majority report under £100k a year.

Where does this data come from?

All figures are sourced from the Charity Commission for England and Wales public register, refreshed weekly. Derived metrics (program ratio, efficiency) are calculated by Charity Finder using the formulas documented on the data sources page.