Registered charity 1202604

Swansea Foodbank

What it does

Swansea Foodbank was established in 2010 and provides emergency food to people referred to us by our partner agencies. We rely on the generosity of local people to donate food and volunteer. We operate from locations around Swansea including Clydach, Port Tennant, Gorseinon, Mayhill, Penlan and Uplands.

In the charity's own words, from the register.

Its charitable purposes

THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST PEOPLE IN THE CITY & COUNTY OF SWANSEA AND THE SURROUNDING AREA OR IN OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME-TO-TIME THINK FIT, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: - SUPPLY OF EMERGENCY FOOD, ESSENTIAL TOILETRIES, AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN NEED - SUCH OTHER MEANS, INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE PROVISION OF VARIOUS ELEMENTS OF SUPPORT AND SIGNPOSTING TO RELEVANT INFORMATION AND OTHER ADVISORY SERVICES.

From its governing document, as recorded on the register.

Causes

What it works on: Preventing or relieving poverty
Who it helps: The general public
How it works: Other charitable activities

The charity chose these from the Charity Commission's list.

Where it works

In Wales

City of Swansea

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

Income and spending

In the year ending 31 May 2026, it had income of £241,260 and spent £203,175.

Income, spending, staff and volunteers by financial year
Year ending	Income	Spending	Paid staff	Volunteers
31 May 2026	£241,260	£203,175	Not reported	150
31 May 2025	£229,915	£163,738	Not reported	150
31 May 2024	£265,631	£128,658	Not reported	110

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

Financial position

Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.

Income over time: Down 9%, from £265,631 in the year to 31 May 2024 to £241,260 in the year to 31 May 2026.
Spending against income: It spent 84% of its income in the year to 31 May 2026. It spent less than its income in each of the 3 years shown.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

Government funding, as the charity reported it

Government grants in the year ending 31 May 2026: £55,554 from 5 grants. Government contracts: Not reported.

Income from government grants and contracts by financial year
Year ending	Government grants	Government contracts
31 May 2026	£55,554 from 5 grants	Not reported
31 May 2025	Not reported	Not reported
31 May 2024	Not reported	Not reported

From the charity's annual return to the Charity Commission, which asks every charity with income over £10,000 how much came from government grants and contracts. It does not say which part of government. These totals are separate from the named funders read from its accounts and the grants published on 360Giving, and are not added to them.

Who funds it, according to its accounts

These figures were read from the accounts the charity filed with the Charity Commission by Claude, an AI model, in OpenEconomy's accounts reader. AI can misread a table, so check the accounts on the register before relying on a figure.

Only funding the accounts name with an amount is included. Most charities also have income from donations, fees and trading that is not listed by funder, so this is part of its income.

Charities whose accounts say they funded it

Funder	Year ending	Amount
Swansea C V S	31 March 2024	£9,900

Grants paid to this charity, as other charities' accounts record them. Read by the same AI accounts reader.

Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving

Funders that publish to 360Giving list 10 grants to this charity since 2018, worth at least £307,162.

Only funders that publish their grants to 360Giving are included, and many do not. These are amounts funders awarded, which can differ from what the charity received in a given year, so they are shown apart from the accounts figures above.

By funder

Trussell£286,162, 8 grants
The National Lottery Community Fund£20,000, 1 grant
Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation£1,000, 1 grant

Grants awarded, newest first
Awarded	Grant	Amount
3 Jul 2025	The National Lottery Community FundSwansea Foodbank - Food for Penlan and Mayhill	£20,000
10 Oct 2024	Yorkshire Building Society Charitable FoundationGrant to SWANSEA FOODBANK	£1,000
2 Nov 2023	TrussellGrant to Swansea Foodbank	£76,639
18 Oct 2023	TrussellGrant to Swansea Foodbank	£10,000
11 Oct 2022	TrussellGrant to Swansea Foodbank	£5,000
30 Mar 2022	TrussellGrant to Swansea Foodbank	£156,085
6 Oct 2020	TrussellGrant to Swansea Foodbank	£11,720
12 Dec 2019	TrussellGrant to Swansea Foodbank	£22,664
15 May 2019	TrussellGrant to Swansea Foodbank	£3,910
1 Apr 2018	TrussellGrant to Swansea Foodbank	£143

Trustees

7 trustees run the charity.

Gloria HughesChairAppointed 3 April 2023
Alan CramAppointed 9 December 2024
Alan Joseph MainwaringAppointed 19 February 2026
Julie ReesAppointed 3 April 2023
Peter Edward HurstAppointed 9 December 2024
Philip DaviesAppointed 3 April 2023
Sandra Kay ThomasAppointed 4 November 2025

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Filing record

Of the last 3 annual returns that were due, 3 arrived by the deadline.

When each year's annual return and accounts were due and received
Year ending	Due	Annual return	Accounts
31 May 2026	31 March 2027	Received 11 August 2026, 232 days early	Received 11 August 2026
31 May 2025	31 March 2026	Received 15 February 2026, 44 days early	Received 15 February 2026
31 May 2024	31 March 2025	Received 12 March 2025, 19 days early	Received 12 March 2025

Charities with income over £10,000 send an annual return within 10 months of their year end, and those over £25,000 also send their accounts. Smaller charities only update their income and spending on the register. The dates are when the Commission received each document.

About this charity

Charity number: 1202604
Status: Registered
Registered with the Commission: 3 April 2023
Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 03 Apr 2023
Website: www.swansea.foodbank.org.ukAs the charity gave it on the register.
Council area of its contact address: Swansea

Sources

Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
Funding from accounts: the charity's filed accounts, read by OpenEconomy's AI accounts reader.
Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.

Elsewhere in the Edau family

Year ending

Income

Spending

Paid staff

Volunteers

31 May 2026

£241,260

£203,175

Not reported

150

31 May 2025

£229,915

£163,738

Not reported

150

31 May 2024

£265,631

£128,658

Not reported

110

Year ending

Government grants

Government contracts

31 May 2026

£55,554 from 5 grants

Not reported

31 May 2025

Not reported

31 May 2024

Not reported

Funder

Year ending

Amount

Swansea C V S

31 March 2024

£9,900

Awarded

Grant

Amount

3 Jul 2025

The National Lottery Community FundSwansea Foodbank - Food for Penlan and Mayhill

£20,000

10 Oct 2024

Yorkshire Building Society Charitable FoundationGrant to SWANSEA FOODBANK

£1,000

2 Nov 2023