Charity Meals

Registered charity 1202716 · since 2023charitymeals.org·Africa, Bangladesh, India, International, Lebanon, Nepal, Pakistan, United Kingdom·Updated 30 October 2026

At a glance

£1.2M
Annual giving, year to 30 April 2025
From filed accounts

Key takeaways

  • Work on hunger and food insecurity is the clearest fit, particularly hot meals, food parcels, school meals, water projects and humanitarian aid, and the charity names the UK, Africa, the Middle East and South Asia as priorities.
  • No application process is published, so the first step is to use the contact shown on its website to ask whether a project like yours suits it.
  • No grant range is stated, so the annual report's total giving is the only guide to scale; a modest, clearly costed request is a sensible starting point.
  • Nothing in its published material says how it chooses between applicants, so do not assume a relationship is needed or that a first approach will succeed.

Overview

Charity Meals is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1202716).

Charity Meals is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales, charity number 1202716. It exists to relieve hunger, poverty and hardship among vulnerable communities by providing food assistance to people facing food insecurity. Its key areas of work include food distributions, a community feeding initiative, humanitarian field partnerships and support for families facing crisis in the UK and internationally. It paid £1,241,378 in annual giving.

What they fund

Priority Areas

Charity Meals works to relieve hunger and poverty by providing food assistance to people facing food insecurity and hardship. Its work includes food distributions, community feeding and humanitarian partnerships, alongside hot meals, food parcels, school meals and water projects. It supports families facing crisis and children who need access to nutritious food, including in communities in the UK, Africa, the Middle East and South Asia. The charity describes a hands-on approach: its team and volunteers prepare, pack and deliver meals directly to families, while working with local partners. It aims to provide immediate relief and lasting change, including essential humanitarian support where conflict or disaster threatens survival.

Themes

  • Hot meals
  • Food parcels
  • School meals
  • Water projects
  • Humanitarian aid

Geographic Focus

Priority: The UK; Africa; the Middle East; South Asia; throughout the world.

How to apply

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

  • Africa
  • Bangladesh
  • India
  • Lebanon
  • Nepal
  • Pakistan
  • United Kingdom
  • International

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2 years of accounts

Financial yearIncomeExpenditureGrants paidAccounts document
year to 30 April 2024£855,977£349,042£310,000Accounts for year to 30 April 2024
year to 30 April 2025£1,559,596£1,697,366£1,241,378Accounts for year to 30 April 2025

Income vs grants paid

IncomeGrants paid

Total value each financial year

YE 2024
£310k grants
YE 2025
£1.2M paid

Grants paid stayed within income across the 2 years shown.

  • Grants paid, year to 30 April 2024: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
  • Grants paid, year to 30 April 2025: grants paid out in the year.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.

Sources

Other sources

  • Annual report (year to 30 April 2025)

This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.

Sources last checked on 30 October 2026.

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