North Cotswold Foodbank

Registered charity 1181310 · since 2018northcotswold.foodbank.org.uk·Cotswold, Tewkesbury·Updated 29 October 2026

Key takeaways

North Cotswold Foodbank's objects are to prevent and relieve poverty in the Cotswold District and Tewkesbury Borough, so a group working on poverty or emergency food in those areas is the right kind of applicant.
It states that no fiscal assistance will be offered outside that area, so organisations working elsewhere should not apply.
Its annual report gives no usable grants figure and no grant range, so the size of a typical award cannot be judged, and you should ask for an amount you can justify rather than assume one.
No application process is published, so the sensible first step is to use the contact shown on its website before sending anything.
Nothing published says how competitive or relationship-led its giving is, so approach it with care and expect the first contact to be what settles the next step.

Overview

North Cotswold Foodbank is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1181310).

North Cotswold Foodbank is a registered charity whose objects are to prevent and relieve poverty in the Cotswold District and Tewkesbury Borough, through grants, items and services for individuals and for other organisations working on poverty. Its public work provides three days of nutritionally balanced emergency food and support to local people referred to it in hardship. Beyond its local area, it works with other foodbanks to distribute surplus food stock where shortages arise.

What they fund

Priority Areas

North Cotswold Foodbank’s stated objects are to prevent and relieve poverty in the Cotswold District and Tewkesbury Borough, through grants, items and services for people in need and for charities or other organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty. Its public-facing work provides three days of nutritionally balanced emergency food and support to local people referred in hardship by local organisations. Beyond its local area, it works with other foodbanks to distribute surplus food stock where shortages arise; this wider cooperation concerns food stock rather than financial assistance. Its focus is practical poverty relief, particularly emergency food support delivered through local referrals.

Themes

Poverty relief
Emergency food

Geographic Focus

Cotswold District; Tewkesbury Borough.

What they don't fund

No fiscal assistance will be offered outside the area described in Object 1 above

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

Cotswold
Tewkesbury

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to North Cotswold Foodbank.

The McCarthy-Dixon FoundationNo public process The National Benevolent CharityFixed deadlinesGave £537k Ely FoodbankNo public processGave £75,313 Rockcliffe Charitable TrustRollingGave £460k The Abbey Lawn TrustNo public processGave £3,820 Faringdon United CharityRollingGave £127k Townlands CharityRollingGave £41,092 Barnwood TrustInvitation onlyGave £5.1M West Cheltenham PartnershipNo public processGave £320 CHK FoundationInvitation onlyGave £4.2M

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 December 2021	£133,643	£69,213	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2021
year to 31 December 2022	£256,369	£144,239	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2022
year to 31 December 2023	£209,999	£220,310	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2023
year to 31 December 2024	£246,891	£226,840	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2024
year to 31 December 2025	£277,430	£274,368	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2025

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.