What your support pays for

The moment your money reaches

It is Sunday evening. A parent in your county has run out of money, run out of food, and run out of people to ask. The children are hungry. There is no appointment, no queue, no time to waste.

They search for a food bank. What they find has to be right. The address. The opening time. Whether they need a voucher. Because a wrong bus fare, a closed door, or an out-of-date phone number is not just an inconvenience when you are that desperate. It is devastating.

Your support is what makes the details they find correct.

Who runs this

foodbanks.co.uk is an independent directory of nearly 2,500 food banks, pantries and community larders across the United Kingdom. We are not a food bank. We do not hand out food, take referrals or give personal advice. We list the organisations that do, and we make sure the details are correct, so people can find the services they need when they need it most.

We are a business, not a charity

We do not take donations, we do not fundraise, and we hold no charitable status. Everything the site costs is covered by county supporters. That means the site keeps running because businesses like yours choose to stand beside it, not because a grant runs out or a fundraising target is missed.

Where the money goes

It goes on the unglamorous, continuous work of keeping nearly 2,500 listings accurate. Ringing a food bank to check the Tuesday session still runs. Updating the address because they have moved to the church hall. Correcting the phone number. Checking whether they still need a voucher.

It pays for the website hosting, the development, the guides, and the emails answered when a food bank changes its opening hours or referral rules.

None of this is visible. All of it matters. Because when a family in your county sits down to search for help, the page they land on has to tell them the truth.

What supporters receive at the end of the year

A written summary covering your county and nothing else. How many people used the food bank pages there. What changed. What your support kept live.

We write it in plain language and in a form you can use. If your company reports on community impact, this is the evidence. If it does not, it is still worth reading, because it tells you what a year of your money actually did for families in your area.