His Church Charity

Name

His Church Charity

Legal name

His Church Charity

Website

https://hischurch.org.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Charitable Redistribution Services

NAICS

Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services (6242), Community Food Services (624210), Emergency and Other Relief Services (624230), Community Food Services (62421)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953)

akta.pro primary industry

Emergency Shelter, Camp Management & Non-Food Items (NFI) (BPAGAAAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Refugee, IDP & Migration Humanitarian Assistance (BPAGAAAH), Faith-Based Humanitarian Aid & Relief Ministries (BPAGAJAF)

Keywords

• Charitable redistribution
• Surplus stock logistics
• Food waste reduction
• Humanitarian aid services
• Corporate surplus management

Headquarters

HQ city

Lincolnshire

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Surplus Product Donations: Companies donate surplus stock (food, clothing, household items) to His Church for charitable redistribution. No monetary transaction - companies receive CSR benefits, waste reduction, and environmental impact.
2. Government Grants: DEFRA-funded projects including £549,095 Resource Action Fund for pioneering redistribution solutions in partnership with WRAP.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

His Church Charity collects surplus food, clothing, household items, personal hygiene products, pet food and toys from retail and manufacturing partners and redistributes them free of charge through a network of over 3,000 charitable organisations to support vulnerable people in the UK and internationally. The charity provides full transport and logistics infrastructure from its 50,000 sq ft Operations & Logistics Centre 'Hangar 3' in Lincolnshire, including temperature-controlled vehicles, blast freezing and re-labelling technology. It also delivers 24/7 crisis relief operations across 37 countries.

Product overview

His Church Charity operates as a charitable redistribution organization offering two primary service lines: Company Solutions for businesses with surplus stock (providing transport, logistics, creative solutions, social responsibility support, and brand protection), and Charitable Distributions for frontline organizations (supporting food banks, schools, hospitals, homeless outreach, and football club foundations). The organization runs its flagship Operations & Logistics Centre 'Hangar 3' (50,000 sq ft) at RAF Binbrook, enabling full transport and logistics infrastructure as a registered charity. Crisis Relief Services operate 24/7 for humanitarian emergencies. Key programs include Football Club Partnership Programs, Operation Manna 2022 (Ukraine response), and the Kellogg's Breakfast Program. The organization handles diverse product categories including food (ambient, chilled, frozen), clothing, household items, personal hygiene products, pet food, and toys, redistributing through a network of over 3,000 charities across 37 countries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Charitable Redistribution Services Core service collecting surplus food, clothing, household items, personal hygiene products, pet food and toys from retail and manufacturing partners and redistributing them free of charge to over 3,000 charities across the UK and internationally to help vulnerable people.
• Company Solutions (Surplus Stock Redistribution) Bespoke redistribution solution for businesses with surplus stock, including full transport and logistics, creative redistribution solutions (labelling, rebranding), CSR/audit reporting and brand protection services.
• Charitable Distributions (Direct Support to Charities) Practical supply of food pallets, clothing and household items directly to charitable organisations including foodbanks, homeless outreaches, children's charities, hospitals, schools, local councils and football club foundations across the UK.
• Crisis Relief Services 24/7 international humanitarian aid distribution providing food, sleeping bags, clothing, medical and hygiene supplies in response to disasters and conflicts worldwide (Ukraine, Turkey/Syria, Liberia).
• Creative Redistribution Solutions (Blast Freezing & Re-labelling)

Quantifiable outcome

• 50+ million meals redistributed since 2003
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers16 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

17 partnerships are on record, tiered core and secondary.

• Turkish Police AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Partnership for Turkey/Syria earthquake relief - helped coordinate delivery of 1,500 sleeping bags to Heathrow Airport.
• Turkish Cypriot Community AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Partnership for Turkey/Syria earthquake relief disaster response.
• Cyprus Islamic AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Partnership for Turkey/Syria earthquake relief disaster response.
• DEFRA (Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022His Church's pioneering redistribution solutions have been funded by DEFRA. In 2022, received £549,095 UK funding under the Resource Action Fund administered by WRAP.
• WRAP (Waste Action Resource Project)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHis Church are WRAP Courtauld 2030 Signatories. WRAP identified transport costs as the biggest barrier to food redistribution, which His Church overcomes through their logistics infrastructure.
• Tangerine FieldscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFestival partner whose donated sleeping bags have been used for homeless people, refugees, and natural disaster victims.
• Kellogg'scoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered on 'Team Up To Be Champions School Breakfast For Winners' initiative, donating 15 million servings of cereal in 18 months in partnership with 37 Premier League and EFL Clubs.
• Arsenal FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-term partnership for community feeding. Distributed over 500,000 meals during Covid through community outreach. Partnered on Turkey/Syria earthquake response winning Charity Partnership of the Year 2023.
• Wolves FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFeed Our Pack initiative; over 80,000 meals distributed through 25 Wolverhampton charities in 2022.
• Everton in the CommunitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupport for The Blue Base Pantry - now the 4th largest pantry in the UK serving families in Liverpool's L4 area.
• LindtsecondaryGTM or Marketing PartnerDonated Lindt advent calendars for charitable distribution through hospice partners.
• Trussell TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOver half of all UK foodbanks are Trussell Trust foodbanks. His Church supports Milton Keynes Foodbank and other network members.
• Your Local PantrycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupporting 80+ pantry locations serving 90,000+ people across UK with food pallets.
• BaxterscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEarly major food manufacturing partner. Delivered first 2 pallets in November 2004, followed by full articulated lorry of soups, condiments and sauces in March 2005.
• MorrisonscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFirst ever donation received as a charity was an £8 voucher from Morrisons in Milton Keynes in 2003.
• Derby County FC Community TrustsecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership since 2016 providing 400,000+ servings of breakfast cereal to 19 school breakfast clubs.
• MK Food ReachcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Milton Keynes Food Reach providing over 100,000 meals to support foodbank during cost of living crisis.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• City Harvest London: London-based food redistribution charity collecting surplus food from businesses and redistributing to charities. Operates similar surplus-to-charity model with logistics infrastructure, comparable geographic focus and beneficiary network.
• The Trussell Trust: UK food bank network supporting over half of UK foodbanks including Milton Keynes Foodbank that His Church supplies. Operates a parallel food redistribution ecosystem with similar charity network focus, though structured as a foodbank operator rather than surplus redistributor.
• FareShare: UK's largest surplus food redistribution charity, redistributing food from retailers and manufacturers to a network of frontline charities. Direct competitor in UK food redistribution with similar model of collecting surplus and distributing to charities.
• FoodCloud: Ireland-founded food redistribution platform operating across UK and Ireland, connecting retailers with surplus food to charities and community groups. Direct competitor using tech-enabled matching model for surplus redistribution.

Emerging players

• Too Good To Go: European surplus food marketplace app connecting consumers with surplus meals from restaurants and retailers. Partial overlap in UK surplus food space, though consumer-facing model differs from His Church's charity redistribution network.
• Feeding Britain: UK anti-hunger charity coordinating Affordable Food Clubs, pantries and social supermarkets - cited by their Project Manager as a key recipient network. Operates as a coordinating body that His Church supplies, with overlapping beneficiary focus on food insecurity.
• Olio: UK-based app connecting neighbours and businesses to share surplus food. Operates in adjacent surplus food space with tech-enabled sharing model, partial overlap with His Church's retail/manufacturer surplus redistribution.

Broad incumbents

• British Red Cross: Major UK humanitarian charity with emergency response, refugee support, and crisis relief operations. Broader humanitarian mandate that overlaps with His Church's crisis relief capabilities (Ukraine, Turkey/Syria, Ebola) but at significantly larger scale and broader mission.
• Oxfam GB: Major UK humanitarian and development charity with global crisis response operations spanning similar countries (Ukraine, Syria, Liberia). Broader scope covering poverty, inequality and disaster response; less specialized in surplus redistribution logistics.

Others

• WRAP (Waste and Resources Action Programme): UK charity working on sustainability and waste reduction; Courtauld 2030 convenor and His Church's DEFRA funding administrator. Adjacent enabling organization that shapes the surplus redistribution ecosystem and signs off on His Church's pioneering redistribution solutions.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/h15church
• Facebookfacebook.com/h15church
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/his-church-charity
• Instagraminstagram.com/hischurchcharity/?hl=en

Compliance1 record

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