Renfrewshire Foodbank

Name

Renfrewshire Foodbank

Legal name

Renfrewshire Foodbank

Website

https://renfrewshire.foodbank.org.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Renfrewshire Foodbank is a Scottish charity providing three-day emergency food parcels, Financial Inclusion support, and a Fuel Poverty project to individuals and families in crisis across Renfrewshire via a referral-based, volunteer-led model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Emergency food assistance and poverty relief services

NAICS

Community Food Services (624210), Community Food Services (62421), Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services (6242), Emergency and Other Relief Services (624230), Emergency and Other Relief Services (62423)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAGAEAA

Food Assistance & Food Banks

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Social Services & Community Support (Food, Housing, Family)

SECONDARYBPADAJAA

Food Assistance & Safety Nets (In-Kind, Vouchers, Cash Transfers)

Business & Public Services/International Organizations & Development/Food Security & Nutrition Programs

SECONDARYBPAGAAAD

Food Assistance & Nutrition Relief (Emergency Feeding)

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Humanitarian Aid & Disaster Relief

SECONDARYBPADAJAI

Emergency Food Security & Nutrition in Humanitarian Crises

Business & Public Services/International Organizations & Development/Food Security & Nutrition Programs

SECONDARYBPAGAAAJ

Cash & Voucher Assistance (CVA) and Emergency Livelihood Support

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Humanitarian Aid & Disaster Relief

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Nutrition & Food Security (Global Health) NGOs

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Public Health, Government & Regulators/Global Health & Development Agencies (NGOs/Multilaterals)

Keywords

• Emergency food assistance
• Food parcel distribution
• Charitable food support
• Financial inclusion services
• Fuel poverty support

Headquarters

HQ city

Renfrew

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Financial Donations: Regular monthly giving via direct debit (GoCardless), one-off gifts via debit/credit card (Give.net), cheque, standing order, and legacy bequests. Donors can gift aid UK tax-efficient donations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Renfrewshire Foodbank provides three-day balanced and nutritious emergency food parcels to individuals and families in crisis across Renfrewshire, supplied only via vouchers issued by local referral agencies. In addition to emergency food provision, the charity delivers Financial Inclusion support to help beneficiaries maximise their income and runs a Fuel Poverty project to address fuel insecurities, offering short-term practical help alongside referral networks.

Product overview

Renfrewshire Foodbank operates as a single unified service offering emergency food provision to individuals and families in crisis. The core offering consists of three-day balanced and nutritious food parcels, supported by a foodbank voucher referral system through local agencies. Additional support services include Financial Inclusion support to help maximize income and a Fuel Poverty project addressing fuel insecurities. The organization operates food donation collection points at major retailers and relies on volunteer programs across multiple roles including warehouse, distribution, and wellbeing support.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Emergency Food Parcels Three-day balanced and nutritious emergency food parcels provided to individuals and families in crisis across Renfrewshire who are referred through local agency vouchers, with adaptations available for dietary requirements such as diabetes, gluten intolerance, vegetarian, and halal.
• Financial Inclusion Support Support service helping people in crisis maximise their income, working alongside emergency food provision to address underlying financial hardship.
• Fuel Poverty Project Project addressing fuel insecurities and energy poverty among households in crisis in Renfrewshire, delivered as part of the organisation's wider support offer alongside emergency food.
• Food Donation Collection Network of in-store and shopping-centre food collection points hosted at Tesco, Asda, Morrisons, Co-op, Poundland, Sainsburys, and Piazza Shopping Centre Paisley, enabling the public to donate non-perishable food items that feed the parcel supply.

Named customers1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Trussell TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRenfrewshire Foodbank is an independent organisation part of the Trussell Trust Foodbank Network. The Trussell Trust directly supports over 1,300 food bank centres throughout the UK. Renfrewshire Foodbank shares anonymised statistical data about food bank use with the Trussell Trust, which uses this information to campaign at national level to challenge structural issues that lock people into poverty. There is a data sharing agreement in place.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Independant Food Aid Network (IFAN): UK network of independent food banks not affiliated with the Trussell Trust. Comparable as an alternative foodbank operating model and peer network, useful for benchmarking Renfrewshire's Trussell-affiliated approach against non-Trussell foodbanks.
• FareShare UK: UK-wide charity redistributing surplus food to frontline charities including foodbanks. Comparable as a larger food redistribution NGO operating in the same anti-hunger space, often supplying front-line foodbanks like Renfrewshire with redistributed surplus food.
• Trussell Trust: UK-wide charity operating the foodbank network of which Renfrewshire Foodbank is a member. Directly comparable as the umbrella body supporting over 1,300 food bank centres, providing shared infrastructure, data sharing, and national advocacy.

Direct peers

• Edinburgh Food Project: Scottish foodbank charity providing emergency food parcels to people in crisis across Edinburgh. Directly comparable to Renfrewshire Foodbank as a regional Scottish food assistance organisation offering parcel-based support with similar volunteer-led operations.
• Glasgow South East Foodbank: Another Trussell Trust-affiliated foodbank operating in the West Central Scotland region. Directly comparable as a Trussell Trust member foodbank delivering three-day emergency food parcels via local referral agencies in a similar Scottish urban context.

Others

• Citizens Advice Scotland: Scotland-wide advice network that issues foodbank vouchers to people in crisis — directly named as one of Renfrewshire Foodbank's referral partners. A key ecosystem partner and bench for understanding the wider social-prescribing pipeline that drives beneficiaries to the foodbank.
• The Food Foundation: UK charity focused on food poverty policy, research, and advocacy. Comparable as a thematic peer in the UK food-insecurity space, though operating upstream of frontline food delivery through research and policy influence rather than direct food provision.

Regional players

• South Lanarkshire Foodbank: Another Trussell Trust-affiliated foodbank serving a neighbouring Scottish local authority area. Comparable as a regional Trussell network peer with similar service model, geographic scope, and operating constraints — providing a benchmark for Renfrewshire's scale and throughput.
• Social Bite: Scottish social enterprise tackling homelessness and food poverty through restaurant-based and food-redistribution programmes. Comparable as a Scotland-based anti-hunger organisation with a hybrid commercial-charitable model, though operating in a different delivery format (cafés/restaurants versus parcels).

Emerging players

• FoodCycle: UK charity providing community meals and surplus food redistribution across multiple locations. Comparable in mission (reducing food poverty) but differs in delivery model — FoodCycle serves cooked community meals rather than parcel-based support, making it a partial rather than direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/RenfrewshireFoodbank
• Instagraminstagram.com/renfrewshirefoodbank
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/renfrewshire-foodbank

Compliance3 records

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Funding overview

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