Salford Foodbank

What Salford Foodbank does

Salford Foodbank is a registered charity (number 1150870) in England and Wales that provides emergency food assistance to individuals and families experiencing financial crisis in Salford, Greater Manchester. The organization distributes nutritionally balanced, non-perishable food parcels containing at least three days' worth of food, with adaptations available for dietary requirements such as diabetes, gluten intolerance, vegetarian, and halal, plus baby supplies and nappies when stock permits. All services are provided free of charge to recipients.

The core operational mechanism is a voucher referral system: a network of 180 supporting agencies — including Citizens Advice, children's centres, and health visitors — issues vouchers to qualifying individuals, who redeem them at foodbank centres across Salford. The charity is run in partnership with local churches and operates as part of The Trussell Foodbank Network, which provides operational frameworks and shared best practices. A warehouse and office at 4 Kansas Avenue, MediaCityUK serves as the centralized sorting and distribution hub, where volunteers unload, sort, and pack donations. Food intake comes from supermarket collection points hosted across Morrisons, Tesco, Sainsburys, and Asda locations, direct warehouse drop-offs, and community collection points.

The business model is purely donation-based, with no paid products or services. Revenue streams comprise food donations (primary inventory) and financial donations via the Local Giving platform, cash, cheque, standing orders, Gift Aid-eligible gifts, and legacy bequests. Marketing and donor engagement run through the charity's website and organic social channels (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram), supplemented by supermarket collection events and church-led community outreach. There is no proprietary technology stack, no mobile application, no API, and no disclosed headcount; GDPR-compliant privacy arrangements have been in place since 2018.

Name

Salford Foodbank

Legal name

Salford Foodbank

Website

https://salford.foodbank.org.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Salford Foodbank is a registered charity in Salford, England that distributes free emergency food parcels to people in crisis through a voucher referral system operated with 180 local agencies and local churches.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Charitable Food Assistance Services

NAICS

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

akta.pro primary industry

Food Assistance & Food Banks (BPAGAEAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Food Assistance & Nutrition Relief (Emergency Feeding) (BPAGAAAD)

Keywords

• Emergency food assistance
• Food parcel distribution
• Voucher referral system
• Charity donation collection
• Community volunteering

Headquarters

HQ city

Salford

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Food Donations: The foodbank receives donated food items from the public via supermarket collection points, community collection points, and direct warehouse drop-offs. Food donations form the primary inventory distributed to those in need.
2. Financial Donations: Regular and one-off financial gifts from supporters help cover operational costs. The organization accepts donations via Local Giving platform, cash, cheque, standing orders, and legacy gifts. Gift Aid forms are available to boost donations by 25%.
3. Volunteering: Volunteers support warehouse operations including unloading, sorting food donations, and packing food parcels. Supermarket collections also rely on volunteer support. While volunteers are not a direct revenue source, their contributions enable operations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Salford Foodbank distributes free, nutritionally balanced emergency food parcels (minimum three days of non-perishable food) to individuals and families in crisis in Salford, delivered through a voucher referral system issued by 180 partner agencies such as Citizens Advice, children's centres, and health visitors. The organization also accepts and processes food and financial donations, recruits and coordinates volunteers, and adapts parcels for dietary requirements (diabetes, gluten intolerance, vegetarian, halal) and for families with babies.

Product overview

Salford Foodbank is a charitable organization providing emergency food assistance to local people in crisis. The organization operates a foodbank voucher referral system through which individuals and families in need receive nutritionally balanced food parcels. Services include food donation collection, volunteer coordination, and partnership with local churches and agencies. The organization does not offer a technology product in the traditional SaaS sense, but rather provides charitable services to the community.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Emergency Food Parcels

Named customers3 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• The TrussellcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSalford Foodbank is part of The Trussell Foodbank Network, a UK-wide network of foodbanks. The network provides operational frameworks, support, and shared best practices for foodbanks across the country.
• Local ChurchescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe foodbank is run in partnership with local churches across Salford, which provide support, volunteers, and community connections for the charitable mission.
• MorrisonscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMorrisons supermarket hosts food collection points at two Salford locations: 49 Swinton Hall Road, Swinton (M27 4BT) and 7 Irwell Place, Eccles (M30 0FH). Shoppers can donate food items at collection bins behind the tills.
• TescocoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTesco hosts food collection points at three Salford locations: Thomas Street Cheetham Hill (M8 5DP), Ellesmere Shopping Centre Walkden (M28 3BT), and Pendleton Way (M6 5JG).
• SainsburyscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSainsburys supermarket at 100 Regent Road, Salford (M5 4QU) hosts a food collection point for donations.
• AsdacoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAsda supermarket at 15 Wellington Road, Swinton (M27 4BR) hosts a food collection point for donations.
• Supporting Agencies (180)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerA network of 180 local agencies including Citizens Advice, children's centres, and health visitors that refer people in crisis to the foodbank by issuing vouchers.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Magic Breakfast: UK charity providing healthy breakfasts to schoolchildren facing food insecurity. Comparable charitable food-distribution mission with focus on children, an overlapping beneficiary group for Salford Foodbank.

Broad incumbents

• Independent Food Aid Network (IFAN): UK umbrella network of independent foodbanks not affiliated with The Trussell Trust. Comparable grass-roots foodbank operating model to Salford Foodbank and the alternative peer network within the same sector.
• The Trussell Trust: UK-wide parent network of foodbanks including Salford Foodbank. Operates the shared voucher-referral framework, national fundraising and policy advocacy that underpins the Salford Foodbank model — directly comparable mission and operating approach.

Direct peers

• FareShare: UK's largest food redistribution charity, redirecting surplus food from producers/retailers to frontline charities. Operates the same food-rescue-to-people-in-need model, comparable donor base (supermarkets) and similar reliance on warehouse + volunteer operations.
• The Bread and Butter Thing: UK social enterprise running affordable food clubs for low-income households using surplus food. Comparable target beneficiary (low-income families) and supermarket partnership model for food sourcing.
• FoodCycle: UK charity combining surplus food with volunteer cooks to serve community meals to people facing food poverty. Comparable community-led, volunteer-driven operating model and overlapping target beneficiaries.

Regional players

• Centrepoint: UK charity supporting homeless young people, including food and essential supplies, with comparable volunteer- and donation-driven operational model and overlapping vulnerable-beneficiary population.
• City Harvest London: London-based food redistribution charity collecting surplus food and distributing it to people in need via charitable partners. Comparable food-rescue and volunteer-driven distribution model, but operates in a different UK region than Salford Foodbank.
• Crisis UK: UK national homelessness charity providing food, advice and shelter services to people in crisis. Comparable "people in crisis" beneficiary framing and reliance on donations and volunteers as core operating inputs.

Others

• Church Action on Poverty: UK charity tackling poverty through campaigning and grassroots community action, frequently partnering with foodbanks including those in the Trussell network. Thematically aligned as a faith-rooted poverty-organisation peer to Salford Foodbank.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/SalfordFoodbank
• Facebookfacebook.com/salfordfoodbank
• Instagraminstagram.com/salfordfoodbank
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/salford-foodbank

Compliance1 record

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