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FROM OUR CEO, CHARLOTTE HILL

2025 was a year we broke all previous records and redistributed enough food to provide 44 million meals. These numbers matter, not because they’re records, but because they represent millions more meals reaching people across London.

They’re the result of strong partnerships, practical innovation and the incredible volunteers we rely on to make things happen.

This year also marked an important moment for the organisation with our merger with FareShare. Together, we have greater reach, combined expertise and a stronger platform to tackle food waste and food insecurity across the UK. It’s a step towards a future where good food isn’t wasted and no-one goes hungry.

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2025 IN NUMBERS

“I pay over £1,000 a month in rent. After bills I have maybe £300 for everything else. Other food banks never had much. Here we get fruit, vegetables, bread, chicken.

Now I don’t need to buy much food. This food and Felix helped me. I can afford hygiene products and clothes again.”

— Rachael, E5 Pantry user

“Some people aren’t working, some are on low incomes and some are working but still can’t afford food because bills and rents have gone up.

The food we get from Felix is making a real difference.”

— Jocelyn, member of the E5 Pantry team

OUR PROGRESS IN 2025

2025 has been a big year for The Felix Project: a year of growth, change, collaboration and a lot of hard work. Below are just some of our highlights:

Innovation

Volunteers at a Felix Fresh market

Scaling up farm rescue: 2025 marked our third and biggest year rescuing fresh produce at the farm gate. Over 12 weeks, more than 2,000 volunteers rescued 320 tonnes of fruit and vegetables from farms in Kent, East Sussex and Milton Keynes, helping to get this fresh British produce to those who need it the most.
Making surplus last longer: Through our Farm to Freezer project, we turned 50 tonnes of end‑of‑season apples into 36,000 litres of juice. In Acton, we opened Felix Bakes where, surplus fruit and vegetables are turned into bread and baked goods. In Deptford, The Felix Food Factory began repacking dry goods into more usable sizes, with dehydrating, blast‑freezing and jamming due in 2026.
Getting food directly to communities: Felix Fresh is our new pop-up market that gives out up to five tonnes of fresh surplus produce to local communities. Events have taken place across London, with each pop-up supporting on average 200 families. Together with initiatives like Felix Bakes and The Felix Food Factory, Felix Fresh enables us to accept more produce during seasonal gluts when large volumes of fruit and vegetables are available.

Supporting people into work

Our apprentices at an event with King Charles

Our Commis Chef Apprenticeship offers young adults who were previously not in employment the chance to gain a level 2 apprenticeship. This year, our four apprentices have worked with celebrity chef Francesco Mazzei, catered for events including the second anniversary celebration of the Coronation Food Project with His Majesty the King, and trained at Hilton’s London sites.
In our warehouses: We’re not just moving food – we’re opening up opportunities. Across all our warehouses, the 12-week Warehouse Employability Programme offers participants hands-on warehouse and kitchen experience, working alongside our staff and volunteers. The participants also get support in CV writing, job applications, mock interviews, confidence building and more. 52 people have started the programme; 27% have moved into work, and 90% reported improved work readiness and wellbeing.
In Felix Kitchen: Our 6‑month Packing Assistant Traineeship with Unity Works supports people with learning disabilities to develop practical skills and progress their careers. Our first cohort found full-time employment with leading food manufacturer Greencore, and trainees from our second cohort (which ended in December 2025) are now in the process of securing work too.

Influencing change

Charlotte on New Statesman panel at Labour Conference

This year we’ve made real progress in getting surplus food where it’s needed most, redistributing record amounts while working to change the systems that create waste in the first place.

Ensuring more surplus reaches people: We worked with Defra to launch the Tackling Food Surplus at the Farm Gate scheme that helps charities rescue fresh produce from farms before it goes to waste. Building on this with our partners, we proposed including support for food redistribution in farming incentives. This would help farmers redistribute what they can’t sell rather than ploughing it back, using it for animal feed or sending it to anaerobic digestion.

Reducing Our Environmental Impact

Food waste has an enormous environmental impact. At Felix, we reduce that impact in three ways. By rescuing food, we're ensuring the emissions already embedded in food production aren't wasted. By redistributing food, we're avoiding additional emissions that are created when food ends up in landfill or incineration. And by taking steps to reduce our own impact, we're lowering the carbon footprint of our operations. In 2024-25...

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Saving embedded emissions

The food we rescued carried more than 20,000 tonnes of embedded Carbon Dioxide equivalent (CO₂e) — equivalent to driving around the world over 1,400 times.

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Avoiding waste emissions

We prevented a further 663 tonnes of CO₂e from being released through disposal — equal to over 200 flights from London to Hong Kong and back.

Our operational emissions totalled 1,600 tonnes of CO₂e, primarily from transporting surplus food and running our warehouses.

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