The Life and Soul Kitchen Ltd

Analysis

The Life and Soul Kitchen Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hereford. It was registered in November 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03455469). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Life and Soul Kitchen Ltd reported income of £143k and spending of £146k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £130k to £143k (+9.6%), an average of +2.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Life and Soul Kitchen Ltd sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Birchanger Butterflies Pre-School (£143k), Hopton School House CIO (£143k) and Stannington Village Playgroup (£143k).