Gingerbread Family Support Limited

Analysis

Gingerbread Family Support Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stoke-On-Trent. It was registered in September 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02229357). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Gingerbread Family Support Limited reported income of £1.8m and spending of £1.2m, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.1m to £1.8m (+63%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Gingerbread Family Support Limited sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Action Foundation (£1.8m), Royal Artillery Charitable Fund (£1.8m) and Beis Ruchel School Ltd (£1.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 68% and donations and legacies 29%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.4%. Reserves of £534k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 40 people.