Porch Boxes
Analysis
Porch Boxes is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bury. It was registered in January 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides services.
In the financial year ending December 2025, Porch Boxes reported income of £42k and spending of £51k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £43k to £42k (-2.6%), an average of -0.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.
Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Porch Boxes sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Little Lifesavers (£42k), The Arthur Crick Trust (£42k) and Ioh (£42k).
Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
Porch Boxes uses gifts from community groups and purchased materials to provide packs of food and basic necessities to vulnerable people in crisis need via their caring referral agencies.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Little Lifesavers | West Sussex | £42k |
| The Arthur Crick Trust | Maidstone | £42k |
| Ioh | Kenilworth | £42k |
| Israel Norman Smith Charitable Trust | London | £42k |