Winchester Food & Basics Bank

Analysis

Winchester Food & Basics Bank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Winchester. It was registered in March 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05005690). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Winchester Food & Basics Bank reported income of £346k and spending of £354k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £284k to £346k (+22%), an average of +5.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Winchester Food & Basics Bank sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dasra UK (£346k), The Milk and Honey Trust (£346k) and Abergele Community Action Ltd (£345k).

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.