Southport Soup Kitchen

Analysis

Southport Soup Kitchen is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southport. It was registered in September 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07178907). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Southport Soup Kitchen reported income of £44k and spending of £43k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £23k to £44k (+91%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Southport Soup Kitchen sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Netzuk Limited (£44k), The Evangelical Trust Limited (£44k) and Thornbury Consolidated Charities (£44k).