Launceston Foodbank Ltd

Analysis

Launceston Foodbank Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cornwall. It was registered in February 2012, 14 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 07841161). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Launceston Foodbank Ltd reported income of £135k and spending of £144k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £97k to £135k (+40%), an average of +8.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Launceston Foodbank Ltd sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Felsted Aid for Deprived Children (£135k), Charities in Connection with Royal Army Pay Corps (£135k) and Paget C.i.o. (£135k).

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.