Wolverhampton Foodbank Ltd.

Analysis

Wolverhampton Foodbank Ltd. is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wolverhampton. It was registered in October 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07962969). It says it provides other finance and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Wolverhampton Foodbank Ltd. reported income of £158k and spending of £175k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £206k to £158k (-23%), an average of -6.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Wolverhampton Foodbank Ltd. sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Glyncoch Community Regeneration Ltd (£158k), Oxford Schools Chaplaincy (£158k) and The New Windsor Municipal Charities (£158k).

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.