West Cheshire Foodbank

Analysis

West Cheshire Foodbank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chester. It was registered in February 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, West Cheshire Foodbank reported income of £753k and spending of £734k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £438k to £753k (+72%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 207%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, West Cheshire Foodbank sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Brian Mercer Trust (£753k), Middlesbrough Citizens Advice Bureau (£753k) and Cambridge Acorn Project (£752k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 96% and investments 4.2%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £557k would cover about 9 months of spending at that rate. It employed 4 people.