Barrow Food Bank Limited

Analysis

Barrow Food Bank Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cumbria. It was registered in July 2013, 13 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 08382130). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Barrow Food Bank Limited reported income of £125k and spending of £194k, spending 155% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £155k to £125k (-19%), an average of -5.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income dropped by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 77% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Barrow Food Bank Limited sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Redeemed Christian Church of God Covenant Restoration Assembly (£125k), St Joseph's Convent, Wolverhampton (£125k) and Paniym City Church (£125k).