Leek & District Foodbank

Analysis

Leek & District Foodbank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leek. It was registered in September 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Leek & District Foodbank reported income of £60k and spending of £71k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £90k to £60k (-33%), an average of -9.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income dropped by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Leek & District Foodbank sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Christian Outreach Centre (Bishop's Stortford) (£60k), Godalming and Villages Community Store (£60k) and Overcomers Family Church International (£60k).