Tameside South and Longdendale Foodbank Ltd

Analysis

Tameside South and Longdendale Foodbank Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheshire. It was registered in October 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 company (Companies House number 08688131). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Tameside South and Longdendale Foodbank Ltd reported income of £161k and spending of £164k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £125k to £161k (+29%), an average of +6.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 111%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Tameside South and Longdendale Foodbank Ltd 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 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include RT Community Projects Ltd (£161k), Muslim Relief (£161k) and Sue Hammerson Charitable Trust (£161k).