Leeds South and East Foodbank

Analysis

Leeds South and East Foodbank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leeds. It was registered in October 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 provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Leeds South and East Foodbank reported income of £471k and spending of £432k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £515k to £471k (-8.6%), an average of -2.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 118%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Leeds South and East Foodbank sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include International Waqf and Relief Foundation (Iwarf) (£470k), Gateway Church Ashford (£471k) and Wirral Foodbank (£470k).