Gleadless Valley Foodbank

Analysis

Gleadless Valley Foodbank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheffield. It was registered in November 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, arts/culture/heritage/science and economic/community development/employment, 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 September 2025, Gleadless Valley Foodbank reported income of £45k and spending of £66k, spending 146% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £73k to £45k (-38%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2024, when income dropped by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 113% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Gleadless Valley Foodbank sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 1155 (Eleven Fifty-Five) (£45k), Trustees for the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity Of. Nevers (£45k) and Northwich Muslim Centre (£45k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.