Widnes Foodbank

Analysis

Widnes Foodbank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheshire. It was registered in December 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 December 2025, Widnes Foodbank reported income of £217k and spending of £189k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £172k to £217k (+26%), an average of +5.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Widnes Foodbank sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Redeemed Christian Church of God ("RCCG") Majesty Court (£217k), Revelation Church Manchester (£217k) and Shepherds Bush Families Project & Childrens Centre (£216k).