Pontefract and Knottingley Foodbank

Analysis

Pontefract and Knottingley Foodbank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Pontefract. It was registered in January 2014, 12 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, Pontefract and Knottingley Foodbank reported income of £21k and spending of £12k, leaving 44% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £21k to £21k (+2.1%), an average of +0.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 91%. Over the whole period it spent 47% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Pontefract and Knottingley Foodbank sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Torridge Volunteer Cars (£21k), The Parachute Regimental Association Manchester Branch (£21k) and Heart of a Child Galati (£21k).