Stockport Foodbank

Analysis

Stockport Foodbank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stockport. It was registered in March 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 provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Stockport Foodbank reported income of £241k and spending of £243k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £190k to £241k (+27%), an average of +6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 64%. Over the whole period it spent 71% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Stockport Foodbank sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Stephen`s, Shottermill (£241k), Horizon Life Training (£241k) and Kentish Town Baitul Aman Mosque (£241k).