Sherborne Food Bank

Analysis

Sherborne Food Bank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sherborne. It was registered in April 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 December 2025, Sherborne Food Bank reported income of £53k and spending of £76k, spending 144% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £49k to £53k (+7.4%), an average of +1.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Sherborne Food Bank sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Jireh Community Project Trust (£53k), Association for Research on Banking and the Economy (£53k) and Champness Hall Christian Church (£53k).

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.