Batley Food Bank

Analysis

Batley Food Bank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Yorkshire. It was registered in June 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, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Batley Food Bank reported income of £126k and spending of £114k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £106k to £126k (+19%), an average of +4.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 78%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Batley Food Bank sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Zena Launchpad (£126k), Al Hayat Languages Limited (£126k) and Together Now (£126k).