Wetherby and District Foodbank

Analysis

Wetherby and District Foodbank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wetherby. 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 other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Wetherby and District Foodbank reported income of £39k and spending of £44k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £30k to £39k (+30%), an average of +6.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 87%. Over the whole period it spent 72% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Wetherby and District Foodbank sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include John Sayer Almshouses (£39k), Kasupe (£39k) and Helping Hands Mission Against Poverty (£39k).