City Catering Southampton

Analysis

City Catering Southampton is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in March 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09331784). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, City Catering Southampton reported income of £5.6m and spending of £5.4m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £4.2m to £5.6m (+33%), an average of +7.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, City Catering Southampton sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Foundation of Light (£5.6m), The Civil Service Benevolent Fund (£5.6m) and Magpas (£5.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98% and donations and legacies 1.7%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.1m would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 206 people.