Skelmersdale and District Foodbank

Analysis

Skelmersdale and District Foodbank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Skelmersdale. It was registered in November 2015, 11 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.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Skelmersdale and District Foodbank reported income of £203k and spending of £219k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £44k to £203k (+359%), an average of +46% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2023, when income rose by 284%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Skelmersdale and District Foodbank sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Darul Jannah Trust and Stratford Muslim Centre Limited (£203k), Plymouth & Devon Racial Equality Council (£203k) and Chasdei Yitzok Charities Limited (£203k).