Leigh Caring Kitchen

Analysis

Leigh Caring Kitchen is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. 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 January 2026, Leigh Caring Kitchen reported income of £730k and spending of £738k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2022 to January 2026, income grew from £415k to £730k (+76%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2023, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Leigh Caring Kitchen sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ambition Lawrence Weston (£729k), Belljoe Tzedoko Limited (£731k) and Hafway (£729k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 78%, trading 12% and donations and legacies 10%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £356k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 16 people.

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.