Neruka's Soul Food Soup Kitchen

Analysis

Neruka's Soul Food Soup Kitchen is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leeds. It was registered in November 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and 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, Neruka's Soul Food Soup Kitchen reported income of £17k and spending of £15k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2022 to January 2026, income fell from £39k to £17k (-56%), an average of -18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2023, when income dropped by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Neruka's Soul Food Soup Kitchen sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Age Sentinel Trust (£17k), The Charity of Thomas Beames (£17k) and The Ledbury Consolidated Charities (£17k).