Carlisle Foodbank

Analysis

Carlisle Foodbank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Carlisle. It was registered in January 2016, 10 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 April 2025, Carlisle Foodbank reported income of £344k and spending of £332k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £207k to £344k (+66%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 41%. 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, Carlisle Foodbank sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cornerstone Church Swansea (£344k), Engage Youth Empowerment Services (Eyes) (£344k) and Medina Valley Centre Limited (£343k).