Wadebridge Foodbank and Storehouse

Analysis

Wadebridge Foodbank and Storehouse is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wadebridge. It was registered in March 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Wadebridge Foodbank and Storehouse reported income of £190k and spending of £203k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £250k to £190k (-24%), an average of -6.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 66% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Wadebridge Foodbank and Storehouse sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Children's Cancer Centre of Lebanon (UK) Limited (£190k), The Scott-Morgan Foundation (£190k) and Rosca Trust (£189k).