PLS Food Foundation

Analysis

PLS Food Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in May 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 and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending October 2022, PLS Food Foundation reported income of £13k and spending of £18k, spending 137% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2022, income grew from £4,040 to £13k (+228%), an average of +228% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income rose by 228%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, PLS Food Foundation sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Generate Love (£13k), Heart for Africa (£13k) and Divine Love Christian Centre (£13k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity as in double default: it has missed the deadline for its annual return or accounts in two or more successive years.