The Wisbech Food Bank

Analysis

The Wisbech Food Bank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wisbech. It was registered in April 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Wisbech Food Bank reported income of £67k and spending of £79k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £22k to £67k (+197%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 374%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Wisbech Food Bank sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Crescents Community Association (£67k), Kiveton Park & Wales Village Hall (£67k) and Rising Sun Arts Centre Ltd (£67k).