The Peterborough Soup Kitchen

Analysis

The Peterborough Soup Kitchen is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Peterborough. It was registered in April 2017, 9 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 other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Peterborough Soup Kitchen reported income of £37k and spending of £36k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £44k to £37k (-16%), an average of -4.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Peterborough Soup Kitchen sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Anglican Missioners of Africa Development and Education Trust (£37k), Nottingham Gordon Memorial Trust for Boys and Girls (£37k) and Westminster Bangladeshi Association (£37k).