Morecambe Bay Foodbank

Analysis

Morecambe Bay Foodbank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. It was registered in January 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, 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 provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Morecambe Bay Foodbank reported income of £288k and spending of £486k, spending 169% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £407k to £288k (-29%), an average of -8.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Morecambe Bay Foodbank sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bilton Hall Community Trust (£288k), All Aboard Youth Rowing (£288k) and Leybourne Grange Riding Centre for the Disabled (£288k).