Weston-Super-Mare Foodbank

Analysis

Weston-Super-Mare Foodbank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in North Street. It was registered in February 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, 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, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Weston-Super-Mare Foodbank reported income of £168k and spending of £213k, spending 127% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £202k to £168k (-17%), an average of -4.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 87%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Weston-Super-Mare Foodbank sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends for Leisure (£168k), Little Sparks Preschool (£168k) and Diss and District Community Transport Association Limited (£168k).