Newbury Soup Kitchen

Analysis

Newbury Soup Kitchen is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Berkshire. It was registered in July 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Newbury Soup Kitchen reported income of £292k and spending of £188k, leaving 36% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £106k to £292k (+175%), an average of +29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2023, when income rose by 122%. Over the whole period it spent 71% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Newbury Soup Kitchen 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 Thomas Christies Almshouse & Relief in Need Charity (£292k), Opes-Lcef (£292k) and United Bank of Carbon (£292k).