Trafford South Foodbank

Analysis

Trafford South Foodbank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheshire. It was registered in January 2019, 7 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 other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Trafford South Foodbank reported income of £132k and spending of £146k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £85k to £132k (+56%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Trafford South Foodbank sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Harry's Pals (£132k), Queen's Park Community Organisation (£132k) and St Paul's, Furzedown (£132k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.