Pontefract Community Kitchen

Analysis

Pontefract Community Kitchen is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Yokshire. It was registered in March 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Pontefract Community Kitchen reported income of £16k and spending of £25k, spending 157% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £22k to £16k (-27%), an average of -7.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Pontefract Community Kitchen sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 35% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Newhaven & District Model Railway Club (£16k), Ilminster Parish Hall (£16k) and Uplifting Nepal's Children with Love and Education (£16k).