The Community Cupboard

Analysis

The Community Cupboard is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sevenoaks. It was registered in September 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 provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Community Cupboard reported income of £193k and spending of £222k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £108k to £193k (+79%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 90%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Community Cupboard sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Clothing Coventry (£193k), Asian Elders' Resource Centre (£193k) and Love Your Community (£193k).