Meals on Wheels Cumbria

Analysis

Meals on Wheels Cumbria is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Carlisle. It was registered in November 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Meals on Wheels Cumbria reported income of £312k and spending of £313k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £164k to £312k (+90%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2023, when income rose by 68%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Meals on Wheels Cumbria sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chipping Norton Lido Limited (£312k), The Elfrida Society (£312k) and Team Oasis (£312k).