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Refugee Community Kitchen

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1186729LondonPoverty relief
Income£493k2025-12-31
Spending£580ksame year
Spent / received101%5-year average
Size in its cause87th pctPoverty relief
Registered2019CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Refugee Community Kitchen is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Refugee Community Kitchen reported income of £493k and spending of £580k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £534k to £493k (-7.6%), an average of -2.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Refugee Community Kitchen sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Guild of Our Lady of Good Counsel (£493k), Pneuma Church (£494k) and Ezer Mikoidesh Foundation (£493k).

Income and spending

£0£146k£293k£439k£586k2021 Income: £534,1642021 Spending: £490,66020212022 Income: £544,5412022 Spending: £434,86020222023 Income: £482,6592023 Spending: £585,77820232024 Income: £585,9722024 Spending: £576,36320242025 Income: £493,3602025 Spending: £580,3362025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The relief for people in need in Calais, Dunkirk, Brussels and London and the surrounding areas and specifically for them to access food and other services and items which thereby alleviate hunger caused by the lack of opportunities or resources to obtain sufficient food.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
The Guild of Our Lady of Good CounselLondon£493k
Pneuma ChurchAshford£494k
Ezer Mikoidesh FoundationLondon£493k
Social Organisation for Unity and Leisure (Soul)London£494k