Lancing and Sompting Churches Foodbank

Analysis

Lancing and Sompting Churches Foodbank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancing. It was registered in July 2020, 6 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 other finance, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Lancing and Sompting Churches Foodbank reported income of £40k and spending of £47k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £24k to £40k (+66%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2023, when income rose by 148%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Lancing and Sompting Churches Foodbank sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mawdesley Equine and People Trust (£40k), Close Charitable Foundation (£40k) and Ankoma Outreach (£40k).