Sherborne Community Kitchen

Analysis

Sherborne Community Kitchen is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Digby Road. 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 services.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Sherborne Community Kitchen reported income of £36k and spending of £41k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income fell from £63k to £36k (-43%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2023, when income rose by 86%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Sherborne Community Kitchen sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Helping Hearts Fylde (£36k), Bexhill and Rother Homelessness Unity Group (H.u.g.) CIO (£36k) and John Lee Charitable Foundation (£36k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.