Bishop's Castle Community Foodbank

Analysis

Bishop's Castle Community Foodbank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bishops Castle. It was registered in July 2020, 6 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 other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Bishop's Castle Community Foodbank reported income of £39k and spending of £20k, leaving 49% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £26k to £39k (+46%), an average of +9.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 66% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Bishop's Castle Community Foodbank sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Christine's Housing Support Charity (£39k), Medway Volunteer Workshop CIO (£39k) and Hope for Life Ministries (£39k).