The Wren Bakery CIO

Analysis

The Wren Bakery CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leeds. It was registered in October 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Wren Bakery CIO reported income of £62k and spending of £59k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £101k to £62k (-38%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 72%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Wren Bakery CIO sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Beckenham Parochial Charity (£62k), Univida (£62k) and Nachlas Dovid (£62k).