Grange Over Sands Community Foodshare

Analysis

Grange Over Sands Community Foodshare is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cumbria. It was registered in December 2021, 5 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending January 2025, Grange Over Sands Community Foodshare reported income of £113k and spending of £124k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from January 2023 to January 2025, income fell from £152k to £113k (-26%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2025, when income dropped by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Grange Over Sands Community Foodshare sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Al-Sunnah Centre (£113k), Allington Baptist Church Trust (£113k) and Barnet Community Projects (£113k).