Eating Matters

Analysis

Eating Matters is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norwich. It was registered in January 2022, 4 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Eating Matters reported income of £356k and spending of £406k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from March 2023 to March 2026, income fell from £718k to £356k (-50%), an average of -21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Eating Matters sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Faith Miracle Church (£356k), Scarborough, Whitby and Ryedale Mind (£356k) and Kinergy (£356k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.