Otley Foodbank

Analysis

Otley Foodbank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Otley. It was registered in January 2022, 4 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 makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Otley Foodbank reported income of £13k and spending of £19k, spending 149% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from January 2023 to December 2025, income fell from £27k to £13k (-53%), an average of -22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Otley Foodbank sits at the 32nd percentile: it is larger than about 32% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Regeneration Project (£13k), Pure Word Christian Ministries (£13k) and Caereinion After School Club (£13k).

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.