The Clothing Bank

Analysis

The Clothing Bank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Knottingley. It was registered in March 2022, 4 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 provides services.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Clothing Bank reported income of £169k and spending of £123k, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from April 2023 to April 2025, income grew from £118k to £169k (+43%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 71% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Clothing Bank sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Iprovision the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (Cipr) Benevolent Fund (£169k), Kongolese Centre for Information and Advice (£169k) and Youth with a Mission, Bolivia (£169k).