Banc Bwyd Pwllheli Foodbank

Analysis

Banc Bwyd Pwllheli Foodbank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gwynedd. It was registered in May 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, Banc Bwyd Pwllheli Foodbank reported income of £26k and spending of £11k, leaving 56% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from April 2023 to April 2025, income fell from £29k to £26k (-11%), an average of -5.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 43% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Banc Bwyd Pwllheli Foodbank sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The J and R Margulies Charitable Trust (£26k), Lion de Juda Church (£26k) and The Savage Club Benevolent Fund (£26k).