Soul Kitchen Chester

Analysis

Soul Kitchen Chester is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chester. It was registered in November 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 provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Soul Kitchen Chester reported income of £58k and spending of £30k, leaving 49% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from March 2024 to March 2025, income fell from £75k to £58k (-23%), an average of -23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 57% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Soul Kitchen Chester sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Town Estate Charity (£58k), We Help Foundation (£58k) and Minerva (Northumberland) Limited (£58k).