Charity Meals

Analysis

Charity Meals is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bradford. It was registered in April 2023, 3 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Charity Meals reported income of £1.6m and spending of £1.7m, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from April 2024 to April 2025, income grew from £856k to £1.6m (+82%), an average of +82% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 82%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Charity Meals sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Gertner Charitable Trust (£1.6m), Wiltshire Citizens Advice (£1.6m) and British Friends of the Rabbi Meir Baal Haness Charity (Kollel Shomrei Hachomos) (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 86% of spending and raising funds 13%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.2m. Reserves of £369k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate.