St John's Soup Kitchen and Food Bank

Analysis

St John's Soup Kitchen and Food Bank is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 2023, 3 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 individuals and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, St John's Soup Kitchen and Food Bank reported income of £52k and spending of £67k, spending 129% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2023 to December 2025, income grew from £20k to £52k (+165%), an average of +63% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 664%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, St John's Soup Kitchen and Food Bank sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Martin Moran Foundation (£52k), The Catrin Vaughan Foundation (£52k) and Ending Life's Taboo (£52k).