The Kidlington Lunch Club

Analysis

The Kidlington Lunch Club is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kidlington. It was registered in May 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. It says it provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Kidlington Lunch Club reported income of £14k and spending of £15k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £8,705 to £14k (+66%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, The Kidlington Lunch Club sits at the 32nd percentile: it is larger than about 32% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 151st Derby Scout Group (£14k), Evershot Parish Hall (£14k) and Bardon Mill and Henshaw Village Hall and Community Projects Group (£14k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.