SOUL KITCHEN

Registered charity 1192488 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Soul Kitchen aims to provide a hot meal to those in need within the local community. We have worked with food banks, welcome support from local businesses and charities. This year has presented many challenges and we have had to innovate our approach. We are now working with local councils and communities, offering support to the vulnerable by supplying essential items and food packs.

Objects

THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY BY PROVIDING FOOD AND NUTRITIOUS MEALS AT A SOUP KITCHEN TO THOSE IN NEED.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Get email alerts

Latest income
£61k
Latest spending
£52k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity remains in a net liabilities position of £1,144, having previously held net liabilities of £10,354. While the charity achieved a surplus of £9,210 for the year, its going concern status is dependent on the future flow of uncertain funding streams from voluntary donations and grants. The trustees are satisfied that resources are adequate to continue operations through to October 2026.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“The trustees have reviewed the reserves policy and will look to attain a level of free reserves sufficient to maintain the charity’s weekly activities.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“The charitable activities are entirely dependent on continuing grant aid and voluntary donations, as well as trading revenues. As a consequence, the going concern basis is dependent on the future flow of these uncertain funding streams.” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2025

  • Volunteers: 50

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2024

  • Volunteers: 35

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2023

  • Volunteers: 8

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/10/2024 (received 20/10/2025, 50 days after the 31/08/2025 due date); year ending 31/10/2023 (received 23/03/2025, 204 days after the 31/08/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Brent · Ealing · Harrow · Hertfordshire · Hillingdon · Hounslow

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/10/2025£61k£52k
31/10/2024£32k£39k
31/10/2023£21k£25k
31/10/2022£32k£32k
31/10/2021£19k£320

Common questions

Is SOUL KITCHEN financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity remains in a net liabilities position of £1,144, having previously held net liabilities of £10,354. While the charity achieved a surplus of £9,210 for the year, its going concern status is dependent on the future flow of uncertain funding streams from voluntary donations and grants. The trustees are satisfied that resources are adequate to continue operations through to October 2026. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SOUL KITCHEN?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SOUL KITCHEN as a grant recipient include THE URSULA KEYES TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE URSULA KEYES TRUSTFY2025£3k

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SOUL FOOD SPACES.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SOUL KITCHEN£61k—0below—noted
SOUL FOOD SPACES FY2026£35k—0unclear—no doubt
SOUTHPORT SOUP KITCHEN FY2025£44k—0unclear—no doubt
THE LIFE AND SOUL KITCHEN LTD FY2025£143k—0unclear—no doubt
SOUL FOUNDATION FY2024£264k—0within—no doubt
THE PETERBOROUGH SOUP KITCHEN FY2025£37k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.