Ground Level Ministry Team

Analysis

Ground Level Ministry Team is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lincoln. It was registered in January 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02425628). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Ground Level Ministry Team reported income of £733k and spending of £687k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £460k to £733k (+59%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 183%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Ground Level Ministry Team sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Guru Arjan Dev Gurdwara Sikh Temple Derby (£729k), Technion UK (£739k) and Teach a Man to Fish UK Limited (£729k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 66% and donations and legacies 33%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 2.6%. Grants to other organisations totalled £19k. Reserves of £353k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 7 people.