Ming-Ai Association

Analysis

Ming-Ai Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, 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 02763177). It says it makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Ming-Ai Association reported income of £270k and spending of £241k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £331k to £270k (-18%), an average of -5.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income dropped by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Ming-Ai Association sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Holy Trinity Old Hill (£270k), New Covenant Church Equipping People (£272k) and Mawlawi Kurdish Cultural Centre (£270k).