Mustard Seed Ministries

Analysis

Mustard Seed Ministries is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Portsmouth. It was registered in September 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Mustard Seed Ministries reported income of £170k and spending of £156k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £34k to £170k (+400%), an average of +50% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 143%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Mustard Seed Ministries sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Nightwatch (£169k), The Woking Community Furniture Project (£170k) and The Silver Lady Fund Incorporating the All Night Travelling Cafe (£169k).