Smethurst Ministries Trust

Analysis

Smethurst Ministries Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Brighton. It was registered in January 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Smethurst Ministries Trust reported income of £62k and spending of £69k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £69k to £62k (-9.3%), an average of -2.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 126%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Smethurst Ministries Trust sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Vathalayam Charity Trust UK (£62k), The Redeemed Christian Church of God Garden of Fruitfulness (£62k) and Gm2lf Charity (£62k).