Mount of Olives, Coleford

Analysis

Mount of Olives, Coleford is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Coleford. It was registered in October 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides human resources and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Mount of Olives, Coleford reported income of £68k and spending of £66k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £74k to £68k (-8.4%), an average of -2.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Mount of Olives, Coleford sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Living Waters Christian Centre (Lewisham Trust) (£67k), Hope in Burundi (£68k) and Leamington Hastings Consolidated Charity (£67k).