Understanding Ministries

Analysis

Understanding Ministries is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 1998, 28 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. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Understanding Ministries reported income of £45k and spending of £47k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £31k to £45k (+45%), an average of +9.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2025, when income rose by 134%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Understanding Ministries sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Granville Street Evangelical Church (£45k), Rotary Club of Tiverton Foundation Trust Fund (£46k) and North East Derbyshire Christian Fellowship (£45k).