Mustard Seed Songs

Analysis

Mustard Seed Songs is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lee-on-the-Solent. It was registered in September 1999, 27 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. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending July 2026, Mustard Seed Songs reported income of £15k and spending of £14k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2022 to July 2026, income fell from £24k to £15k (-37%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2024, when income rose by 120%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Mustard Seed Songs sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Exmoor Trust (£15k), Rotary Club of Turton Trust Fund (£15k) and The Redeemed Christian Church of God the Restoration Assembly Sheffield (£15k).