Support Malawi

Analysis

Support Malawi is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridgeshire. It was registered in May 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Support Malawi reported income of £1.4m and spending of £1.5m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £1.1m to £1.4m (+30%), an average of +6.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Support Malawi sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Calverley Charity - the Workhouse Allotment (£1.4m), Gurunanak (£1.4m) and Urban Partnership Group (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £228k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate.