Mount Olive Ministries

Analysis

Mount Olive Ministries is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Torquay. It was registered in December 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Mount Olive Ministries reported income of £37k and spending of £42k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £34k to £37k (+6.5%), an average of +1.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income dropped by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Mount Olive Ministries sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lola's Homeless Ladder (£37k), Harry Hames Cottage Charity (£37k) and The Horncastle Masonic Benevolent Fund (£36k).