Ministries Without Borders International

Analysis

Ministries Without Borders International is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cardiff. It was registered in January 2003, 23 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 makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Ministries Without Borders International reported income of £836k and spending of £681k, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £582k to £836k (+44%), an average of +9.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Ministries Without Borders International sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wood Street Mission (£836k), Oxford Centre for Religion and Public Life (£837k) and The Faith Hope & Enterprise Company Ltd (£835k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 91% and investments 8.8%. Charitable activities took 69% of spending and raising funds 11%. Reserves of £1.1m would cover about 19 months of spending at that rate. It employed 2 people.