Mankind Welfare Trust

Analysis

Mankind Welfare Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in July 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, overseas aid/famine relief and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Mankind Welfare Trust reported income of £921k and spending of £903k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £573k to £921k (+61%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Mankind Welfare Trust 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 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wateraid International (£915k), Christadelphian Bible Mission (£1.0m) and Jamia Islamia Ghousia (£912k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 82% and charitable activities 4.1%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £50k. Reserves of £28k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate.