Malawi Support

Analysis

Malawi Support is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bath. It was registered in August 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Malawi Support reported income of £68k and spending of £79k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £102k to £68k (-33%), an average of -9.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Malawi Support sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cleveleys Community Church and Centre (£68k), South Weston Activity Network (£68k) and Shalom Ministries International (£68k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.