Sowing Seeds Ministries

Analysis

Sowing Seeds Ministries is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cleveland. It was registered in March 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06010713). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Sowing Seeds Ministries reported income of £196k and spending of £204k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £255k to £196k (-23%), an average of -6.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Sowing Seeds Ministries sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include RCCG Divine Throne (£196k), City Church Worcester (£196k) and Peasholme Charity (£196k).

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.