Ma Centre UK

Analysis

Ma Centre UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bromley. It was registered in January 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06793389). It says it makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Ma Centre UK reported income of £249k and spending of £285k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £83k to £249k (+201%), an average of +32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 483%. Over the whole period it spent 60% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Ma Centre UK sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include House of Giving (£248k), Potters House Christian Fellowship UK Central Birmingham Church (£249k) and LF Foundation (£248k).