Maranatha Care Children

Analysis

Maranatha Care Children is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Plymouth. It was registered in December 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Maranatha Care Children reported income of £24k and spending of £27k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £11k to £24k (+124%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 93%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Maranatha Care Children sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The George Street Trust for Milland and Rake (£24k), School Sisters of Notre Dame CIO (£24k) and The Gertrude Homes (£24k).