Living Word Ministries

Analysis

Living Word Ministries is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Church Stretton. It was registered in December 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Living Word Ministries reported income of £35k and spending of £45k, spending 130% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income fell from £58k to £35k (-40%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2025, when income rose by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Living Word Ministries sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Salvation and Deliverance Ministry Apostolic Intl (£35k), Dasbait (£35k) and Tilehurst Poor's Land Charity (£35k).

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.