The Mothers Committee

Analysis

The Mothers Committee is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in August 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08576989). It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Mothers Committee reported income of £119k and spending of £82k, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £105k to £119k (+14%), an average of +3.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 64%. Over the whole period it spent 68% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Mothers Committee sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Newhaven Integrated Play Project Educational and Recreational Services (£119k), Birmingham Asian Resource Centre (£119k) and Counsel and Care for the Elderly (£119k).