Minority Development & Advocacy (Mda) Ltd

Analysis

Minority Development & Advocacy (Mda) Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08517052). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Minority Development & Advocacy (Mda) Ltd reported income of £128k and spending of £107k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income fell from £194k to £128k (-34%), an average of -9.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2025, when income rose by 62%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Minority Development & Advocacy (Mda) Ltd sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Arnold Foodbank (£128k), The Thomas Benyon Charitable Settlement (£128k) and South Street Evangelical Church (£128k).