Highly Favoured Ministries

Analysis

Highly Favoured Ministries is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Croydon. It was registered in March 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Highly Favoured Ministries reported income of £65k and spending of £66k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £39k to £65k (+64%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Highly Favoured Ministries sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include York Unitarians CIO (£65k), Shirley Parish Hall (£65k) and Salahaddin Community Blackburn (£65k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.