Urban Mba

Analysis

Urban Mba is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Urban Mba reported income of £82k and spending of £146k, spending 179% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £111k to £82k (-26%), an average of -7.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Urban Mba sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Drop4drop Limited (£82k), The Marketors Trust (£82k) and Gateway Freedom Church, Harlow (£82k).