Mater Ecclesiae CIO

Analysis

Mater Ecclesiae CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Warwickshire. It was registered in January 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Mater Ecclesiae CIO reported income of £354k and spending of £739k, spending 209% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £240k to £354k (+47%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 206% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Mater Ecclesiae CIO sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mark, New Milverton (£353k), Burnley and Pendle Methodist Circuit (£354k) and Redcar Baptist Church (£353k).

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.