M.e.b.

Analysis

M.e.b. is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and recreation, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending October 2025, M.e.b. reported income of £154k and spending of £181k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to October 2025, income fell from £245k to £154k (-37%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income dropped by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, M.e.b. sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include New Life Church (Suffolk) (£154k), The J & J Benevolent Foundation (£154k) and Aspley Christ Church (£154k).

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.