Middle East Media

Analysis

Middle East Media is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in May 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Middle East Media reported income of £453k and spending of £412k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £381k to £453k (+19%), an average of +4.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 118% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Middle East Media sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Park Lane Foundation (£452k), The Hall Hunter Foundation (£457k) and The Janet Nash Charitable Settlement (£450k).