Our Daily Bread Ministries Trust

Analysis

Our Daily Bread Ministries Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Carnforth. It was registered in May 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Our Daily Bread Ministries Trust reported income of £2.6m and spending of £2.5m, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £2.2m to £2.6m (+20%), an average of +4.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Our Daily Bread Ministries Trust sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include North Church UK (£2.6m), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Michael Le Belfrey with St Cuthbert, York (£2.7m) and Honourable Society of Gray's Inn Trust Fund (£2.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 89%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £310k. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.8m would cover about 9 months of spending at that rate. It employed 26 people.