Chinese Church Support Ministries

Analysis

Chinese Church Support Ministries is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Haverfordwest. It was registered in February 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides human resources, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Chinese Church Support Ministries reported income of £177k and spending of £142k, spending 80% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £139k to £177k (+28%), an average of +6.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Chinese Church Support Ministries sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include In the Mix Youth Project (£177k), Lichfield Foodbank (£178k) and The Hub, Hazelwell (£177k).