MIRACLES

Registered charity 1041449 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Miracles is a charity offering hope for those with multiple and life threatening problems for whom no other help source is available. It aims to ease the burder of suffering on person or persons in Supreme Need - primarily in the UK.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£351k
Latest spending
£908k
Registered
1994
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity finished the period with a net deficit of £556,978, primarily due to the gift of the Miracles Centre valued at £524,567. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £180,025, which is below its stated policy target of maintaining three to six months' expenditure. The charity's activities were subsequently transferred to a new CIO on 1 January 2025.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“The principal funding sources were the donations received from various donors as well as grants.” — page 5
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three and six months' expenditure (held: £180k)
“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six months' expenditure.” — page 5
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Miracles (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/10/2023)

Total income
£536k
Total spending
£435k
Cost of raising funds
£43k
Reserves (reported)
£759k
Employees
8

Reported reserves equal ~20.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (76% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 8.0% of total income — above the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£351k£908k
31/10/2023£536k£435k
31/10/2022£304k£274k
31/10/2021£325k£337k
31/10/2020£235k£322k

Common questions

Is MIRACLES financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity finished the period with a net deficit of £556,978, primarily due to the gift of the Miracles Centre valued at £524,567. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £180,025, which is below its stated policy target of maintaining three to six months' expenditure. The charity's activities were subsequently transferred to a new CIO on 1 January 2025. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund17/10/2024£19kFeed London
The National Lottery Community Fund17/06/2022£10kFeed London
The National Lottery Community Fund05/02/2021£10kFeed London Easter
UK government22/09/2020£10kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund05/10/2018£10kBehind the Bars
The National Lottery Community Fund28/07/2016£5kMusic in Prison

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LITTLE MIRACLES CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MIRACLES£351k—0unclear—no doubt
LITTLE MIRACLES CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION FY2025£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt
MIRACLE'S MISSION FY2025£166k—0unclear16.4%no doubt
MIRACLE STREET UK FY2025£116k—0unclear—no doubt
MIRACLE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST FY2025£253k—0unclear—no doubt
MIRUS - WALES FY2025£28.1m——unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.