FEED THE MINDS

Registered charity 1165603 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FTM

Feed the Minds' vision is "A world in which all people everywhere have the opportunity to live life in all its fullness". We run practical education projects with local partners; to help adults gain knowledge, skills and confidence that transforms their lives. Each project covers either health education, work skills, civic education, peacebuilding or practical theological education.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE SPREAD OF CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE AND EDUCATION.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Get email alerts

Merged into TEARFUND (charity 265464) — merger registered 30/06/2026.
Source: Charity Commission register of merged charities (OGL v3.0).
Latest income
£770k
Latest spending
£890k
Registered
2016

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Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/04/2025

  • Volunteers: 2
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/04/2024

  • Volunteers: 16
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/04/2023

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/04/2025)

Total income
£861k
Total spending
£890k
Cost of raising funds
£103k
Reserves (reported)
£15k
Employees
9

Reported reserves equal ~0.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 11.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Operates in: Bangladesh · Burkina Faso · Congo (Democratic Republic) · Ghana · India · Kenya · Malawi · Pakistan · Sierra Leone · South Sudan · Tanzania · Uganda

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/04/2025£770k£890k
30/04/2024£780k£754k
30/04/2023£694k£717k
30/04/2022£775k£794k
30/04/2021£958k£912k