THE MATTHEW MINISTRY

Registered charity 1166819 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · filing overdue (register status)

Supporting promotion and advancement of the Christian faith, primarily (but not exclusively) in and around the city of Cambridge, through provision of premises and making grants.

Objects

TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF FAITH SET OUT IN THE SCHEDULE APPENDED TO ITS CONSTITUTION, PRIMARILY (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) IN AND AROUND THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE.

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

Causes: Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cambridge, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£118k
Latest spending
£55k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that incoming resources increased to £100,917 from £76,311 in the prior year, resulting in a net resource increase to £45,892. Cash resources grew significantly from £94,273 to £148,271, which the trustees attribute to donations and a strategy to build cash for property purchases. The charity operates as a charitable incorporated organisation with no restricted funds held.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations
“The trustees are grateful for donations of £73,974 during the year from planned giving, annual gift days and other donations.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

1 annual return is past its due date with no recorded received date (Charity Commission register).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £800k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025——
31/12/2024£118k£55k
31/12/2023£76k£31k
31/12/2022£84k£19k
31/12/2021£110k£771

Common questions

Is THE MATTHEW MINISTRY financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that incoming resources increased to £100,917 from £76,311 in the prior year, resulting in a net resource increase to £45,892. Cash resources grew significantly from £94,273 to £148,271, which the trustees attribute to donations and a strategy to build cash for property purchases. The charity operates as a charitable incorporated organisation with no restricted funds held. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE MATTHEW MINISTRY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE MATTHEW MINISTRY as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY SEPULCHRE CAMBRIDGE.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MATTHEW TRUST UK.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE MATTHEW MINISTRY£118k—0unclear—no doubt
MATTHEW TRUST UK FY2025£121k—0unclear—no doubt
CITY FAITH MINISTRIES TRUST FY2025£333k—0unclear—no doubt
MITCHELL MINISTRIES FY2026£67k——unclear—no doubt
FAITH MINISTRIES FY2025£511k—0unclear—no doubt
KPI MINISTRIES FY2025£84k£37,8000unclear—no doubt

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