SURVIVE - MIVA

Registered charity 268745 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MISSIONARY VEHICLE ASSOCIATION, MIVA, SURVIVE

SURVIVE-MIVA funds essential transport for outreach programmes in the developing world.

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

Latest income

£562k

Latest spending

£380k

Registered

1974

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £182,082 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with unrestricted fund balances increasing to £1,088,052. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a designated reserve of £200,000 to protect against unforeseen operational costs and income fluctuations, describing its financial position as healthy despite post-pandemic challenges.

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

What the accounts disclose

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income

£562k

Total spending

£380k

Cost of raising funds

£108k

Reserves (reported)

£875k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~27.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 19.1% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Commander IAN CRABTREE KSG RN
Liam Redmond OSF
Niamh Mahon
Sister Rose Mary Harbinson · trustee of 2 other charities
Steve Atherton · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: India · Malawi · Papua New Guinea · Rwanda · Tanzania · Uganda · Zimbabwe

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£562k	£380k
31/12/2023	£333k	£316k
31/12/2022	£330k	£275k
31/12/2021	£424k	£286k
31/12/2020	£537k	£230k

Common questions

Is SURVIVE - MIVA financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £182,082 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with unrestricted fund balances increasing to £1,088,052. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a designated reserve of £200,000 to protect against unforeseen operational costs and income fluctuations, describing its financial position as healthy despite post-pandemic challenges. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SURVIVE - MIVA?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SURVIVE - MIVA as a grant recipient include THE DANDY CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
THE DANDY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£500
THE DANDY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£450
THE DANDY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£400
THE DANDY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£100

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
MARR-MUNNING TRUST	1	£120k
T. & J. MEYER FAMILY FOUNDATION LIMITED	1	£96k
NICK JENKINS FOUNDATION	1	£35k
THE DASHLIGHT FOUNDATION	1	£25k
ALQUITY TRANSFORMING LIVES FOUNDATION	1	£20k
THE REED FOUNDATION	1	£15k
THE COLES-MEDLOCK FOUNDATION	1	£10k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY BARNES	1	£7k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MIVA FOUNDATION.

MIVA FOUNDATION income £598k
LIV (UK) income £212k
SURVIVE (SUPPORT FOR SURVIVORS OF RAPE AND SEXUAL ABUSE) income £546k
CAN-SURVIVE UK income £279k
MAGNA VITAE income £8.1m
SHIVIA income £594k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SURVIVE - MIVA	£562k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
MIVA FOUNDATION FY2024	£598k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
LIV (UK) FY2025	£212k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
SURVIVE (SUPPORT FOR SURVIVORS OF RAPE AND SEXUAL ABUSE) FY2025	£546k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
CAN-SURVIVE UK FY2025	£279k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
MAGNA VITAE FY2025	£8.1m	—	—	above	—	no doubt

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