Staples Trust

Analysis

Staples Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Staples Trust reported income of £413k and spending of £328k, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £323k to £413k (+28%), an average of +6.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 140% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Staples Trust sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hasene Humanitarian Aid UK (£413k), Bolton Council of Mosques (£413k) and Pag-Asa Centre (£412k).