Stanford Trust

Analysis

Stanford Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02826331). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Stanford Trust reported income of £41k and spending of £42k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £462k to £41k (-91%), an average of -45% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 110%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Stanford Trust sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include East Grinstead Choral Society (£41k), Northamptonshire Choral Foundation Limited (£41k) and Talbot Community Centre (£41k).