The Eric Stanton- Northampton Trust

Analysis

The Eric Stanton- Northampton Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northampton. It was registered in May 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, animals and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Eric Stanton- Northampton Trust reported income of £37k and spending of £82k, spending 225% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £28k to £37k (+32%), an average of +7.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 15%. Over the whole period it spent 245% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Eric Stanton- Northampton Trust sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Denton Holme Community Association (£37k), Ardingly Old Jeshwang Association (£37k) and The Friends of Hope (£37k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.