The Stafford Borough Council Mayor's Charity Appeal

Analysis

The Stafford Borough Council Mayor's Charity Appeal is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cannock. It was registered in August 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending May 2025, The Stafford Borough Council Mayor's Charity Appeal reported income of £14k and spending of £14k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £1,500 to £14k (+800%), an average of +73% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2023, when income rose by 120%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Stafford Borough Council Mayor's Charity Appeal sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Church Fenton Village Hall (£13k), The Royal Tank Regiment Association (£14k) and Panfield Community Association (£13k).