Community Foundation for Staffordshire and Shropshire

Analysis

Community Foundation for Staffordshire and Shropshire is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stafford. It was registered in April 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04220563). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Community Foundation for Staffordshire and Shropshire reported income of £4.6m and spending of £5.4m, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £3.4m to £4.6m (+36%), an average of +8.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 150%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Community Foundation for Staffordshire and Shropshire sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Reader Organisation (£4.6m), Pioneering Care Partnership (£4.6m) and Saint Margaret's Convent (SSM Chiswick) CIO (£4.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 89%, charitable activities 6.2% and investments 4.6%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 2.2%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.9m. Reserves of £270k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 12 people.