The Sir Stanley Matthews Foundation

Analysis

The Sir Stanley Matthews Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stoke-On-Trent. It was registered in July 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04137553). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending May 2025, The Sir Stanley Matthews Foundation reported income of £35k and spending of £39k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income fell from £60k to £35k (-41%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2022, when income dropped by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 116% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The Sir Stanley Matthews Foundation sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Leverton Leisure Centre (£35k), Hertfordshire House Community Centre and Gardens CIO (£35k) and Milton Creek Country Park Trust (£35k).