Stoke City Foundation

Analysis

Stoke City Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stoke-On-Trent. It was registered in May 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and amateur sport, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04875877). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Stoke City Foundation reported income of £1.7m and spending of £1.7m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £1.1m to £1.7m (+51%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Stoke City Foundation sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Buryild (£1.7m), Justice Collaborations (£1.7m) and Gofal a Thrwsio Conwy a Sir Ddinbych (£1.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 90%, trading 4.1%, donations and legacies 3.3% and investments 2.6%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.3m would cover about 9 months of spending at that rate. It employed 44 people.