The Black Stork Charity

Analysis

The Black Stork Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07619703). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Black Stork Charity reported income of £1.7m and spending of £1.9m, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2020 to March 2025, income fell from £2.9m to £1.7m (-41%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 422%. Over the whole period it spent 41% 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 Black Stork Charity sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% 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 The Neath Port Talbot Community Voluntary Service Limited (£1.7m), The National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society (£1.7m) and Salford City FC Foundation (£1.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 61%, charitable activities 29%, trading 8.0% and investments 1.8%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.1%. Reserves of £2.3m would cover about 14 months of spending at that rate. It employed 2 people.