The Stephenson James Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Stephenson James Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ringwood. It was registered in August 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Stephenson James Charitable Trust reported income of £135k and spending of £141k, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £15k to £135k (+814%), an average of +74% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 669%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Stephenson James Charitable Trust sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include CP Learning Trust (£134k), The Panjabi Centre Ltd (£135k) and Huguenot Society of Great Britain and Ireland (£134k).