Stephens and George Centenary Charitable Trust

Analysis

Stephens and George Centenary Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Merthyr Tydfil. It was registered in February 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Stephens and George Centenary Charitable Trust reported income of £198k and spending of £348k, spending 176% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £604k to £198k (-67%), an average of -24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Stephens and George Centenary Charitable Trust sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Unleashed Theatre Company (£198k), Cancer Aid Merthyr Tydfil Ltd (£198k) and Holding on Letting Go (£197k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.