The Capstone Care Leavers' Trust

Analysis

The Capstone Care Leavers' Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Worcestershire. It was registered in November 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08043772). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Capstone Care Leavers' Trust reported income of £65k and spending of £93k, spending 143% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £188k to £65k (-66%), an average of -23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 296%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Capstone Care Leavers' Trust sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Celestial Church of Christ, Hephzibah Parish (£65k), New Life Christian Fellowship-Fleckney (£65k) and Leeds Chinese Community School (£65k).