The Mervyn Stewkesbury Charitable Foundation

Analysis

The Mervyn Stewkesbury Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in January 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Mervyn Stewkesbury Charitable Foundation reported income of £25k and spending of £17k, leaving 30% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2020 to April 2025, income grew from £3,345 to £25k (+636%), an average of +65% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 290%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Mervyn Stewkesbury Charitable Foundation sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dewsbury Community Outreach (£25k), Fairfields Community Special School (£25k) and Welcome Home Trust Tanzania (£25k).