Support Staffordshire

Analysis

Support Staffordshire is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stafford. It was registered in March 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08967045). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Support Staffordshire reported income of £3.4m and spending of £3.2m, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.5m to £3.4m (+124%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Support Staffordshire sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Target Ovarian Cancer (£3.4m), Trevi Women Ltd (£3.4m) and Adventist Development and Relief Agency - UK (£3.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97% and donations and legacies 1.4%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.2%. Grants to other organisations totalled £165k. Reserves of £614k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 84 people.