Stanley Foundation Limited

Analysis

Stanley Foundation Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00658182). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Stanley Foundation Limited reported income of £63k and spending of £91k, spending 144% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £57k to £63k (+11%), an average of +2.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 164% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Stanley Foundation Limited sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Jaytee Foundation (£63k), Chiddingfold Village Hall Charity (£63k) and Otford Village Memorial Hall (£63k).

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.