Charity of Walter Stanley

Analysis

Charity of Walter Stanley is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stourbridge. It was registered in May 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Charity of Walter Stanley reported income of £48k and spending of £1.2m, spending 2515% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £10k to £48k (+357%), an average of +46% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 443%. Over the whole period it spent 3393% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Charity of Walter Stanley sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Trust Property Held in Connection with Aldermans Green Free Methodist Church (£48k), The Thresher Room (£48k) and Victory Christian Centre Assemblies of God - Bracknell (£48k).

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.