Stewards Company Ltd

Analysis

Stewards Company Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bath. It was registered in January 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00058569). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Stewards Company Ltd reported income of £4.9m and spending of £7.4m, spending 149% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £3.6m to £4.9m (+35%), an average of +7.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 154% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Stewards Company Ltd sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Society of St Columban for Foreign Missions (£4.9m), The Westminster Foundation (£5.0m) and Cornwall Community Development Limited (£4.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 99%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 2.7%. Grants to other organisations totalled £6.6m. Reserves of £2.8m would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 5 people.

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.